Les Snead has subtly positioned Rams to welcome next generation of talent

The choices made by Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead are sometimes mystifying. The team is seemingly well-stocked at the tight end position. But after making the controversial selection of Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson, Snead made what could be argued to be a more puzzling choice. After all, how will Max Klare fit into this offense?

And there it is. All four returning tight ends - Colby Parkinson, Tyler Higbee, Terrance Ferguson, and Davis Allen - scored at least three touchdowns last season. The Rams' tight-end depth chart seemed like the last place to add a talented player (of course, LA's 'needs' seemed to escape even astute draft analysts).

Klare is one more potential weapon on an offense that is pushing its recently discovered mass tight-end advantage. But even with 13-personnel packages (three tight ends and one running back), the Rams will bench two TEs on every play assuming they carry all five on the roster.

Rams already buiding a buttress for the future

Snead does not shoot from the hip. Even when pressed into immediate action, he makes well-thought-out choices. So let's try to decipher why he chose Klare with an extremely valuable second-round selection, No. 62 overall.

Even as Los Angeles supercharges its present-day run at a Super Bowl, Snead, the riverboat gambler, is already stockpiling young talent. Klare may or may not contribute in 2026, but he figures to become a cornerstone of an offense already under construction for the future. To that point, that foundation is being built upon multiple promising youngsters from the past two draft classes.

The Rams learned a costly lesson after winning Super Bowl LVI. The disappointment of the 5-12 season that followed nearly prompted head coach Sean McVay to walk away from football.

This time, Snead is pushing the buttons and pulling the levers to ensure an aging team does not collapse from exhaustion in 2027 and beyond, leaving the Rams high and dry. Klare is just one cornerstone of LA's future, and that future is approaching more rapidly than many expect.

As always, thanks for reading.

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