Rams Tradability Of The Second Overall Pick In The NFL Draft
As any well-intentioned organization should, the St. Louis Rams will undoubtedly be all ears when it comes to offers for their second overall selection in April’s NFL Draft. With two quarterbacks considered to be franchise-changing player available in this year’s class, one of those guys is guaranteed to be on the board when the Rams are placed on the clock.
The Indianapolis Colts sit in the driver’s seat to select the Peyton Manning replacement in Stanford’s Andrew Luck first overall so most signs point to Robert Griffin III being the option remaining with the second selection. Several teams lined up behind the Rams like the Cleveland Browns at fourth overall, the Washington Redskins with the sixth pick, and the Miami Dolphins at eight should all express some real interest in moving up to take RG3.
Moving from pick four to two wouldn’t be that huge of a jump, but from six or eight to two could warrant a king’s ransom in return. According to the ever-popular trade value chart, the Rams’ second pick is worth 2,600 points. The fourth pick is valued at 1,800 while pick six is worth 1,600 and eight just 1,400. Although the chart isn’t gospel for how trades go down during the draft, it is usually a pretty solid guideline for determining just how much teams surrender for moving up the draft order.
A theoretical trade with the Browns could yield a second rounder this year and a second rounder next year while deals with the Redskins or Dolphins could net even more in return such as veteran players or even more picks down the line. Perhaps the most telling comments about the upcoming draft came from Rams’ head coach Jeff Fisher who told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “What we do will define the future of this franchise moving forward.”
That may go without saying, but with a team looking to turn around its fortunes in a hurry a finally stop picking in the top two slots of the draft annually, this decision may be a real defining moment for the team’s chances at getting back to winning games in the near-term.
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