Los Angeles Rams get rich quick following the NFL's latest announcement
The Los Angeles Rams may have gotten rich quickly on Friday. The NFL announced compensatory selections for several teams, and the Rams netted five compensatory selections. How the actual system works is unknown, but the method of determining which teams receive what picks essentially boils down to as such: The bigger the contract signed by the departed […]
The Los Angeles Rams may have gotten rich quickly on Friday.
The NFL announced compensatory selections for several teams, and the Rams netted five compensatory selections.
How the actual system works is unknown, but the method of determining which teams receive what picks essentially boils down to as such: The bigger the contract signed by the departed player, the higher the draft pick, but teams will never receive anything higher than a third-rounder. But, the picks are canceled out once teams sign a player, or players, in free agency. The NFL awards 32 picks, in all, each year and teams are given no more than four picks apiece.
Nowadays, teams are also awarded third-round compensatory selections for two years if they lose a minority coach or executive to a promotion with another team. And, they receive individual picks for each coach/executive, like the San Francisco 49ers DeMeco Ryans and Ran Carthon.
Sean McVay and Les Snead now have 11 bites at the apple to select can't-miss prospects.
Here is how the picks breakdown:
- Round 3, Pick 98
- Round 6, Pick 209
- Round 6, Pick 213
- Round 6, Pick 217
- Round 7, Pick 254
The Rams will now have one pick in the first round, one in the second, two in the third, two in the fifth, four in the sixth and one in the seventh for a total of 11.
Sometimes, it pays to not do too much at all. And man, the Rams got paid.
