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St. Louis Rams

DT Orien Harris (S2, 29th)
CB Demetrice Webb (S3, 15th)
DE Chris Harrington (S4, 24th)
QB Bobby Reid (S5, 9th)
QB Josh Freeman (S6, 30th)
WR Michael Crabtree (S7, 27th)
QB Brock Osweiler (S8, 25th)
QB Ryan Tannehill (S9, 2nd)
TE Austin Hooper (S12, 22nd)
OLB Leonard Floyd (S13, 21st)
CB Anthony Brown (S14, 27th)

Harris is still miraculously with the franchise despite not having started a game since S7 and even being a #4 DT for the past several seasons. He had 33 sacks in his first six seasons before John Mixon supplanted him and while he has mostly stayed on the bench, he did ascend back to the rotational DT last season due to injuries in front and gave the elite Rams D 2 sacks.

To this day, Webb is the only and likely only first rounder to not sign with the team who drafted them. Back in the early seasons, while everyone had similarly talented teams thanks to the franchise draft, the financial situation was a lot different due to differences in the assumed contracts (contracts that players were already under when the league started). The Rams were among the unlucky and thus the AI determined that it wasn't worth signing Webb (they didn't come away empty handed as FB Jason Snelling and DE Zach Latimer had long productive careers, with the latter still playing in Tennessee). He signed with Fenny and the Jets, with whom he spent his entire playing career. He was the #2 behind Chris Gamble and later Jeremy Lane before retiring. I think he made a Pro Bowl or two.

Harrington has mostly been a rotational DE as a run-stuffing specialist but he did start several non-consecutive seasons for them and was able to be an above-average pass rusher from time to time. He's currently the rotational DE again for a pair of players nearly a decade younger than him.

Reid was the only pick while under user control and was expected to succeed Jake Delhomme. He was a good passer and an excellent scrambling but never kept ahold of the starter's job. He went to Tennessee where he helped transform the offense to where they had their best offensive ranking with him at the helm. New management for the Titans didn't care for scrambling QBs or something and decided that Sam Bradford and Paxton Lynch were clearly better options and cut Reid with multiple years left on his contract. He was with the Steelers last season in what was by far his worst outing and currently finds himself on the free agent market again.

Oh god, here come the AI Rams on a QB run. Freeman had one season as the starting QB in St. Louis where he was merely fine with nearly 2500 yards, an even TD:INT ratio, and a mid-70s passer rating. He eventually made his way to the Orcas where he has alternated between being a #2 and #3.

In the middle of a QB sandwich, the Rams took Crabtree when they had an aging WR corps. He never got the starting job there, but he increased his yardage, YPC, and TDs in each of his six seasons as a Ram before being traded to the Dolphins for I think HB Eddie Lacy. In his two seasons in Miami, he was great whenever Odell Beckham Jr. got injured and gave the Dolphins nearly 80 rec on over 1200 yards and 7 TDs in two seasons. His contract ran out and is one of the better FA receivers available.

Back to the QBs, Osweiler started just two games in St. Louis, and only appeared in games during that one season (S11). He had a 77 passer rating throwing for 540 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT.

After many attempts, the Rams finally found their long-term starting QB in Tannehill. His rookie season will likely never be topped by another rookie QB. He had a 102.2 passer rating, 3336 yards, 27 TDs, and 9 INTs on 66.8% completion. I only record the top passer rating each season, so I can't say this with complete accuracy, but that 102.2 passer rating might be the fifth highest single season mark by a qualified passer. He may not have reached close to those heights in the follwing five seasons, but he does have low-to-high 80 passer ratings in each of them with high completion, yardage, and TD marks.

Hooper has improved as a receiver each season, with last season being a Pro Bowl year with 563 yards and 5 TDs. It's hard to make TEs sound exciting okay?

Thanks to a few teams unexpectedly passing on a strong OLB class in S13, the Rams were able to nab Floyd who has 152 tackles, 8 sacks, 2 INTs, and 4 FRs in two seasons.

The Rams have an elite defense, but they still could use more talent at CB, so they drafted their first DB in the first round in Brown. He had 24 tackles, 2 INTs, and a FR as a rookie.
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