Have the Rams sacrificed too much of their future with the Brandin Cooks move?

The moves keep coming, and the Los Angeles Rams have left little doubt they are looking and ready to win this year, and hopefully next. But in the process, have they given up to much in the way of draft picks?

The Los Angeles Rams have had an offseason for the ages, with their latest move being to trade their lone first round pick at No. 23 and a sixth round pick to New England for receiver Brandin Cooks. Given the loss of Sammy Watkins, it makes all the sense in the world.

A quick reminder for you in that the Rams traded away a second rounder in the 2018 NFL Draft for Watkins, so the deal for Cooks seems steep given the price of a first and a sixth this year.

Sean McVay loves him.

Rams General Manager Les Snead tried to get him from New Orleans last season.

Punter Johnny Hekker, a fellow Oregon State alum also loves him, and quarterback Jared Goff has been throwing to Cooks this offseason.

Two #Rams notes on the Brandin Cooks trade: 1. Cooks and QB Jared Goff have already been throwing together this offseason, building a rapport. 2. LA believes Cooks is more of an impact player than they could get at 23. And they still have 8 draft picks, including 4 in the top 136
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 4, 2018

Yes, an aggresive move, and another in a long list of “win now” moves the Rams have made that signal it’s absolutely ON in LA for 2018 and 2019.

But after that, who knows.

It’s a fair and reasonable question to ask if LA doesn’t win and win big in the immediate future. If trading away their first round pick this season and having few in the early rounds is ultimately too high a price to pay, then is this setting up for an uncertain future beyond 2018 AND 2019?

Also, if it doesn’t work this season, is Ndamukong Suh gone and just a hired gun, like maybe Cooks is or maybe Marcus Peters and Aqib Talib all working towards the end of current deals?

In the meantime, Aaron Donald STILL is waiting, and just around the bend is running back Todd Gurley still on his rookie contract.

Eventually, all that comes back around, and the team who handles such things like new contracts and extensions will also have to deliver when the bill comes due.

I’d direct you to ask Camp Donald how that might be going.

Hey, it feels good today and fans are salivating wishing Week 1 kicked off next week.

Hopefully, LA hasn’t spent too much for what is now some uncertainty in the not to distant future.

The moves keep coming, and the Los Angeles Rams have left little doubt they are looking and ready to win this year, and hopefully next. But in the process, have they given up to much in the way of draft picks?

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