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Albert Breer@AlbertBreer
One thing that’s real obvious—Gonna be very difficult to trade down for teams in the Top 10 this year. Lots of teams in that range would like to. But with a class where the difference between 5 and 15 or even 4 and 20 is negligible, tough to see what teams would come up for.

from Hot Seat Check for Every GM Ahead of 2025 NFL Draft: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25183442-hot-seat-check-every-gm-ahead-2025-nfl-draft

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Los Angeles Rams: Les Snead

You have to give it to Les “**** Them Picks” Snead. He does things his way. And his way has worked.

Over seven consecutive seasons from 2017 to 2023, the Rams didn’t have a first-round draft pick—Snead traded them away for veteran players like cornerback Jalen Ramsey and quarterback Matthew Stafford. But you can’t argue with results, and in 2021 the Rams won Super Bowl LVI—their first in Los Angeles.

This doesn’t mean Snead can’t draft, though. In 2014 he picked one of the best defensive players of all time in Aaron Donald, and with his first first-rounder in eight years in 2024, Snead took edge-rusher Jared Verse, who went on to be named Defensive Rookie of the Year.

Hot Seat Meter: 1/10

.@RamsNFL @AaronDonald97 hit em with the "Bull Rush" to sack @JoeyB on Super Bowl Sunday. Maybe the most important sack of his career. #BaldysBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/42RqyKjrlD

— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) April 14, 2025

THE BEAST IS HERE Extraordinary, incredible work by @danebrugler.bsky.social and the editing and design/visuals team @theathletic.bsky.social : http://www.nytimes.com/athletic/569…

— Jourdan Rodrigue (@jourdanrodrigue.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T13:33:05.786Z

Zooey wrote:

zn wrote:

The Rams have met with three quarterbacks so far.

According to CBS, these are the only players the Rams have brought in for meetings (out of 30 possible meetings):

? I’ve seen longer lists than that…I think?

InvaderRam wrote:

and that doesn’t include aaron donald.

Rams Bros.@RamsBrothers
The Rams have only had 3 first round picks in the last 10 years. This is insanely impressive. “Finding Rams” is real. Front office deserves endless credit for perfecting the re-tool.

from https://ramblinfan.com/espn-s-ear-to-the-wall-is-hearing-a-much-different-tale-about-the-rams-draft-01jrfzng2a16

The Rams have met with three quarterbacks so far. That is a significant investment of effort if the team plans on pooh-poohing addressing the successor to starting quarterback Matthew Stafford. And it simply makes no sense.

The Rams are savvy enough to realize their best gambit over a rookie quarterback is to add one while Stafford is still at his best. The Rams view Stafford on a year-by-year basis. So why would the team not get a rookie to learn from him now?

I understand that the team’s three picks in the first three rounds will have more immediate impacts to focus on non-quarterback rookies. But the team invested the 83rd overall pick in rookie running back Blake Corum in Round 3 of the 2024 NFL Draft, and he contributed just 58 carries and 207 rushing yards. That’s not worth writing home over. Per ESPN’s Matt Miller, the Rams are shopping for offensive tackle, cornerback and linebacker in this draft.

Perhaps cornerback will be addressed in the first three rounds. Based on the Rams recent draft history, I doubt that the team will do so for the linebacker position. And the team may select an offensive tackle, but he will set on the bench for a year as well.

I see the Rams quest for a talented tight end as unrequited still, and that the abundance of tight ends in the 2025 NFL Draft will simply be too much to resist. The team lost TE Hunter Long in the offseason. I expect a rookie tight end will join the team no later than Day 2.

LAFB Network@LAFBNetwork
Matthew Stafford just made HISTORY 💰🔥

With $391.3M in career earnings, the Rams QB is now the highest-paid player in NFL history, passing Aaron Rodgers’ $381.6M

“It may be the most talented running back class from top to bottom we've EVER seen.”@McShay13 with a strong take about the 2025 NFL Draft: pic.twitter.com/5o7qK4yrhC

— Ross Tucker Podcast (@RossTuckerPod) April 9, 2025

The 33rd Team@The33rdTeamFB
Puka Nacua’s career is off to a special start 💫

Since 2000, only two players recorded more receiving yards in their first 28 games than Nacua (2,476):

🍎 Odell Beckham Jr. (2,828)
🟣 Justin Jefferson (2,609)

#Rams are set to have the cheapest defense in the NFL for a 3rd consecutive year.. seems like that isn’t much of an issue with all the young talent the Rams have on D, they ranked at #10 in pass defense last year, and 5th in red-zone defense with a 50% TD rate and 44% in the… pic.twitter.com/pbRkeKYOli

— Rams Tapes 🇵🇷 (@RamsTapes) April 8, 2025

Matthew Gertz@MattGertz
The current GOP plan is to support Trump’s tariffs as they trigger a global recession, then, as unemployment soars, slash Medicaid, food stamps and other social safety net spending while implementing a massive tax cut weighted toward the rich.

Happy birthday @MarcBulger10 ! One of my favorite players to watch growing up. A very underrated QB in franchise history.

Highlights from one of his many 4th quarter comeback victories – this against San Diego in his breakout year of 2002

What is your favorite Bulger moment? pic.twitter.com/VGtJmXcLDy

— RAMS ON FILM (@RamsOnFilm) April 5, 2025

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Bulger was a great example of a how “arm strength” isn’t about how far someone can throw the ball. I doubt Bulger could pass over 60+ yards in the air but his ball speed & velocity was incredible. His release was one of the fastest in league history

41 yard STRIKE to Curtis pic.twitter.com/Uq6qCpgey0

— RAMS ON FILM (@RamsOnFilm) April 6, 2025