Opinion: Rams are mortgaging their future, but going for broke looks like shrewd business in today's NFL

Some of the memes circulating on social media were so hilarious after the Rams executed another blockbuster deal on Monday by packaging more draft picks to land ace edge rusher Von Miller.

Les Snead, the Rams general manager, couldn’t help but chuckle at the one suggesting that his entire scouting staff is on vacation.

"They’re in Cabo right now," Snead joked during a Zoom media conference on Tuesday.

He knows the score. In sending second- and third-round picks to the Denver Broncos in exchange for Miller, Los Angeles won’t have a pick next spring until a third-round compensatory pick. But it’s hardly time for a vacation. With the need to find value on mid- to late-round selections, the pressure on Snead’s personnel department has gone up a notch.

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