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Rams pick Cal quarterback Jared Goff first overall
- Updated: April 28, 2016
8:27 PM ET
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams gave up six premium picks to move all the way from No. 15 to No. 1 to land what they hope is their present and future franchise quarterback. After taking their second quarterback with the first pick in the past seven years, they’re betting big that Cal’s Jared Goff will be that guy.
My take: When the Rams made the deal with the Tennessee Titans to move all the way up, I felt like it was a classic case of making a trade that I probably wouldn’t have done for either Goff or North Dakota State’s Carson Wentz but also one that I understood them making. This team reached a point of desperation for a franchise quarterback and did what they had to do to make it happen. I think Wentz was a better fit for what the Rams want to be offensively but that doesn’t mean Goff can’t succeed in the NFL. The biggest question now is what the Rams will do in terms of adding receiving weapons and solidifying the …
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