Los Angeles Rams Mock Draft Roundup 3.0

Throughout the year and leading up to the 2024 NFL Draft, we will update our Los Angeles Rams Mock Draft Roundup showing picks for the Los Angeles Rams from several prominent sites and draft analysts.

The following are picks in recent mock drafts for the Los Angeles Rams:

ESPN - Mel Kiper (2/28)

19. Cooper DeJean, CB, Iowa

Fourth-round pick Cobie Durant was a revelation as a rookie in 2022, but he was inconsistent last season, and Derion Kendrick -- taken in Round 6 in the same draft -- didn't take a step forward either. So while the Rams got a resurgent season from Ahkello Witherspoon, the veteran is a free agent, meaning there are big questions in this secondary. I see corner as their single biggest need.

DeJean, who would be L.A.'s first Round 1 pick since 2016 (yes, really), is my No. 1-ranked CB. He's recovering from a broken leg suffered in November, but he still had seven interceptions over the past two seasons. That'd be huge for a defense that forced 15 takeaways in 2023, which ranked 30th in the league. DeJean isn't expected to work out at the combine, but I still see him as a Day 1 selection.

The Athletic - CFB Writers (2/27)

19. Quinyon Mitchell, CB, Toledo

The Rams haven't made a first-round pick since 2016, so they rarely find themselves in the thick of the mock draft action. They need to add more talent on defense, particularly in the secondary, where Akhello Witherspoon, the team's top corner in 2023, is set to hit free agency. Mitchell has size (6-1, 199 pounds) and speed that makes him a tantalizing prospect, and he shined during Senior Bowl practices. Taking a quarterback to sit and learn behind Matthew Stafford, who isn't getting younger, is also an option. — Morales

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2023 NFL Power Rankings: Los Angeles Rams

Throughout the 2023 NFL season, we will compile a consensus NFL Power Rankings that averages the rankings of all 32 NFL teams.

Below you will find a Week 18 roundup for the Los Angeles Rams in our consensus 2023 NFL Power Rankings.

ESPN -- Rank: 10

Biggest offseason contract to watch: G Kevin Dotson

The Rams traded for Dotson during training camp, and he ended up being a key pickup for a Los Angeles team that struggled to protect the quarterback last season. Dotson will be a free agent and likely a priority for the Rams to re-sign this offseason. He enters the regular-season finale with a solid 92.6% pass block win rate. -- Sarah Barshop

NFL.com -- Rank: 10

I believe this is the start of the NFL's Tier 3, with the drop from Tier 2 being much smaller than the gap between Tier 2 and Tier 1, as the flagging Eagles muddy the waters a bit. The Rams are a threat, no doubt -- both to opponents and to themselves. They secured a spot in the playoffs, where they're capable of pulling a road shocker and perhaps just as likely to allow the other team to steal the game late. Since the big Week 13 win over the Browns, the Rams have lost to the Ravens in overtime in Baltimore and hung on for three skin-of-their-teeth victories (having led in all three games by double digits) over teams sitting outside of the current playoff picture. The kicking situation has been part of the problem, with two missed FG tries and two missed XP attempts in that four-game span. For the season, Rams kickers have missed a combined 15 tries, the worst mark in the NFL. Matthew Stafford, Kyren Williams and the receivers give Los Angeles a real chance to make noise, but there's an undeniable volatility about this team.

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2023 NFL Predictions: NFC West

Before the start of the season, we will post NFL division-by-division predictions for the 2023 NFL regular season and postseason.

Instead of projecting an outright winner and loser in all 272 regular-season games, we've assigned a win probability to each team in every game and totaled them up.

The four NFC West teams are projected to win the fewest games combined in our 2023 full-season projections.

See where the Rams stand in our 2023 NFC West Predictions

2023 Fantasy Football Projections: Los Angeles Rams

Our Fantasy Football Projections will be viewable by both position and team.

Below you will find our 2023 fantasy football projections for the Los Angeles Rams.

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QUARTERBACKS

Player	Att.	Comp.	Yards	TD	INT	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Matthew Stafford	547	369.2	4020.5	25.98	15.04	37.9	94.8	1.14	250.98
Stetson Bennett	41.2	26.8	286.3	1.67	1.07	8.4	21	0.21	19.35

Matthew Stafford: There were concerns with Stafford and his elbow heading into the 2022 season, and the veteran quarterback managed to appear in only nine games due to a spinal cord contusion. Stafford threw 10 touchdowns (3.3 TD%, his lowest since 2012) and eight interceptions and averaged 6.9 yards per attempt (lowest since 2018) with an 87.4 passer rating (lowest since 2014). If Stafford can stay healthy in 2023, how close will he be to the 2021 version who led the Rams to the Super Bowl?

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Los Angeles Rams: 2023 NFL Schedule

Below you will find the weekly NFL regular-season schedule for the Los Angeles Rams in 2023.

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Week	Date	Opponent	Results
Week 1	Sun., Sep. 10	at Seattle Seahawks	W 30-13
Week 2	Sun., Sep. 17	vs. San Francisco 49ers	L 30-23
Week 3	Mon., Sep. 25	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 19-16
Week 4	Sun., Oct. 1	at Indianapolis Colts	W 29-23 (OT)
Week 5	Sun., Oct. 8	vs. Philadelphia Eagles	L 23-14
Week 6	Sun., Oct. 15	vs. Arizona Cardinals	W 26-9
Week 7	Sun., Oct. 22	vs. Pittsburgh Steelers	L 24-17
Week 8	Sun., Oct. 29	at Dallas Cowboys	L 43-20
Week 9	Sun., Nov. 5	at Green Bay Packers	L 20-3
Week 10		BYE
Week 11	Sun., Nov. 19	vs. Seattle Seahawks	W 17-16
Week 12	Sun., Nov. 26	at Arizona Cardinals	W 37-14
Week 13	Sun., Dec. 3	vs. Cleveland Browns	W 36-19
Week 14	Sun., Dec. 10	at Baltimore Ravens	L 37-31 (OT)
Week 15	Sun., Dec. 17	vs. Washington Commanders	W 28-20
Week 16	Thu., Dec. 21	vs. New Orleans Saints	W 30-22
Week 17	Sun., Dec. 31	at New York Giants	W 26-25
Week 18	Sun., Jan. 7	at San Francisco 49ers	W 21-20

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Fantasy Football Strength of Schedule (SOS)

How easy or difficult is the fantasy football schedule for Los Angeles Rams players?

Fantasy Football Strength of Schedule by position:

Los Angeles Rams - 2023 Draft Results

The table below are all of the 2023 NFL Draft picks selected by the Los Angeles Rams.

Round	Overall	Player	Position	School
2	36	Steve Avila	G	TCU
3	77	Byron Young	EDGE	Tennessee
3	89	Kobie Turner	DT	Wake Forest
4	128	Stetson Bennett	QB	Georgia
5	161	Nick Hampton	EDGE	Appalachian State
5	174	Warren McClendon Jr.	OT	Georgia
5	175	Davis Allen	TE	Clemson
5	177	Puka Nacua	WR	BYU
6	182	Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson	CB	TCU
6	189	Ochaun Mathis	EDGE	Nebraska
6	215	Zach Evans	RB	Ole Miss
7	223	Ethan Evans	P	Wingate
7	234	Jason Taylor II	S	Oklahoma State
7	259	Desjuan Johnson	DE	Toledo

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