LOS ANGELES -- While Aaron Donald's retirement gives the Los Angeles Rams another obvious need on the defensive side of the ball entering the 2024 NFL draft, it's hard not to notice how the team tends to operate under head coach Sean McVay.
Since hiring McVay in 2017, Los Angeles' first pick has been used on an offensive player six times in seven drafts. Safety Taylor Rapp, a second-round pick in 2019, was the only exception.
At the NFL league meetings in Orlando last month, one team source acknowledged the need for defensive talent in the draft, but also pointed out that the team typically has gone with an offensive player under their offensive-minded head coach.