Rams Draft Alabama Star Dallas Turner in New NFL Mock
The Los Angeles Rams currently hold their own first-round pick in 2024. However, most analysts are not confident in the Rams' playoff chances, meaning a top-10 selection could very well be on the horizon.
The Rams didn't make many improvements this offseason, despite their 5-12 record last season. In fact, the team lost a good portion of its top players from a season ago, meaning there should be plenty of holes to fill next offseason.
In Pro Football Network's latest seven-round mock draft, author Ian Cummings anticipates the Rams will head into the 2024 NFL Draft with the 10th overall pick.
With that pick, Los Angeles is projected to pick Alabama pass rusher Dallas Turner. In two seasons with the Crimson Tide, Turner has recorded 67 tackles, including 18 for loss, 12.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries and a touchdown.
According to SIS Football, the 6-foot-4, 240-pounder logged the sixth most pressures in the SEC last season. However, four of the five players ahead of him were drafted into the NFL.
Cummings explained the need for Turner, despite drafting edge rushers Byron Young and Nick Hampton this offseason.
"[Turner] is a perfect fit for LA’s scheme," Cummings said. "He’s a nightmare for tackles with his superlative explosiveness and bend, and he also has the length to channel power and demolish blockers who widen their hands too far."
In 2020, Alabama's Will Anderson Jr. lined up as an outside linebacker because the edge rusher position was filled. The next two years, Anderson moved edge and shattered records.
Now that Anderson has moved into the NFL, Turner is expected to transition fully to edge rusher. Filling Anderson's shoes is a tall task, but from the way the bone-crushing hitter has played over the last two seasons, it's not an impossibility.
If he continues to thrive in his junior season, the edge rusher may be talented enough to start for the Rams immediately, regardless of the depth.
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