The Los Angeles Rams will continue to wait on Day 2 of the NFL draft before making their first selection.
Barring a trade Friday
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their first-round pick, the 23rd overall selection, to New England for wide
receiver Brandin Cooks earlier this month. The Rams included their second-round
pick as part of a trade with Buffalo for wide receiver Sammy Watkins in
August.
Reduced to spectators during the first round Thursday
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1,000 yards receiving and seven touchdown catches in each of the past three
seasons.
"It looked good," Snead said. "You know what, there were some oohs and aahs because we probably sorted it descending by longest plays. Obviously
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The Rams have three fourth-round picks to use if they want to move up to address their most glaring needs at linebacker. Starting outside linebacker
Robert Quinn was traded to Miami in March, and free agent Connor Barwin remains
unsigned. Quinn and Barwin combined for 13.5 sacks last season. Starting inside
linebacker Alec Ogletree was traded to the Giants in March after leading the
Rams with 95 tackles last season.
Safety and offensive line are also areas the Rams will look to upgrade over the next two days. The Rams started the same five offensive linemen for 15 of 16
regular-season games and their wild-card round loss to Atlanta, but left tackle
Andrew Whitworth is 36 and center John Sullivan is 32.
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The Packers traded quarterback Brett Hundley to the Seahawks for a sixth-round pick on Wednesday and the move signaled that DeShone Kizer will be
the No. 2 behind Aaron Rodgers this season.
During a conference call split between questions about Rodgers’ contract and that trade, Gutekunst was asked about Kizer several times. He said Kizer has
worked hard to get better since being acquired in a trade with the
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“I think we’re still working toward that,” Gutekunst said. “I have a lot of confidence in both those young guys. Tonight is going to be another critical
step for those guys to continue to progress and earn that confidence. They both
have shown the physical abilities to play in this league and are working toward
the other part of it.”
Gutekunst said they haven’t had any talks about making a move to bring in another quarterback from outside the organization in the event they don’t take
the step the team would like to see, but cautioned that things can change
quickly in the NFL.
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