5 former first-round picks the Rams should consider as trade targets

The early part of May is an important part of the NFL calendar as that is when teams must decide whether or not to pick up the fifth-year options of their first-round picks. Throughout the Sean McVay era, the Los Angeles Rams haven’t had to do this as they haven’t had first-round picks. With that said, it’s still something to pay attention to as a player who hasn’t had their fifth-year option picked up can mean that the team that drafted them is on the edge of moving on and just needs a little push.

This offseason, the deadline to pick up the fifth-year option on the 2022 rookie class was May 1. There are 12 rookies from the 2022 class that didn’t sign a fifth-year option and out of those,…