If the Los Angeles Rams are going to get through the NFC playoffs and back into the Super Bowl this season, some may call it a “miracle” to have done so without even having a draft pick in the top 40 since selecting Jared Goff in 2016, a player who is no longer even with the team. Neither is Todd Gurley, the Rams’ second-most recent first round pick. And the Rams obviously didn’t get much help from Tavon Austin or Greg Robinson either.
For general manager Les Snead, Jalen Ramsey and Matthew Stafford clearly represent positive values in exchange for LA’s first round picks, so it’s not all or nothing, but we know that the Rams’ roster building strategy has been to eschew the top-50 picks in favor larger draft classes and veteran pickups.