Random Ramsdom: How close was LA to trading up for Brock Bowers?

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The Los Angeles Rams ended up taking Jared Verse in the first round of the lastest NFL Draft. However since then there have rumors/stories that LA would’ve been open to trading up for Brock Bowers. I am not going to say they’d have preferred Bowers because I don’t think that is the way to say it. You can disagree. I do think it’s intersting that LA really wanted to add Bowers. Were the Rams intersted in trading up for Dalton Kincaid last draft? It’s all rather intesting.

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What If: Saints pulled off trade down with Rams on draft day (saintswire)

“NFL Network’s Peter Schrager first reported that the Rams were calling teams in hopes of trading up for Bowers, and NewOrleans.Football’s Nick Underhill later confirmed that the Saints were in talks with L.A. about moving down. But when the Raiders surprised everyone by drafting Bowers instead, one pick before the Saints went on the clock, those trade talks were scuttled.

Schrager said: “The player they had their eyes on if he slipped a little bit was Brock Bowers. So the Rams really fell in love with Brock Bowers, the Georgia tight end, and as he’s plummeting down boards and the quarterbacks are going, there were phone calls made and there was some excitement in that L.A. building that they might be able to get Brock Bowers and add him to that offense.”

Of course, everyone came out of these feeling happy: New Orleans got Fuaga, the Rams got Florida State pass rusher Jared Verse, and the Raiders, of course, got to pair Bowers with tight end Michael Mayer (last year’s 35th overall pick). Still, let’s use the benefit of hindsight to see how this may have played out differently.”

Way too early Rams 2025 Mock Draft: Tackle takes top priority (sportingnews)

“Round 1, Pick 15: Josh Conerly Jr., OT, Oregon

PFF gave me an F for this pick, which is hilarious because Josh Conerly is a stud. He mans the left tackle spot for the Ducks and allowed just one sack in 2024. He has the athleticism to fit in any scheme and would instantly give the Rams their long-term left tackle fit.

Conerly has some room to grow fundamentally, but the sky is the limit. Both Alaric Jackson and Joe Noteboom are free agents after the 2024 season, leaving the left tackle spot wide open.

Round 3, Pick 79: Alfred Collins, DL, Texas

Gimme the beef up the middle. After building most of their defensive line out of smaller players for 2024, the Rams stack a 6’5 307 pound player who has the length to play in their base formations as a 4i and rotate inside as a 1T in their sub-packages to give them some size and power inside.”

Rams failure to trade up to 39 would have been the greater evil (ramblinfan)

“Let’s equate draft picks to the ambiguous digital currency known as Bitcoin. To some, Bitcoins hold tremendous value. As of 7:45 am PT on May 4, 2024, the relative value of 1.0 bitcoin is translated into $63,667.97. But you cannot just walk into a bank and convert bitcoins into US currency. You must find a site that either: accepts Bitcoin for purchasing or translates Bitcoin into currency. It’s much easier to invest in bitcoin than it is to divest from it. To others, Bitcoins hold no value.

Draft picks are the same way. Picks have no intrinsic value by themselves. The value that they possess lies in what those picks can acquire for the team. In the case of the 39th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the value of that pick was the opportunity to select DT Braden Fiske and add him to the LA Rams roster.”