Los Angeles Rams: First-round prospects to avoid in the 2019 NFL Draft
By Jason Reed
1. Miles Sanders, RB, Penn State
If you survey 100 fans and ask them what the Los Angeles Rams need heading into next season I would bet a lot of money that not a single fan would legitimately say running back.
The Rams have the best running back in the game in Todd Gurley, who has signed an extension with the team to be the feature back for the long-term. He still is young, after all, and is an elite threat in both the running and passing game.
That does not matter to Peter Schrager of NFL.com, who has the Rams taking Penn State running back, Miles Sanders, with the 31st overall pick in his latest mock draft.
The logic here is simple: get someone that can split time and can also be a threat in the passing game to take a load of Gurley. Gurley did see his workload dip significantly in the playoffs and his knee is a concern moving forward.
That should not mean wasting a first-round pick on a running back, though, First of all, C.J. Anderson proved to us that if push comes to shove the Rams can find a cheap running back on the market that can come in and make a difference.
And if that does not work the Rams have an extremely talented back-up in John Kelly, who the team selected in the sixth round last year. Kelly got virtually no chance to prove himself in his rookie season but if you watched him at Tennessee you would know he has enough skill to at least be an above average back-up.