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Rams-Falcons draft trade could secure future for L.A.

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LOS ANGELES -- As Rams head coach Sean McVay and general manager Les Snead sat for their news conference after last April's first round of the NFL draft, the pair fielded questions about trading back 20 spots and out of the first round.

A few hours before that news conference, the Rams traded pick No. 26 to the Atlanta Falcons, who used it on James Pearce Jr. The outside linebacker has 8.