{"id":861970,"date":"2026-04-09T02:06:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/861970\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T02:06:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:06:24","slug":"rams-could-shake-up-nfl-draft-with-monster-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/861970\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams could shake up NFL Draft with monster move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/uk\/nfl\/los-angeles-rams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a>&#8216; quarterback situation is an interesting watch, with Matthew Stafford on the back nine of his career.<\/p>\n<p>With the MVP winner going around again in 2026, many wonder if this is the last season for the Super Bowl-winning quarterback, and if it is, the Rams have to have some sort of plan in place for his successor.<\/p>\n<p>Stetson Bennet likely isn&#8217;t &#8220;that&#8221; guy, so could the Rams look elsewhere?<\/p>\n<p>Fox Sports&#8217; Ralph Vacchiano has proposed a bold draft day trade that sends <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/uk\/nfl\/minnesota-vikings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> quarterback J.J. McCarthy to the Rams in exchange for a 2026 second-round pick.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Vikings sure look like they\u2019ve moved on from the former 10th overall pick (2024) by signing Kyler Murray,&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/stories\/nfl\/nfl-player-each-nfc-team-should-trade-during-2026-draft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vacchiano wrote<\/a>. &#8220;He could benefit from learning under McVay on a loaded offensive team. Right now their backup is Stetson Bennett. McCarthy would at least be an upgrade over that. And that\u2019s important for an expected Super Bowl contender.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/uk\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/news\/chiefs-land-ideal-travis-kelce-replacement-crazy-draft-scenario\/6aeff7dbbd881d2f760ce01f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chiefs land ideal Travis Kelce replacement in crazy draft scenario<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rams could make huge statement with J.J.<\/p>\n<p>The change for McCarthy to sit back and learn from Stafford makes this a great move. But what makes it better is the fact that J.J. will also have one of the best offensive minds in football coaching him in Sean McVay.<\/p>\n<p>This move does make sense, but only if the Vikings are truly out on McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, will just a second-round pick get it done? If this happens on draft night, maybe, but it still feels a little light on.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, if this does eventuate, the Rams potentially have their next franchise quarterback, and the Vikings start completely fresh with Kyler Murray.<\/p>\n<p>It might be a win-win.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Rams&#8216; quarterback situation is an interesting watch, with Matthew Stafford on the back nine of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,1014,58,2444,2611,6,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-861970","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-los-angeles","10":"tag-los-angeles-rams","11":"tag-losangeles","12":"tag-losangelesrams","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116372306899574498","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861970","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=861970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}