Trading up in the NFL draft is always sexy, but you can’t go up without another team going down. And oftentimes it is the team moving down that comes out ahead. More often, that GM trading down or sacrificing his draft capital is Les Snead of the Los Angeles Rams.
Holding the 36th overall pick in this year’s draft, the Rams have their highest selection going into day one or day two since 2019. But that year, Snead traded once, traded twice, and traded three times, ultimately going from holding pick 31 to selecting Taylor Rapp at 61.