Are the Los Angeles Rams already having regrets over their biggest move of the 2025 NFL Draft?
Are the Los Angeles Rams already experiencing buyer’s remorse with 2025 NFL Draft pick Terrance Ferguson?
The Los Angeles Rams made waves in the beginning of the 2025 NFL Draft after trading out of the first round of the draft, making a deal with the Atlanta Falcons that saw them pick up Atlanta’s first-round pick in 2026. After that deal, the Rams selected tight end Terrance Ferguson in the second round, making him the 46th overall selection in this year’s draft.
The pick, at the time, was seen as a huge win for the Rams. They had a versatile weapon who could unlock a new side of Sean McVay’s offense, give Stafford another big body across the middle of the field and threaten the seams of NFL defenses, and be the heir apparent to Tyler Higbee, who is likely on his way out of Los Angeles very soon.
However, that vision has yet to come to fruition. After general manager Les Snead’s most recent comments on Ferguson, it doesn’t seem likely to happen anytime soon either. Given the early returns of the season, is it time to begin wondering if the Rams are already having second thoughts about their first pick of the 2025 NFL Draft?
Terrance Ferguson Facts
- Number-one recruit from the state of Colorado in the class of 2021
- Holds the Oregon school record for receptions and touchdown catches by a tight end
- Drafted 46th overall by the Los Angeles Rams in the 2025 NFL Draft, becoming the highest drafted Oregon tight end since Russ Francis (16th overall) in 1975
It’s Too Early To Call Terrance Ferguson A Bust, Buuuttt….
Tuesday morning, Rams’ general manager Les Snead discussed the lack of involvement from rookie Terrance Ferguson. Ferguson has just four snaps, all of them in Week 2 against the Tennessee Titans, and has been a healthy scratch in their last two games. Snead attributed it to the depth of their tight end room, but that feels…flimsy at best.
“We have a really good subset of offensive players, some of them with a lot of experience, but [he’s] not there yet-and not necessarily in what he can and can’t do…it’s definitely coming. I know Sean wants to insert him so you’re going to take some of the load off of Puka and Davante because we’re only four games through, we’re in Week 5 and we’ve got a lot more left and hopefully some bonus weeks after that. I think that’s where we’re at. I understand the frustration part. I can’t imagine what he’s going through sometimes, but I would say just not there yet. Getting there.”
For a TL;DR, Snead more or less attributed Ferguson’s slow start to the talent of the Rams’ tight end room and promised that Ferguson’s time was coming “at some point”. Given the fact that Tyler Higbee is at the end of his career and neither Davis Allen or Colby Parkinson have really become consistent playmakers, this doesn’t feel like the most solid excuse out there. For a rookie player like Konata Mumpfield, who is behind Puka Nacua and Davante Adams, I could buy it. For Ferguson? Yeah, I’m not there yet.
The Rams need Ferguson to become a contributor soon as they approach the next stage of their schedule. Their upcoming seven-game stretch could decide just how high of a seed they are in the NFC when the playoffs roll around with matchups against the 49ers (twice), Ravens, Jaguars, Saints, Seahawks, and Buccaneers.
Right now, the passing game runs entirely through Adams and Nacua, with very little involvement from anyone else. Sure, it’s working but it’s hard to envision that being sustainable all season and relies entirely on that duo staying healthy through all 17 games. Someone has to step up here to take some pressure off of that duo, and the Rams’ best shot at finding that in-house is Ferguson. However, if he is still a healthy scratch by their Week 8 bye week, it might be time to consider some buyers’ remorse on the former Duck.
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