Thursday, April 30, 2020

Final First Impressions of the L.A. Rams Draft

Sorting out the highs and lows of Cam Akers ,
Jordan Fuller, and the rest of the Rams' 2020 NFL Draft class.



Day One Grade-- I would give it a D+. No first round picks.

So mid-season before the trade deadline, the Rams made a trade with the Jaguars. Jalen Ramsey for 1 first round pick in 2020, 1 first round pick in 2021, and a 4th round pick in 2021. I dont think that was a smart move trading 2(!) first round picks for someone who isn't even worth one 1st round pick. He is worth a 6th round pick. Jalen Ramsey didn't do well enough in 2019-2020 season for that. Hopefully he will be good in the 2020-2021 season.

Day Two Grades-- This is for the 2nd and 3rd rounds.
B+ for 2nd round. We got a running back (Cam Akers) and a wide receiver, Van Jefferson. Both well needed positions.

For 3rd round I think I would say A- because we got a LB and a safety and we definitely need those to help Jaylen Ramsey on the defense and build a defense around him. We need more corners though. We lost one of our star corners, Aqib Talib.

Day Three Grades-- This is for the 4th through 7th round.
For those rounds, I will give it a C.

We need safeties and have them. And we have a kicker to replace Greg Zuerlein. We have a safety named Jordan Fuller, and he came from OSU, a stacked team. Their basketball team is good too.


Overall Grade: B- | C+.
I would have made a better grade if they had a first round pick and didn't also trade the 2021 1st round draft pick.

Worst Pick: Brycen Hopkins (TE)
We don't need any more tight ends. We have Gerald Everett who is nasty and Tyler Higbee who is good for possession catches for the first down.

Best Pick: Cam Akers (RB)
He is BEAST and worked with a trash offensive line (at Florida State).