Heading into Day 3 of the 2024 NFL Draft, I urged the L.A. Rams to trade up and take South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler as Matthew Stafford’s successor. My suggestion must’ve gotten lost in the mail as the Saints took Rattler in the fifth round. New Orleans took the Gamecocks star with the No. 150 pick, just four picks before LA selected Washington State DE Brennan Jackson.
Rattler was there for the taking and realistically, the Rams might not have needed to trade up for him given his lengthy availability on the board.