The 2024 NFL Draft is approaching with simply over two months earlier than seven rounds of school athletes get welcomed into the skilled ranks. The draft takes place on April 25-27, with the primary spherical occurring on the twenty fifth. That day, one thing that hasn’t occurred in a number of years could lastly happen: the Los Angeles Rams making a Day 1 choice.
The Rams haven’t made a first-round choice since they took Jared Goff with the No. 1 general choose in 2016. They’ve traded away seven consecutive first-round picks in numerous trades, together with the Goff deal, Jalen Ramsey, Brandin Cooks and Matthew Stafford. That they had a first-round choose in 2019, however opted to commerce down on the day of and choose Taylor Rapp within the second spherical.
This makes 2024 an intriguing 12 months for the Rams, because the draft order for the primary spherical has been set and L.A. is slated to select No. 19 general. The total first spherical order might be seen right here:
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The No. 19 general choose has been a comparatively good one in current NFL historical past. It landed Jeffrey Simmons with the Tennessee Titans in 2019, Leighton Vander Esch with the Dallas Cowboys in 2018, Shaq Lawson with the Buffalo Payments in 2016 and Prince Amukamara with the New York Giants in 2011.
The latest NFL.com mock draft has the Rams touchdown Oregon inside offensive lineman Jackson Powers-Johnson with the nineteenth choose. He’s thought of one of the best inside offensive lineman on this draft after 5 offensive tackles.
The Rams have another areas of want they might go for with this choice, most of them on the defensive facet of the ball. However both method, it feels as if the Rams are shaping as much as really use this draft choose, however in fact with head coach Sean McVay and common supervisor Les Snead, something is feasible.
Steve Younger: Zach Wilson ought to be a part of Rams
Matthew Stafford has made it clear that he intends on returning subsequent season so there aren’t any questions on who would be the Rams’ beginning quarterback. The identical can’t be stated in regards to the backup quarterback spot, nonetheless.
The Rams could have some choices to probe for the backup quarterback spot and an intriguing participant may very well be New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson.
The previous BYU star has proven flashes of the expertise that made him the second general choose in 2021 and a Corridor of Famer believes becoming a member of the Rams may very well be one of the best transfer for him. In an look on the Adam Schefter podcast, ESPN analyst Steve Younger feels that Wilson going to the Rams beneath Stafford and Sean McVay could be excellent.
