Grade: B<\/p>\n
The Los Angeles Rams took a fascinating approach to this year’s offseason, though some may argue it was conflicting for a team that finds itself in an abbreviated Super Bowl window. <\/p>\n
A trade for Trent McDuffie from the Kansas City Chiefs was a no-brainer. The Rams acquired an All-Pro-caliber cornerback, who’s still 25, for a late first-round pick. In doing so, the team massively improved its weakest position group, while also adding Jaylen Watson in free agency. <\/p>\n
However, Los Angeles used its other first-round selection acquired from the Atlanta Falcons to select quarterback Ty Simpson. <\/p>\n
Cleary, the Rams expect to win now. Simpson’s addition doesn’t help reach that goal. Although, the team also understands the league’s reigning MVP, Matthew Stafford, is 38 years old, comes with a significant injury history and retirement is not far from his mind. <\/p>\n
Essentially, the Rams split the difference by massively upgrading its secondary, while also preparing for the inevitable at the game’s most important position. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grade: B The Los Angeles Rams took a fascinating approach to this year’s offseason, though some may argue…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-636826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}