For all the boxes ticked, the Rams skipped the loudest one: wide receiver is exactly as bare as it was.

The Jessie Bates III pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns. They are betting McKinstry proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

A small leak at the table, if not a fatal one.

The verdict is a shrug for now, with the swing picks left to write the real ending.