I've been on record (unfortunately on my deleted account) saying that we (fans, media, and front office alike) overrate draft picks. The Rams have been proving me right over and over.
You keep rooting for your team to lose for a draft pick tho.
the Rams began trading away their first round picks in 2017
from 2017-2026 they used just 2 first round picks
the results?
92-57 (.617) since 2017
#2 best record in the NFC behind only the Eagles
7 playoff trips & a Super Bowl Championship
Rams first round picks by year:
2017: None
2018: None
2019: None
2020: None
2021: None
2022: None
2023: None
2024: Jared Verse
2025: None
2026: Ty Simpson
2027: None
impossible to argue with their success & unique approach
Rams first round picks since 2016:
2016: Jared Goff. Eventually traded in Matthew Stafford deal
2017: None
2018: None
2019: None
2020: None
2021: None
2022: None
2023: None
2024: Jared Verse. Eventually traded in Myles Garrett deal
2025: None
2026: Ty Simpson
Woah!! Bombshells dropped by sports writer Crissy Froyd today:
- 6+ female reporters told Crissy first-hand they had sex with NFL staff and coaches of the team they were covering (Is this what the NFL is hiding?)
-She was told by 5+ years ago that Vrabel and Russini were in a secret relationship
-“I lost my job – in part – for attempting to blow the lid off the NFL’s open secret: that some female sports reporters, rumored to include some of the most prominent names in the business, trade sex for stories”
-Sports journalism has been “tainted by corruption”
-My favorite line though: “Even more disheartening, it appears that no one is particularly interested in getting to the bottom of this story.”
https://t.co/CfJnhGuPWp
@BravesOnWTBS It's become sacrilegious to say now that he's passed, but Sutton always used to be so unenthusiastic and it drove me nuts. This clip is a great example.