NFC West 2025 Draft Picks

[Memento]

Liked Seattle’s draft as well. Milroe could have time behind Darnold, Zabel is a solid center option, Emmanwori is a chess piece, Rylie Mills is a lottery pick ticket that could pan out in a big way, and they got some underrated skill position players in Arroyo, Horton, White (whom I think was a target of ours over Mumpfield), and Martinez. They even drafted some underrated O-line depth that could be more.

Did they get everything necessary? No, and I wouldn’t have taken the Alabama tight end, probably would’ve taken a corner or edge rusher instead. But I thought they had a very good draft.

 

[Merlin]

I preferred Starks to Emmanwori but there's no doubt Emmanwori is an intriguing prospect. I imagine MacDonald will try to shoehorn him into that Hamilton type role in his scheme but that's easier said than done. You can have all the skills required and still not be able to do what Hamilton does.

He's a hell of an athlete though. Greatest sparc score in history at the position is rather crazy. That's what McShay said at least, assuming that is correct.

This division is no longer the best in the NFL and hasn't been for a while now, but they do look like they're on the upswing especially if MacDonald hits as a head coach. Figure Arizona will end up bottom and hire a new regime, who will probably draft a QB as they have needed to for some time now. But as I look at this division it definitely feels like it's gonna provide live divisional matchups with maybe all of us being pretty close in the standings for good drama.

 

[AZRams]

Arizona have potentially drafted an outstanding secondary there.

They knew that was their weak spot and went after it.

 

[dieterbrock]

Seattle's draft is a bit concerning. Especially if Arroyo's knee woes are over and Milroe pans out. Zabel is an immediate upgrade and Mills and Horton probably would have been selected much higher if not for injuries.

3/4 of the players they drafted were on my personal wish list. Ugh.

 

[TexasRam]

Seattle potentially got alot better.

But their oline holes will be their undoing.

They have had a woody for big safety’s since Chancellor.

 

[jap]

I will say one thing: no one in our division cares for the fact that the Horns have two 2026 Round One picks. If Matthew fulfills the promise of our rebuilt OL and wins another (or two more!) Super Bowls, and MacSnead pulls off a seamless transition to another top-valued QB to ramrod the Horns' offensive attack after Matthew retires, our division foes will be bewailing the onset of a new Horns' dynasty!!!

 

[Steve808]

Last season the Rams were mid in defense (15th scoring). Seattle was 13th. Arizona 16th. Shitters were 29th. Looking at the draft plus other team moves I'd say Arizona makes a jump in defensive efficiency. Same with Seattle. And same with the Rams. Shitters probably improve the most given how bad they were last year. But we could easily end up with 3x top ten defenses this year and the Shitters maybe somewhere mid. NFC West will be back to being a rough division to play and one of the better groups.

I wonder how the Rams stacked up if you erase the first 5-6 games when the rookies were still getting used to the NFL and a new DC?

 

[Merlin]

I wonder how the Rams stacked up if you erase the first 5-6 games when the rookies were still getting used to the NFL and a new DC?

Fair. And we could get into the OL missing starters early on too, or the failed center move, etc. But every team has issues in windows in a given season that slew the stats below what they should be. So the only way to fairly apply that stuff is to take the entire season for comparison.

 

[Neil039]

Seattle nailed this draft. They got starters and depth. Best draft out of the NFC West IMO.

 

[Steve808]

Rams 2025 undrafted free agent tracker: Every rookie signing by LA

We'll be tracking all of the Rams' undrafted free agent signings following the 2025 draft

theramswire.usatoday.com

I think there's some potential with these UDFAs. I like the former wrestler who plays O-line, but not sure if any or many will make the team.

 

[So Ram]

What do you think? How did our rivals in the NFC West do?

Arizona Cardinals 2025 Draft Picks:

• Round 1, Pick 16: Walter Nolen, DT, Ole Miss
• Round 2, Pick 47: Will Johnson, CB, Michigan
• Round 3, Pick 78: Jordan Burch, EDGE, Oregon
• Round 4, Pick 115: Cody Simon, LB, Ohio State
• Round 5, Pick 174: Denzel Burke, CB, Ohio State
• Round 6, Pick 211: Hayden Conner, OG, Texas
• Round 7, Pick 225: Kitan Crawford, S, Nevada

Seattle Seahawks 2025 Draft Picks:

• Round 1, Pick 18: Grey Zabel, OL, North Dakota State
• Round 2, Pick 35: Nick Emmanwori, S, South Carolina
• Round 2, Pick 50: Elijah Arroyo, TE, Miami (FL)
• Round 3, Pick 92: Jalen Milroe, QB, Alabama
• Round 5, Pick 142: Rylie Mills, DT, Notre Dame
• Round 5, Pick 166: Tory Horton, WR, Colorado State
• Round 5, Pick 175: Robbie Ouzts, TE, Alabama
• Round 6, Pick 192: Bryce Cabeldue, OT, Kansas
• Round 7, Pick 223: Damien Martinez, RB, Miami
• Round 7, Pick 234: Mason Richman, OT, Iowa
• Round 7, Pick 238: Ricky White, WR, UNLV

San Francisco 49ers 2025 Draft Picks:

• Round 1, Pick 11: Mykel Williams, EDGE, Georgia
• Round 2, Pick 43: Alfred Collins, DT, Texas
• Round 3, Pick 75: Nick Martin, LB, Oklahoma State
• Round 3, Pick 100: Upton Stout, CB, Western Kentucky
• Round 4, Pick 113: CJ West, DT, Indiana
• Round 4, Pick 138: Jordan Watkins, WR, Ole Miss
• Round 5, Pick 147: Jordan James, RB, Oregon
• Round 5, Pick 160: Marques Sigle, S, Kansas State
• Round 7, Pick 227: Kurtis Rourke, QB, Indiana
• Round 7, Pick 249: Connor Colby, OG, Iowa
• Round 7, Pick 252: Junior Bergen, WR, Montana

Los Angeles Rams 2025 Draft Picks:

• Round 2, Pick 46: Terrance Ferguson, TE, Oregon
• Round 3, Pick 90: Josaiah Stewart, OLB, Michigan
• Round 4, Pick 117: Jarquez Hunter, RB, Auburn
• Round 5, Pick 148: Ty Hamilton, DT, Ohio State
• Round 5, Pick 172: Chris Paul Jr., LB, Ole Miss
• Round 7, Pick 242: Konata Mumpfield, WR, Pittsburgh

Saw a YouTube video on the breakdown. The RAMS got the Worst grade,but they added the First Rd pick & Chris Paul made The Rams draft.

They gave The Niners a A+ for Revamping They're Defense of Front with 2 of The Top 3 DT’s in 2025 draft.

Gave Arizona a A !!
The Hags a B grade

 

[Memphis Ram]

Seattle nailed this draft. They got starters and depth. Best draft out of the NFC West IMO.

Of course, they traded away starters to get the extra ammo so it may just even things out a bit.

 

[OnceARam]

Seattle drafts a bunch of guys with injury concerns and that’s a good draft???

I guess time will tell.

 

[Rams8821]

Ask me in 3 years.....

 

[Cjcinec]

Sadly it seems that way....

They still have too many holes on their offensive line to fix in one season. Zabel will improve their interior offensive line but their tackles are lacking. Sam Darnold needs a clean pocket. I think Seattle took some good players but neglected the offensive line which is their overall weakness.

 

[RamFan503]

Fair. And we could get into the OL missing starters early on too, or the failed center move, etc. But every team has issues in windows in a given season that slew the stats below what they should be. So the only way to fairly apply that stuff is to take the entire season for comparison.

Not necessarily if you’re trying to grade a unit with 3 main rookie starters. You could legitimately look at the last half of the season against the rest of the league’s last half to gauge where you rank - especially when you consider that one of those rookies didn’t even start at the beginning of the season. Verse looked like a rookie at the beginning of the season and Speights didn’t even play until Reeder went down.

I’m going to guess that the FO looks at that when deciding how to upgrade a unit. They are not looking at the season rankings.

 

[RamFan503]

Of course, they traded away starters to get the extra ammo so it may just even things out a bit.

And the shitters lost a shitload.

 

[Merlin]

Not necessarily if you’re trying to grade a unit with 3 main rookie starters. You could legitimately look at the last half of the season against the rest of the league’s last half to gauge where you rank - especially when you consider that one of those rookies didn’t even start at the beginning of the season. Verse looked like a rookie at the beginning of the season and Speights didn’t even play until Reeder went down.

I’m going to guess that the FO looks at that when deciding how to upgrade a unit. They are not looking at the season rankings.

It's just a crazy rabbit hole when you start down that road because if I start thinking that for the Rams then I feel obliged to look at the teams I'm comparing to and don't have time for that. So it's just easiest for these type of discussions, fans kicking shit around.

What the FO looks at who knows. But going back to projections for this season it is true there should be less BS on the defensive side. Shula in year two, maybe Speights can hold that job but less turnover most likely is ahead. So that's another fair point.

 

[PhillyRam]

Seattle drafts a bunch of guys with injury concerns and that’s a good draft???

I guess time will tell.

You can tell the Rams are sick of injuries. I don't believe any of their picks had injury issues. In fact they have all been very durable.... now watch half of them will be in IR by week 5

 

[OnceARam]

You can tell the Rams are sick of injuries. I don't believe any of their picks had injury issues. In fact they have all been very durable.... now watch half of them will be in IR by week 5

Availability and intelligence and ‘love of the game’ seem to separate guys. Now if they have all that plus a high RAS score, they are candidates to be a Ram.