Rams Land Chiefs DT Chris Jones in Hypothetical NFL Redraft
Millions of NFL fans across the country enjoy fantasy football every year, but what would happen if fantasy became reality?
What if the NFL decided to do a league-wide reset, voiding existing contracts and holding a re-draft? Obviously, such a logistical nightmare would never happen in real life, but it's still fun to think about. Hypothetical questions are running rampant with the offseason at a standstill, and as such, Touchdown Wire decided to take a stab at such a scenario.
The order for this redraft was entirely random, and the Los Angeles Rams received the No. 19 pick. They then use that pick to select a star defensive tackle, but not franchise icon Aaron Donald. Instead, the Rams take Kansas City Chiefs star Chris Jones in this hypothetical scenario.
"The Rams miss out on returning Aaron Donald to the fold but do land the next best thing with the selection of Chris Jones who has played close to the same level in the past few seasons," Touchdown Wire writes.
Jones and Donald are arguably the two best defensive tackles in the game today. Donald is easily the more-accomplished player, being among the best defensive players in NFL history, but Jones is over three years younger. Additionally, Jones is coming off a career season in which he posted 44 tackles and 15.5 sacks, finishing third in Defensive Player of the Year voting.
As for Donald, he went one pick earlier to the Green Bay Packers at No. 18, preventing a "reunion" with the franchise he has spent his entire career with. Donald is also the only current Ram to appear in this re-draft, with not even star receiver Cooper Kupp making the top 32 picks.
While entirely hypothetical, this scenario is always fun to speculate on and does raise some interesting questions. In the actual NFL, though, the Rams are more than happy with their own superstar lineman in Donald.
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