Ben Lonergan/The Register-Guard / USA TODAY NETWORK Would Les Snead’s first first round draft pick of Sean McVay’s Rams era be QB Bo Nix? Prompted to make a wild prediction on The Rich Eisen Show, SI’s NFL Insider Albert Breer decided to drop a belief that maybe the Los Angeles Rams will draft Bo Nix in the first round. “Bo Nix goes 19th overall to the Los Angeles Rams. Is that enough? Is that good enough?” Eisen says that Nix to the Rams is not “blowing the top off the place” and Breer says he could go as early as 12th to the Broncos but that also a lot of teams strictly see Bo Nix as a back ..read more

Johnny Wilson is a rare combination of size and athleticism | Photo by M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Identifying high-floor prospects Quite similar to last year’s offseason, the Los Angeles Rams began 2024 by finding themselves needing to fill roster holes. While not quite the salary purge of 2023, L.A. not only has to deal with the huge loss of Aaron Donald, but a handful of veteran role players as well. Tyler Higbee, Coleman Shelton, Jonah Williams, Ahkello Witherspoon, Jordan Fuller, and John Johnson all had 500+ snaps. Last year, the major roster needs were met throug ..read more

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports “He looks good,” says Sean McVay of Rams second-year QB Stetson Bennett Stetson Bennett has to be one of the most talked about players in Rams history as far as fourth round picks who haven’t played in any games so far. That’s probably because he’s a quarterback and a two-time national champion, but Bennett’s return to the Rams since missing virtually all of 2023 on the NFI list has been well documented and the debate rages on as far as whether or not L.A. should draft a replacement this week. One person who has been with the L.A. Rams for the entire offseaso ..read more

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images Which draft prospects are the best fits for the Rams at cornerback The Los Angeles Rams could be looking to add a cornerback in the 2024 NFL Draft. While they added Tre White and Darious Williams in free agency, taking a cornerback in the first round isn’t totally out of the question. Given how their young cornerbacks played last year, they could most certainly look to add to the position in the middle rounds. Since the 2020 NFL Draft, I’ve done a series called Snead’s Snacks. In other words, we’re going to find and look at common themes and traits of previou ..read more

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports A former no. 2 pick for the Rams wants the team to trade up for Byron Murphy It has been 16 years since Chris Long was one of the most talked about prospects in the draft at this time of year, as he then went second overall to the St. Louis Rams behind Jake Long and over Matt Ryan. In fact, Long was drafted so long ago that the player who was the 10th pick in his class now holds the third pick of this class: Patriots linebacker/head coach Jerod Mayo. Mayo’s team is expected to pick a quarterback, but Chris Long thinks that his former team should trade up to get ..read more

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Bennett could be pushed out of Los Angeles if the Rams draft a quarterback It was encouraging seeing Stetson Bennett arrive for phase one of the Los Angeles Rams’ offseason program. Bennett, who won the backup job over Brett Rypien, left the team early in his rookie season for personal reasons. While the Rams are likely glad to have Bennett back, there’s no guarantee that the young quarterback is part of the franchise’s plans moving forward. LA signed veteran Jimmy Garoppolo to backup Matthew Stafford for 2024, which relegates Bennett to third-string duty ..read more

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Rams lead with offense in final mock draft It’s finally here. The NFL Draft is just days away and for the first time in the Sean McVay era, the Los Angeles Rams should be making a pick in the first round. The Rams do a good job of keeping things close to the vest throughout the draft process. Therefore, it’s still very uncertain what they will do when they’re on the clock. The Rams are notoriously a hard team to predict. Last year, I correctly mocked Davis Allen to them in the fifth round and back in 2021, I also gave them Ernest Jones in my final mock draft. My f ..read more

Photo by Kara Durrette/Getty Images What can we expect when the 2024 NFL Draft gets underway on Thursday night? The NFL Draft is mere days away after months of anticipation. While the first pick is all but a sure thing with USC’s Caleb Williams favored to be selected by the Chicago Bears, it’s all uncertain thereafter. Mock draft after mock draft had the Washington Commanders taking Jayden Daniels second overall, but those winds seem to be shifting in the days leading up to all the action in Detroit. This coming weekend is certain to be packed with surprises, excitement, and possibly even disa ..read more

Photo by Victor Decolongon/Getty Images Los Angeles Rams News and Links for 4/23/24 The Los Angeles Rams still have their first round pick available at the time of this writing. That could change between now and draft day as we’ve seen Les Snead and LA make no shortage of moves with their draft picks. Should LA stay, move up or move down in the first round? Fair question. Which player should the Rams really be going after in the first round? Another fair question. What is LA’s best option? That will come down to who is available on draft day and what other teams are doing, but still a fair que ..read more

Jim Rassol / USA TODAY NETWORK Fans discuss their biggest misses in the NFL draft In the 2021 draft, I put BYU quarterback Zach Wilson in a rare tier of prospects at the position and it was only the presence of Trevor Lawrence that kept Wilson from going first overall. I wasn’t alone, the consensus decision months before the draft was that the Jaguars would draft Lawrence and the Jets would draft Wilson and there was little room for discussion. This was also in a relatively strong quarterback class prospects (note: I said strong class of PROSPECTS) as three of the next 13 picks would also be q ..read more