Los Angeles Rams Draft Grades

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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 /

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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