{"id":820629,"date":"2026-03-19T05:31:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T05:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/820629\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T05:31:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T05:31:34","slug":"rams-rank-near-bottom-of-league-in-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/820629\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams rank near bottom of league in capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 18, 2026, 12:49 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A penchant for trading away first-round picks hasn\u2019t prevented the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" data-autotag=\"f489e821-d3f9-4cff-bec5-7eaa0f4b51cb\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> from stocking up on rookies and young players. In fact, they often have some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/theramswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/rams\/2026\/03\/18\/nfl-draft-rams-best-ranking-stat-value\/89207573007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">largest draft classes<\/a> in the NFL each year, topping out at 14 players in 2023 \u2013 one shy of an all-time record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This offseason alone, <a href=\"http:\/\/theramswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/rams\/2026\/03\/11\/rams-chiefs-trent-mcduffie-trade-finalized\/89102307007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">they\u2019ve traded away three picks<\/a> in the 2026 draft and one in 2027, using those selections to acquire Trent McDuffie. As a result, they went from having a ton of draft capital to having, well, not as much.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/analysis\/nfl-draft-capital-value-picks\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Warren Sharp<\/a> tried to quantify how much draft capital each team has this year by using a formula that combines average performance delivered and average dollars earned on a player\u2019s second contract.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The result puts the Rams 25th in total draft capital this year with a Sharp Draft Value score of 47.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Rams have seven picks in this year&#8217;s draft, including three in the top 100. The problem is, after No. 93 overall, they don&#8217;t have another selection until 207. Of their seven picks, four are in the sixth or seventh rounds, including two compensatory picks near the end of the seventh.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">It&#8217;s always possible Les Snead will move around the board and acquire additional selections by trading down, but they&#8217;ll also want to add a blue-chip talent at the top of the draft, so moving back isn&#8217;t a certainty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Either way, the Rams will try to maximize the picks they have and keep building a Super Bowl-caliber roster.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773898294_577_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 18, 2026, 12:49 p.m. PT A penchant for trading away first-round picks hasn\u2019t prevented the Los Angeles&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[95878,7,1014,58,2444,2611,6,424,95922,95923,95882,95946,95924,95896,95888,95899,95902,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-820629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-los-angeles","11":"tag-los-angeles-rams","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-losangelesrams","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-rams","16":"tag-sstssportsnflrams","17":"tag-sstsnrams","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","20":"tag-taglos-angeles-rams","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","24":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116254204725599506","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}