Snead explained that because the Rams traded away two 2025 picks to Falcons and only got one back (although the other was a 2026 first-rounder), and because they already didn't have their own own second-round pick after the Braden Fiske trade in 2024, that they weren't positioned as well to wait for their players to fall to them in 2025.

ESPN put together a list with the 100 best picks in the 2025 NFL Draft and 3 Rams made the cut – though none in the top 50

The Los Angeles Rams have done a complete 180 on the NFL draft. Previously laughing in the face of the event, the Rams thought they were too cool for the NFL offseason's marquee event. From flashy draft houses to openly adopting a slogan of " (expletive) them picks," there is no arguing that the strategy worked.