The well-documented history and non-history of the L.A. Rams and first round picks got a new data point last week when the team finally picked a player on day one, selecting Jared Verse eight years after Jared Goff. Thursday is the deadline for teams to make decisions on fifth-year options for players drafted in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft, but of course the Rams won’t have any news on that front for obvious reasons.
In fact, the last time the Rams had to make a fifth-year option decision at all was also with Goff, when L.