The Los Angeles Rams’ eventful 2024 NFL Draft saw the Horns choose ten new players this past weekend.
LA’s decision to trade significant future draft equity for its hoped-for Aaron Donald replacement, former Second-Team All-ACC Florida State defensive tackle Braden Fiske, was criticized by ESPN’s Seth Walder during a conversation with colleague Kevin Clark on a new episode of the latter’s “This Is Football With Kevin Clark” podcast.
“I’m going to say the Rams” lost the draft, Walder declared. “I was very skeptical of the trade they made [for Fiske]. They exchanged 52, 155, and a future [second-round selection] for 39. You’re giving away a future second-round selection, plus more, simply to advance into the second round. I don’t think we need to do much arithmetic to see that doesn’t make much sense. And it is grabbing a shiny object right in front of you because you cannot wait till next year. That is pretty expensive.”
“Just to put in context, that was the most expensive, the highest overpay in day two in the last six years, at least that’s as far back as I as I have logged,” he said. “That’s a really bad deal.”
This isn’t even an indictment of Fiske; rather, it’s the loss of all those picks and hence manageable young contracts.
We guess Fiske only needs to become a 10-time Pro Bowler and three-time Defensive Player of the Year.
