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Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead puts very little value in first-round picks – making that very clear once again in his blockbuster trade for Lions QB Matthew Stafford.
The Rams are trading two first-round picks to the Lions, with those selections reportedly coming in 2022 and 2023. They don’t have a first-rounder in 2021 because of the Jalen Ramsey trade, which was the case last year, too.
In fact, the Rams haven’t made a first-round pick since they took Goff No. 1 overall in 2016 after moving up to draft him. As a result of this trade, as well as others involving Ramsey and Brandin Cooks, the Rams aren’t slated to make a first-round selection until 2024.
That will make it seven years in a row that the Rams won’t use a first-round pick in the draft – a span unlike any other in the NFL.
Rams’ first round picks by year:
2016: Jared Goff
2017: None
2018: None
2019: None
2020: None
2021: None
2022: None
2023: NoneAnd after trading Goff, the last player they took in the first round, the Rams aren’t scheduled to make another first round pick anytime soon.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) January 31, 2021
The Ramsey trade undoubtedly has worked out in the Rams’ favor, but the deals for Cooks and Goff didn’t necessarily come with the return Los Angeles was hoping for.
Now, we’ll see if it really sets them back by missing out on first-round rookies for seven years in a row – barring a trade, of course.
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