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1 linebacker the Rams could target in each round of the draft

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Linebacker is one of the Rams' top needs in the draft and there are quality players throughout all seven rounds.

The Los Angeles Rams have not sunk many assets into the inside linebacker position during the Sean McVay-Les Snead tenure, but they did extend Nate Landman last season with a $22. 5 million deal . Even after that signing, the Rams could use another linebacker to go with him.

The draft is rich with talent at this position and Los Angeles will have several opportunities to add a quality off-ball linebacker at some point between Thursday and Sunday. Here's one linebacker the Rams could target in each round. Round 1: Sonny Styles, Ohio State Let's get this out of the way: The Rams are highly unlikely to land Styles at No.

13 overall. It'll take a move up the board in order to land him, but he's without question the best off-ball linebacker in the draft. He's an incredible athlete with great instincts and the ability to play all three downs, doing everything a defensive coordinator would want a linebacker to do: coverage, stopping the run, blitzing.

There isn't another linebacker worth taking at No. 13 overall and even after trading down, it's hard to get behind taking someone like Jacob Rodriguez or C. J.