Gene0440'S MOCK DRAFT

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Draft Selections
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (LAR)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (LAR)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (LAR)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Jermaine Burton Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (LAR)
Jermaine Burton
WR Alabama
Sataoa Laumea Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (LAR)
Sataoa Laumea
OT Utah
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (LAR)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (LAR)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (LAR)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Myles Harden Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (LAR)
Myles Harden
CB South Dakota
Steele Chambers Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 6 (LAR)
Steele Chambers
LB Ohio State
Bub Means Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (LAR)
Bub Means
WR Pittsburgh
Draft Grade — Rams
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in the 99th pick lands the Rams a B, Burton and all.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Jermaine Burton, Round 3, Pick 36, roughly 43 picks past where he belonged.

They will regret leaving safety for another day if the season turns on it. Wide receiver is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

Good work on the whole, with safety the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick19 Rnd1 Laiatu Latu
In pick 19 they get a disruptor off the edge at a price that makes it sweeter. A real need, handled.
Pick52 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
T'Vondre Sweat at the 52nd overall pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick83 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Value with a capital V on Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in Round 3, Pick 19, a genuine coup. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick99 Rnd3 Jermaine Burton
A wide receiver of that caliber at slot 99 is the definition of value, full stop. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick154 Rnd5 Sataoa Laumea
They will replay Sataoa Laumea at pick No. 154 for years; that is how good the value is. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick155 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
Luke McCaffrey in No. 155 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick196 Rnd6 Dwight McGlothern
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Dwight McGlothern in the 196th pick, plain and simple. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick209 Rnd6 Cody Schrader
You do not let a running back like Cody Schrader reach the Round 6 slot and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick213 Rnd6 Myles Harden
Myles Harden at the Round 6 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick217 Rnd6 Steele Chambers
Nice patience on Steele Chambers, who had no business lasting to No. 217. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick254 Rnd7 Bub Means
A quiet steal in pick 254: Bub Means for less than the market said. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.