The Los Angeles Rams started their postseason on a high note by earning a 30-20 victory against their divisional rivals in the Seattle Seahawks Saturday. While that’s good news for them, that’s not the case for the Jags as their second first-round pick will continue to fall down the draft order as a result.
With the Rams advancing to the next round of the playoffs and three games remaining, the Jags’ second first-round pick will be no later than 25th. The Buffalo Bills and Tampa Bay Bucs will also be in the same boat as the Rams with their picks after advancing to the divisional round, too.
As many fans can recall, the Jags received the Rams’ first-round picks from 2020 and 2021 and a fourth-rounder for 2021 after trading cornerback Jalen Ramsey. The Rams’ 2020 first-round pick ended up being the 20th selection last April, and the Jags used it on pass-rusher K’Lavon Chaisson out of Louisiana State University.
In the Rams’ case, the picks they’ve lost and will lose appear to be well worth it. Ramsey has performed admirably for them, constantly shutting down their opponent’s No. 1 receiver. As it stands, he has 44 tackles, 10 pass breakups, a pick, and a Pro Football Focus grade of 79.8.
Chaisson’s final five games of the season, he racked up 19 QB pressures, and 7 QB hits.
— Jordan de Lugo (@jordandelugo) January 4, 2021
However, that doesn’t mean the Jags can’t come out of the trade as winners to some degree. As seen above, Chaisson was a huge source of quarterback pressures late in the season. If he picks up where he left off in 2021, that would really help, but it will be on the next regime to make the second first-round pick of 2021 count.