First-Pick Mock Draft

[shopson67]

Another try on Draft Network:

104. Cam Jurgens, IOL, Nebraska
142. Dare Rosenthal, OT, Kentucky
175. Zyon McCollum, CB, Sam Houston State
211. Verone McKinley III, S, Oregon
212. Malcolm Rodriguez, LB, Oklahoma State
218. Tyrion Davis-Price, RB, LSU
236. Jeremy Gunter, Edge, Coastal Carolina
253. Kevin Austin Jr, WR, Notre Dame

Tried to stick close to best available within the team needs at each pick. McCollum has a top size/speed ranking (10 out of 10), then I went the opposite way with McKinley, who had a ton of production but average speed and size at best. Kevin Austin Jr is very raw, but was the 3rd overall WR for size/speed ranking (9.93).

 

[Retroram52]

McCollum will be long gone by pick 175.

 

[shopson67]

McCollum will be long gone by pick 175.

Tough to say, can only go by whichever mock machine you're using (and they vary a lot from site to site).

 

[Retroram52]

More of the same. Lots of talent late and there are some real gems in this list. I really suspect the Rams to trade down in the Third and Fourth Rounds to pick-up more draft assets. Should be fun to see what happens tomorrow.

Closing out the LA Rams 2022 Mock Draft, the 7th round prospects

At pick numbers 238 and 253 in the seventh round of the 2022 NFL Draft, the LA Rams select...

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[ANGELAKERAMS]

This will be a boring draft for us Rams fans.

Team doesn’t pick till the end of the 3rd round, and they are likely to draft no one that will contribute this season ( unless they draft a punter ).

Just hope they find talent that develops quickly so they can contribute to the team before they leave in FA.

That’s the problem with drafting this late and having to develop them. By the time they round into starting caliber players, their rookie contract is almost up and they end up leaving ( Fox, Ebukam, soon to be Faines, etc ).

 

[Retroram52]

Fox might be on the way back to the Rams. All FAs signings with the Rams will not occur until after the 2nd of May. The Rams need to protect their comp picks assignments for 2023. Once that date passes, there is a good chance Fox may be signed by the Rams depending also on what happens in the draft.

 

[ANGELAKERAMS]

Giants with 2 great picks.

Thib falls to them at 5, and they get arguably the best OT at 7.

 

[UVA_Guy81]

I think the first-pick site is gone now. Here’s a decent one.

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[Battlelyon]

This is the only correct first selection for the Rams, you do what you have to do to get his ass

 

[shopson67]

This is the only correct first selection for the Rams, you do what you have to do to get his ass

...if he's there. If he's not, someone's getting pushed down. G Torrence would be great, as would Edge Keion White.

 

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[shopson67]

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Those trades seem VERY unrealistic.

 

[Retroram52]

Rumors abound that Shitferbrains Snead wants to trade into the first round to get one of the four supposed franchise QBs like Bryce Young. That would be suicide.

 

[ANGELAKERAMS]

Rumors abound that Shitferbrains Snead wants to trade into the first round to get one of the four supposed franchise QBs like Bryce Young. That would be suicide.

Man, they can’t do that when they just traded 1st rounders for Stafford.

And I don’t see a franchise QB in this draft anyway. Just projects who could maybe become that.

 

[UVA_Guy81]

Rumors abound that Shitferbrains Snead wants to trade into the first round to get one of the four supposed franchise QBs like Bryce Young. That would be suicide.

Definitely. If they get a QB, it should be one in the later rounds that could be a 3rd stringer since I think we've seen enough of Perkins and Wolford.

 

[shopson67]

Definitely. If they get a QB, it should be one in the later rounds that could be a 3rd stringer since I think we've seen enough of Perkins and Wolford.

I think they need a FA. Until that line is bolstered and Stafford is fully healthy, the Rams don't have development type to play with. If Baker leaves, there are plenty of backups potentially available in free agency.

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[shopson67]

Man, they can’t do that when they just traded 1st rounders for Stafford.

And I don’t see a franchise QB in this draft anyway. Just projects who could maybe become that.

Basically impossible without a first rounder this year.

 

[ANGELAKERAMS]

Basically impossible without a first rounder this year.

I wouldn't say impossible, but would be pretty tough finding a team willing to do so, and would require alot of future 1st rounders to do so.

 

[shopson67]

I wouldn't say impossible, but would be pretty tough finding a team willing to do so, and would require alot of future 1st rounders to do so.

With only 2 real "target" QB prospects in this draft (maybe 3) and the number of teams that need QBs more urgently than the Rams? Might as well be impossible...

 

[ANGELAKERAMS]

With only 2 real "target" QB prospects in this draft (maybe 3) and the number of teams that need QBs more urgently than the Rams? Might as well be impossible...

yeah, like I stated, I don't think there is a QB in this class worth trading up to get anyway.

Better to wait for next year. The Rams have more pressing needs than QB regardless of Stafford's fragile state.