Los Angeles Rams Receive Two Compensatory Picks in 2017 NFL Draft

The Los Angeles Rams were rewarded a third and fourth round compensatory pick for the 2017 NFL Draft in April.

After finishing with a 4-12 record last year despite a 3-1 start, the Los Angeles Rams will hopefully use free agency and the upcoming 2017 NFL Draft to fill the areas in need of improvement. The team may not have a first-round pick thanks to the deal made with the Tennessee Titans to move up in last year’s draft to select Jared Goff, but at least the team has earned a few extra picks for the end of April.

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It was announced on Friday how Los Angeles will receive two compensatory picks in this year’s draft, which may not be as exciting as having the fifth overall pick like they have to give to Tennessee, but is still better than nothing. Not only did the Rams receive the 100th overall pick in the third round, but they will also receive the 141th pick in the fourth round as well, according to Joe Curley of the Ventura County Star.

Of course, it should be noted that Tennessee will receive that compensatory third-round pick as part of the Goff deal, but at least they still have the chance to make another selection during that same round. Obviously, Los Angeles hopes to see the sacrifice of not having a first-round pick in this year’s draft will pay off down the road when seeing all of the coaching additions made to Sean McVay‘s staff to help get the best out of Goff during his sophomore season.

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Who knows, maybe one of the two extra draft picks in April will end up being a late-round sleeper at wide receiver to give Goff another weapon to work with in the passing game. When considering the offense ranked at the bottom of the league last year by only averaging 14 points per game, using one of those picks to potentially add a receiver doesn’t seem so crazy after all.