The Los Angeles Rams will have one extra pick in the 2020 NFL Draft thanks to the departures of their free agents last offseason. The NFL announced Tuesday that the Rams have been awarded one compensatory pick in this year’s draft.
The pick will be at the end of the third round, 104th overall in the draft.
The Rams now have picks at No. 52, 84 and 104 in the first three rounds, as well as one fourth-round pick and selections in the sixth and seventh rounds. They don’t have any first- or fifth-round picks.
The Rams lost Rodger Saffold and Lamarcus Joyner in free agency last year, both signing lucrative contracts with the Titans and Raiders, respectively. They factored into the NFL’s compensatory pick formula, but Ndamukong Suh – who signed with the Bucs – did not. Suh signed his contract too late into the offseason to count in the equation.
According to Over The Cap, the Rams’ signing of Clay Matthews canceled out the loss of Joyner, who would’ve brought in another fourth-round compensatory pick.
Last year, the Rams were awarded three compensatory picks in the draft, two coming in the third round and one in the seventh. Those were for the losses of Trumaine Johnson, Sammy Watkins and Cody Davis the year prior. They did not receive any in the 2018 draft.
