Throughout the Sean McVay and Les Snead era in Los Angeles, it has almost been a running joke on how much they have ignored the linebacker position. After paying linebacker Alec Ogletree in early 2017, the Rams cut him five months later. Over the next eight years, the Rams didn’t just not pay a linebacker, they hardly invested in the position at all.

During the McVay era, the Rams never invested a top-100 pick on the linebacker position. Ernest Jones was taken with pick 103 and the only linebacker this regime has taken before the third day of the NFL Draft. When it came time to pay Jones, the Rams didn’t just trade him away; they got almost nothing in return. Jones ended up signing a three-year, $33 million extension with the Seattle Seahawks last spring.

A lot gets made of the Rams pass

See Full Page