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After the LA Rams ended the 2021 NFL Draft with nine picks and just one outside linebacker, I held onto the hope that the team would do more at the position. I wasn’t kidding myself into the lure of the draft into the belief that the Rams personnel department would be able to find potential starters on defense with just six picks (which later multiplied into nine picks).
After all, the reality is that the LA Rams lost two players who contributed to the rotation at the outside linebacker position in 2020, and there were no waves of replacements to take their place from the practice squad nor free agency.