The Los Angeles Rams turned some heads following their win over the Detroit Lions in Week 7 by trading Kenny Young to the Denver Broncos. The Rams sent Young and a 2024 seventh-round pick in exchange for a 2024 sixth-round pick.
The timing of the move is definitely a head-scratcher as the Rams are looking like a Super Bowl contender and they aren’t exactly deep at inside linebacker. Also, Young is second on the team in tackles and has emerged as the best all-around inside linebacker on the roster.
The decision to move Young is a peculiar one that has some believing Les Snead is conjuring something up ahead of the trade deadline on November 2. With Young now gone, Ernest Jones and Travin Howard could see expanded roles alongside Troy Reeder.
If the team is confident in Jones and Howard, then there’s a chance that Los Angeles made the move to offload Young — along with restructuring Rob Havenstein’s contract — in hopes to land some depth in the secondary. But if the Rams made this move to find a new inside linebacker, here are four options the team could consider.