Needing plenty of help to replace Aaron Donald, Rams draft four defensive linemen

The Rams went into the NFL draft with two pressing needs. Star lineman Aaron Donald’s retirement left a humongous hole in the defense. And, after last season’s kicking debacle, they also had to address that position. General manager Les Snead and coach Sean McVay had said no single player could fill the void left by future-Hall-of-Famer Donald, so the Rams attempted to do it with volume.

The Rams selected Stanford kicker Joshua Karty in the sixth round, potentially filling what Snead acknowledged was a “dire” need after Brett Maher’s and Lucas Havrisik’s inconsistency last season. The Rams chose Karty six picks after the Minnesota Vikings selected Alabama kicker Will Reichard and three picks before the Jacksonville Jaguars selected Arkansas kicker Cam Little. “We just knew, like as soon as one of us was going that other teams would start to bite,” Karty said of the kickers.

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