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Rams need to correct course on history of WR draft picks

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Rams history of WR draft picks in the first two rounds needs a re-write

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 08: Tavon Austin #11 of the Los Angeles Rams is seen during the first quarter of the game against the Seattle Seahawks at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on October 8, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) | Getty Images The draftniks are so locked in on the Rams picking a wide receiver with their first pick that they’re doing a great job of convincing me that the Rams are not going to pick a wide receiver. Whether it’s Makai Lemon, Jordyn Tyson, or somebody else who catches passes, it’s become an original idea jut to have L.

A. going to any other position besides wide receiver. (If it’s not WR, it’s CB, which could be totally reasonable but there ARE other positions that Les Snead could pick.

) The following statement is not necessarily a problem if the Rams do draft a wide receiver with their first pick, but it is a fact: The last first-pick WR by the Rams who was not a disappointment was Torry Holt in 1999. . @McShay13 has WR Jordyn Tyson getting picked at No.

13 by the Rams 👀 "Finding Matthew Stafford another playmaker is a direction I could see the Rams going here. Durability will be the big question with Tyson, but when healthy, he's the most talented receiver in the class. " pic.

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