The Rams were short a few picks because of Jared Goff.
But when they finally used part of what was left, they wanted to give their No. 1 overall quarterback a chance to succeed.
After giving up their second and third as part of the package to trade for Goff, the Rams knew they had to focus their remaining efforts on offense. The Rams took wide receiver Pharoh Cooper in the fourth round, but seemed most encouraged by being able to get tight ends Tyler Higbee and South Carolina State’s Temarrick Hemingway in the fourth and six, to put them into an arsenal with running back Todd Gurley and receiver Tavon Austin.
“Higbee had fallen, and Hemingway was a guy we targeted, and we got both of them,” Rams general manager Les Snead said, via the Associated Press. “We were saying how nice it is when you do draft in clumps. We did it last year with (offensive linemen). They could grow together. . . .
“We came into this draft very thin at tight end in terms of depth, and we come out of it where we feel good about it.”
Of course, they got Higbee when they did because of his arrest for assault. But they didn’t have much of substance at the position with Jared Cook leaving, so it was an extreme need.
And now that they’ve invested so much in acquiring Goff, giving him a better chance to succeed is the only smart play.