Los Angeles Rams full 2020 NFL mock draft
Offensive Tackle. Broncos . Ezra Cleveland. 52. player. 895.
Andrew Whitworth is coming back to protect Jared Goff’s blindside, apparently on a three-year deal. But he’s 38 years old, and retirement consideration is an annual thing even if he remains among the best left tackles in the league (one sack allowed in 2019, according to Pro Football Focus). Finding Whitworth’s successor should be on the radar.
Cleveland falls by the wayside in what looks to be a top-heavy offensive tackle class. He was a three-year starter at left tackle (40 games) for Boise State, and he earned First-Team All-Mountain West honors in each of his last two seasons.
Rob Havenstein fell off last year, ranking 71st among 81 qualifying offensive tackles according to Pro Football Focus as he was eventually replaced by Bobby Evans at right tackle. Cleveland could step in at right tackle as a rookie, then be ready to take over for Whitworth somewhere down the road.
player. 812. . Running Back. Buckeyes . J.K. Dobbins. 57
Financial ramifications aside, the decision to part ways with Gurley was an easy one for the Rams. Darrell Henderson and Malcolm Brown are now atop the depth chart, but if an opportunity to draft another back comes in the draft if appears it will be taken.
Les Snead on the Rams' running philosophy after Todd Gurley: "What we do want to be is a team that utilizes more than one workhorse moving the ball, with different skill sets."
— Greg Beacham (@gregbeacham) April 6, 2020
Dobbins led the Big Ten and finished third in the country with 2,003 rushing yards last year, and he also averaged 6.7 yards per carry. His production as a receiver wasn’t great (23 catches for 247 yards, two touchdowns last year), but he topped 10 yards per catch in each of his final two seasons in Columbus.
Dobbins is a smaller back (5-foot-9, 209 pounds) who draws critique for operating at “one speed”. But he showed he can be a workhorse with 301 carries last year, and he shows well in all aspects of the position.
Dobbins could be drafted as early as late in the first round. But if he falls, as other teams don’t use premium draft capital on running backs, the Rams will happily take him with the extra second-round pick they got from Houston.