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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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)