[BrooklynRam74]

Love the signing of Jackson and moving of Avila to Center. We are going to run the ball and control the clock.

Now for the master stroke, a trade up, with L.A. Chargers at 5 and select Rome Odunze. Will cost us either a 2nd and more or next year's 1st but we will be going BACK to the Super Bowl in the very near future.

[ramsman34]

Find a way to get Kahlil Mack outta them too and I’d be down for this.

[PARAM]

I say stay with the OL stream.

Draft Faunatu at #19. Alaric, if he doesn't sign elsewhere, will have a 1 year contract. Are they sure he's the LT of the future? Faunatu could be. And with a first round pick, we'd have him for 5 years. I know everybody wants to concentrate on the defense now that we've signed 2 guards and a TE. But I say, FEED that offense.

Grab Isaac in the 2nd for edge and Sainristil, Kyree Jackson or Bullock in the 3rd. Then get a WR in the third. Roman Wilson?

I think they're gonna kill this draft!

[ramsman34]

Ok. Sign D Hunter for 2/3 years. Trade up to draft Alt for LT, restructure Boom as the Swing unless no one offers A Jax. If Ajax stays, release Boom post June 1 and keep Jax as the swing. Figure out the rest. Lol

[Dare]

At some point do they consider drafting a QB? How much longer will Stafford play? One maybe two years at most? I think that if a quality QB drops to them at 19 they grab him. That said there are a few QBs that should be available in the second and third round. I'm not a big fan of veteran year to year rentals as their QB2.

Do the Rams draft aggressively in the first round and move up for a player? The Rams have big needs at CB, LT and QB. IMO those three positions are probably the positions worth moving up in the first round for. I think Young and Nacua proved they can fill edge and WR outside of the first round.

I think so much of what Snead does, is dependent upon how the draft develops and how crucial Snead and McVay feel the need is. I'm not going to even try to second guess these two. But it does make for a very exciting draft this year.

The way they are approaching the OL this year, I feel that the Rams view this as a year for a legitimate Super Bowl run. It's kind of a double edged sword. If they get a second Lombardi I can see Stafford, Donald and Kupp all retiring after this year as they will have nothing left to prove. So IMO this draft needs to be mindful of that so that the Rams can remain contenders for years to come.

Geez the suspense over the next 6 weeks or so will kill me!

[/zn/]

Note: I changed one little part of this via edit.

In the first 4 picks I want to see:

* a trade down making it 5 in rounds 1-3 (ie. they can get another 3 with a modest trade down)

* spend 4 of those 5 picks in rounds 1-3 on LB/edge, DL, and CB. If the players are there I would make it 2 CBs. 1st rounder is the best player at one of those 3 positions.

* spend 1 of those 5 picks (likely a 3) on RB. Why RB? They went 9/4 with WMs playing and 1/3 without. I don't think any of the backs currently have on the roster after Wms is capable of carrying them if Wms misses time (and he was dinged up twice last year, including against the Lions). So another back, one with the potential to be a 1000 yarder. Wms is a rare find and they won't find another Qms but they can find someone better than the other options they have right now.

After the first 5 picks, they need more OL, a qb, a K, and another WR. Maybe another DB. 

I don't want them taking an OT high. We already know AJ is solid. He came through in the 2nd half of the season last year. And with a strong IOL (which they now absolutely have), you can start a solid as opposed to elite LOT and have a great OL.

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[PARAM]

What is the draft strategy going to be? They've solidified the OL. They grabbed a TE and CB. Do they still have enough money to get an Edge?

Trade down? Sure but how far?

What does Houston need? DT? T? WR? CB? Edge? Not many DTs high on the board. Could entice them to move up.

They own the #23 pick and moving up 4 spots might be possible if they give up their two 4th round picks (#123 and #127) and perhaps a switch of 7th rounders....#238 for the Rams 254. We'd end up with a 1st, 2nd, two 3rds, two 4ths, two 5ths, four 6ths and a 7th. 13 picks, 6 in the first 4 rounds can add a lot of talent to the roster.

[BrooklynRam74]

Wondering if a trade up inside the Top 10 is on the minds of McSnead? Would suck to lose our 2025 1st, but if we get an Alt or an Odunze we could be REALLY set up.

[/zn/]

What is the draft strategy going to be? They've solidified the OL. They grabbed a TE and CB. Do they still have enough money to get an Edge?

My bet is that edge was their first priority going into free agency and then they found it was a pricey market and went to plan B.

Right now they signed 2 OGs (including Dotson), a TE, and a CB. They're done in free agency. In fact they probably need to fix the Noteboom situation to even have the combined money they need to have both space to sign the draft picks plus the normal cap cushion they take into the season.

Maybe they can squeeze one or 2 more bargain signings in, like last year with Witherspoon and Robinson.

But they ain't bringin in no veteran edge guy. Burns went to the Giants on about 30 M or more a year.

[Lancer]

...At some point do they consider drafting a QB? How much longer will Stafford play? One maybe two years at most? I think that if a quality QB drops to them at 19 they grab him. That said there are a few QBs that should be available in the second and third round...

While bearing an entire bottle of salt in mind, I'm not as excited about this draft's slate of high round QBs, esp. the [3] west coast players who I had the opportunity to watch over the last couple years in collegiate play. Williams, I felt, looked beatable. Nix and Penix, Jr. are situated more in line where I'd be comfortable picking them? But even they are valued sometimes as much as half-a-round higher in many draft projections.