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Current Roster Free Agents:
I figure both Rozeboom and Johnson are cheap, and both should be affordable. If any of the green up arrows not named Jackson are pricey, they can be replaced quite easily with role players in FA. If Jackson is too pricey, tag him.
Incoming Free Agent Additions:
WR Tee Higgins. This is a huge need for the Rams and Higgins would be plugging directly into an offense he knows with two possession wideouts who would make defenses choose. Rams whiffed on Evans last year. It is still a need to add that dynamic size and athleticism package outside the hash. Bengals are likely going to let him test the market so they can focus on Chase. Rams need to be a top bidder on Higgins. Go get him.
RB James Conner. This is me wanting a physical back for facing certain fronts. McVay loves him some passcatchy type backs, the small and shifty little bastards are his huckleberry. But I'd balance them with a RB that I have thought is underrated for some time now. He would be a quality addition that rounds out our backfield nicely.
DL Calais Campbell. Dude is old and this has to be a short term contract. But like Conner this is a player I have appreciated for years. He can play 5T for us for a year, and add the vet leadership these young guns can benefit from as first DL off the bench or as a spot starter. Sign him on a two year deal. Still plan on going NT in the draft but this guy makes us better and the rotation is deeper.
Draft (using the 2025 PFF big board rankings for player value range matching where I take them):
Round 1 TE Tyler Warren. Not going to fuck around here so no trade down. People gonna say this is a reach, but this class is not deep and the Rams never find themselves sitting in a spot to get a TE of this quality. Trade down too much and dickhead teams like GREEN BAY will take the TE you want. Rams need to surround Stafford with targets and we have never really had an elite TE so this gets rectified big time. Now Stafford has Higgins > Nacua > Kupp > Higs > Warren as big and nasty redzone weapons. Offense will be a threat in 12 sets too.
Round 3 CB Mello Dotson. Was gonna go Zy here but he's probably gonna rise. Dotson has good size and a penchant for pick sixes, assuming he doesn't run too insane he should be in this range and juice our CB room.
Round 3 OT Blake Miller. Good size and raw tools, looks a bit lean so he should be able to grow and make for an excellent tackle project.
Round 4 CB Chandler Rivers. Adding some quality to the slot role here. Lots of options and slot can be had later but I like Rivers and getting the secondary finished by this point in the draft.
Round 6 NT CJ West. Stout meatplug for the middle.
Round 6 NT Cam Horsley. Another stout meatplug for the middle.
Round 6 QB Dillon Gabriel. I don't like short QBs but for round 6 he's worth a look and McVay can move him around. Not sure whether he'll beat Bennett out but either way we got a QB3 battle in camp and entertaining preseason games.
Round 6 SS Hunter Wohler. I think he has the frame to grow into and have a shot as an ILB at this level. He slots in behind Speights.
UDFAs the priority would be returners, ILBs, and DBs.
Depth Chart:
WR Higgins > Smith
WR Nacua > Johnson
WR Kupp > Whittington
TE Higbee > Warren > Allen > Parkinson
QB Stafford > Garoppolo > Gabriel
RB Williams > Corum > Conner
LT Jackson > Miller
LG Avila > Dedich
C Limmer/Jackson
RG Dotson > McMahon
RT Havenstein > McClendon
DE Fiske > Johnson
NT Davis > West > Horsley
DT Turner > Campbell > Gallimore
LOLB Young > Jackson
ROLB Verse > Hampton
LILB Speights > Wohler
RILB Rozeboom > UDFA
SS Curl/McCullough
FS Kinchens/Lake
LCB Williams >
RCB Durant > Dotson
NB Wallace > Rivers
I figure both Rozeboom and Johnson are cheap, and both should be affordable. If any of the green up arrows not named Jackson are pricey, they can be replaced quite easily with role players in FA. If Jackson is too pricey, tag him.
Incoming Free Agent Additions:
WR Tee Higgins. This is a huge need for the Rams and Higgins would be plugging directly into an offense he knows with two possession wideouts who would make defenses choose. Rams whiffed on Evans last year. It is still a need to add that dynamic size and athleticism package outside the hash. Bengals are likely going to let him test the market so they can focus on Chase. Rams need to be a top bidder on Higgins. Go get him.
RB James Conner. This is me wanting a physical back for facing certain fronts. McVay loves him some passcatchy type backs, the small and shifty little bastards are his huckleberry. But I'd balance them with a RB that I have thought is underrated for some time now. He would be a quality addition that rounds out our backfield nicely.
DL Calais Campbell. Dude is old and this has to be a short term contract. But like Conner this is a player I have appreciated for years. He can play 5T for us for a year, and add the vet leadership these young guns can benefit from as first DL off the bench or as a spot starter. Sign him on a two year deal. Still plan on going NT in the draft but this guy makes us better and the rotation is deeper.
Draft (using the 2025 PFF big board rankings for player value range matching where I take them):
Round 1 TE Tyler Warren. Not going to fuck around here so no trade down. People gonna say this is a reach, but this class is not deep and the Rams never find themselves sitting in a spot to get a TE of this quality. Trade down too much and dickhead teams like GREEN BAY will take the TE you want. Rams need to surround Stafford with targets and we have never really had an elite TE so this gets rectified big time. Now Stafford has Higgins > Nacua > Kupp > Higs > Warren as big and nasty redzone weapons. Offense will be a threat in 12 sets too.
Round 3 CB Mello Dotson. Was gonna go Zy here but he's probably gonna rise. Dotson has good size and a penchant for pick sixes, assuming he doesn't run too insane he should be in this range and juice our CB room.
Round 3 OT Blake Miller. Good size and raw tools, looks a bit lean so he should be able to grow and make for an excellent tackle project.
Round 4 CB Chandler Rivers. Adding some quality to the slot role here. Lots of options and slot can be had later but I like Rivers and getting the secondary finished by this point in the draft.
Round 6 NT CJ West. Stout meatplug for the middle.
Round 6 NT Cam Horsley. Another stout meatplug for the middle.
Round 6 QB Dillon Gabriel. I don't like short QBs but for round 6 he's worth a look and McVay can move him around. Not sure whether he'll beat Bennett out but either way we got a QB3 battle in camp and entertaining preseason games.
Round 6 SS Hunter Wohler. I think he has the frame to grow into and have a shot as an ILB at this level. He slots in behind Speights.
UDFAs the priority would be returners, ILBs, and DBs.
Depth Chart:
WR Higgins > Smith
WR Nacua > Johnson
WR Kupp > Whittington
TE Higbee > Warren > Allen > Parkinson
QB Stafford > Garoppolo > Gabriel
RB Williams > Corum > Conner
LT Jackson > Miller
LG Avila > Dedich
C Limmer/Jackson
RG Dotson > McMahon
RT Havenstein > McClendon
DE Fiske > Johnson
NT Davis > West > Horsley
DT Turner > Campbell > Gallimore
LOLB Young > Jackson
ROLB Verse > Hampton
LILB Speights > Wohler
RILB Rozeboom > UDFA
SS Curl/McCullough
FS Kinchens/Lake
LCB Williams >
RCB Durant > Dotson
NB Wallace > Rivers