Future LA Rams draft picks: Updated with projected 2022 comp picks

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2022 NFL Draft

So far, the LA Rams have lost seven players to free agency. Now, keep in mind that the NFL limit for compensatory picks to one team is four. So the Rams will likely end up with the maximum number of awarded compensatory picks for the 2022 NFL Draft. Now, the question is, where will they be?

Well, we know that the LA Rams will benefit by the second of two third-round compensatory draft picks in 2022 due to the hiring of Brad Holmes as the GM of the Detroit Lions. And with the early results so far, it appears that the contracts of John Johnson III, Samson Ebukam, and Gerald Everett could trigger the awarding of an additional three compensatory picks. So how does that look?

Draft picks

Round 1 – TRADED. The LA Rams have tentatively traded their 2022 first-round pick to the Detroit Lions for quarterback Matthew Stafford.

The full blockbuster trade involving two former No. 1 overall draft picks ...#Lions get:

QB Jared Goff
3rd-round pick in 2021
1st-round pick in 2022
1st-round pick in 2023#Rams get:

QB Matthew Stafford
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 31, 2021

Round 2– The Rams hold their second-round pick.
Round 3 – The Rams hold their third-round pick.
Round 4 – Traded to Houston Texans with WR Brandin Cooks as compensation for a 2020 second-round pick

🚨 Trade Alert 🚨#Texans get:

• WR Brandin Cooks
• 2022 4th-round pick#Rams get:

• 2020 2nd round pick (#57)
— NFL Stats (@NFL_Stats) April 9, 2020

Round 5 – The Rams hold their fifth-round pick.
Round 6 -The Rams hold their sixth-round pick.
Round 7 – The Rams hold their seventh-round pick.
Round 7 – The LA Rams will receive the Miami Dolphins 2022 seventh-round draft picks as part of the exchange which sent Aqib Talib to the Dolphins.

Compensation update: The #Rams traded Aqib Talib and a 5th-round pick (originally Baltimore's) in 2020 to the #Dolphins for a 7th-round pick in 2022, per source.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) October 29, 2019

COMPENSATORY PICKS:
Round 3 – The Rams will likely be awarded a second third-round compensatory pick for the loss of Director of College Scouting Brad Holmes to the Detroit Lions as their new General Manager.
Round 4 – The Rams currently project to be awarded a fourth-round compensatory pick for the loss of safety John Johnson.

#Browns deal for S John Johnson: Three years, $33.75 million with $24 million guaranteed, source says. Former third-rounder cashes in.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) March 15, 2021

Round 6 – The Rams currently project to be awarded a sixth-round compensatory pick for the loss of cornerback Troy Hill.

The #Browns are signing former #Rams CB Troy Hill to a 4-year, $24M deal, source said, adding to their defensive haul in free agency. The Youngstown native, who had three defensive TDs last year, returns home.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 18, 2021

Round 6 – The Rams currently project to be awarded a sixth-round compensatory pick for the loss of outside linebacker Samson Ebukam

The #49ers are signing OLB Samson Ebukam to a two-year deal worth $12 million that can be worth up to $13.5 million with incentives, sources tell me and @RapSheet. 💰
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 15, 2021

Round 6 *(Updated, Rams can only receive 4 FA Comp picks in one year, so they will likely be awarded their third sixth-round pick) – The Rams currently project to be awarded a sixth-round compensatory pick for the loss of tight end Gerald Everett

The #Seahawks are signing TE Gerald Everett to a 1-year deal worth $6M, source said. The former #Rams TE finds a home.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 17, 2021

That will bring the Rams 2022 NFL Draft picks to a total of eleven picks. Of course, these are only estimates. As teams sign players from free agency, their awarded comp picks may be canceled by offsets. And the total number of comp picks awarded each year is capped at 32. So if there are 32 picks awarded ahead of any or all of the Rams lost players, the Rams will not qualify for those picks.

The final estimated tally is as follows: second round – 1 (one), third round – 2 (two), fourth-round – 1 (one), fifth round – 1 (one), sixth round – 4 (four), seventh round – 2 (two). Total – 11 (eleven)

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