Its really neither a rock nor a hard place. Look at the elite teams in the league: Packers, Patriots, Broncos, Seahawks, they all have one thing in common.
They do not reach on talent in the first 3 rounds. They don't get cute, they trade down when value dictates such, and they covet top picks. I really wouldn't be shocked if, after the combine, they draft board looks nothing like the mock drafts, the bloviating buffoons on ESPN, or anything we know currently.
The Rams have been guilty of reaching a couple of times, and it has hurt them. They reached on Pead, traded premium picks to draft Tavon without a first clue how to utilize such an explosive weapon (to their credit, they are learning), just to name a couple. Now, the Rams have padded the lack of returns, immediate or otherwise, of some of the reach picks with the pinata of talent that was received by Washington, a team that routinely reaches on talent and makes stupid draft decisions, but you could argue that it has stymied the rebuild to a certain extent. Hindsight is always 20/20, but the theme of successful organizations in the NFL is limiting your exposure on premium draft picks as much as you can, and trust your board and your scouting to find gems later in the draft. Once the Rams can limit the head scratching moments, they will find themselves on the other end of a conversation that, quite frankly, we have only seen about 3 seasons since they moved here.