If you’ve paid any attention to the Los Angeles Rams in the last five years or so, you know general manager Les Snead is always willing to make a deal. Whether it’s dealing picks for a player or moving down in the draft to accumulate more picks, Snead is always making calls.
When teams make deals involving picks during the draft, they typically use a trade value chart to gauge how much each pick is worth. It was originally developed by Jimmy Johnson but has since been refined over the years.
Rich Hill’s model is widely used now, giving fans a sense of what it would take for their team to trade up – or what they could get in return for trading down. Below is Hill’s chart for this year’s draft, showing exactly how much each of the Rams’ eight picks is worth.
