Los Angeles Rams Draft Grades

Apr 29, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff (left) and general manager Les Snead at press conference at Courtyard L.A. Live to introduce Goff as the No. 1 pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 29, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff (left) and general manager Les Snead at press conference at Courtyard L.A. Live to introduce Goff as the No. 1 pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
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Apr 29, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff (left) and general manager Les Snead at press conference at Courtyard L.A. Live to introduce Goff as the No. 1 pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 29, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff (left) and general manager Les Snead at press conference at Courtyard L.A. Live to introduce Goff as the No. 1 pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

The newly-minted Los Angeles Rams certainly made a splash in the 206 NFL Draft. While the picks they made were not surprising, they did address key positions in need of replacements.

GM Les Snead had a clear-cut game plan entering the draft and got what he wanted. In 2015, the Rams were dead-last in the NFL in total passing yards, so the team’s aerial attack needed to be improved. Snead did just that. He started by taking a potential franchise quarterback in Jared Goff.

Then, he surrounded his gunslinger of the future with two new wide receivers and two tight ends.

  • Jared Goff, QB, California
  • Tyler Higbee, TE, Western Kentucky
  • Pharoh Cooper, WR, South Carolina
  • Temarrick Hemingway, TE, South Carolina State
  • Josh Forest, LB, Kentucky
  • Michael Thomas, WR, Southern Miss.

How will each of these players fit in with the Rams and were they the correct picks? Here are the Rams draft grades.

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