What if instead of drafting Aaron Donald with the 13th overall pick in 2014, the Rams instead accepted a huge trade offer and instead landed Zack Martin, C.J. Mosley, or Brandin Cooks? Or worse, Kelvin Benjamin? What if instead of picking Greg Robinson with the second overall pick that same year, the Rams chose Sammy Watkins?
According to Brad Holmes, the current general manager of the Detroit Lions and a former area scout with the St. Louis and Los Angeles Rams who specifically helped tip the team off to the ultra-talented defensive tackle out of Pitt that year, there were a number of scenarios that nearly played out that day in 2014: The Rams could have had Watkins and Donald.