Rams trade into top-10 for offensive playmaker in new mock draft

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Despite being only a few plays away from making the Super Bowl, the Los Angeles Rams have the No. 13 pick from a 2025 trade with the Atlanta Falcons.

L.A. can do a lot of things with this pick: Stay put and take the best player for their team, trade back to pick up more draft capital or even us it to move up and take a prized prospect very early.

ESPN's Bill Barnwell wrote about how Les Snead and Sean McVay could do the latter in his newest all-trades mock draft. Barnwell wrote that the Rams could send the Nos. 13 and 93 picks to the Cincinnati Bengals for the No. 10 pick and draft USC receiver Makai Lemon.

With the rumor mill suggesting that the Rams were at least interested in acquiring A.J. Brown and considered trading Davante Adams this offseason, there's a chance their focus will be on adding that final playmaker for reigning MVP Matthew Stafford. Tate should be off the board by the 10th selection, but if the Rams want to add USC wideout Makai Lemon, they might need to get aggressive. The Dolphins are bereft at wide receiver and need playmakers for Malik Willis. Lemon would be a logical pick for them at No. 11.

Lemon isn't a direct replacement for Adams in the long term, but Lemon's willingness to work over the middle of the field and block would appeal to McVay. It'll also get Lemon on the field immediately in what could be Stafford's final season.

As Barnwell suggests, the Rams may not have the luxury of waiting until No. 13 to take a blue-chip receiver prospect if that's the position they're targeting. Their third-round pick might be a little rich to move up just three spots, but it will depend on how much the Rams like a prospect. In a win-now season, that price tag might be worth it.

Lemon has been one of the most-mocked players to the Rams at No. 13, so it makes sense that another analyst could see L.A. being aggressive with a move up for him. We'll see if Snead and McVay agree, though.

This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: 2026 mock draft: Rams trade into top-10 for offensive playmaker

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