Rams News: Sean McVay Not Bothered By Lack Of First and Second-Round Picks

The Los Angeles Rams have wasted little time this offseason making moves to acquire additional proven talent to help push their momentum forward in the 2018 NFL season. This has come with a bit of a cost as the team has had to part ways with a few high draft picks in the process.

This has left the front office without any selections in the first two rounds of the 2018 NFL Draft. With that in mind, head coach Sean McVay has voiced that he isn’t concerned about that being the situation, according to Cameron DaSilva of Rams Wire:

“I think we feel pretty good about being able to make some of the moves we’ve made,” McVay said this week. “You still do have a long-term vision and there’s guys on our roster that you want to make sure you’re taking care of for years down the road. I think those are things we’ve got in place and we’ve got some plans where we’re in the process of figuring that out. What it does do is it creates a level of urgency. When 87 does come around, then we’ve got a few picks in the fourth round, we’ve gotta do a great job of maximizing those opportunities.”

The first selection that the Rams do possess is the 87th overall pick in the third round while also holding a trio of fourth-round selections and four sixth-round picks. This still provides the Rams will the opportunity to move up in the middle of the draft if they desire to do so. If not, the team has a chance to add eight players to the mix.

The Rams may not be adding premium talent through the draft, the opportunity to add major impact players in All-Pro cornerbacks Marcus Peters and Aqib Talib along with wide receiver Brandin Cooks was simply too much to pass up. On top of that, the front office has shown the ability to add solid players in the middle of the draft. It is a bullet that the Rams had to bite in order to acquire proven talent, but it’s clearly one that they are willing to pay the price through the draft.