With free agency a week away, NFL clubs are lining up their plans and aiming to fill glaring holes and bolster rosters before turning to the draft in late April.
Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead said Tuesday how many clubs are approaching the open market, using it as the first step to fill the gaps.
“Our core philosophy is if we can use free agency to not be desperate in the draft, we’ll probably be better drafters,” he said, via the team’s official website, “because we’re not reaching, we’re not desperate. We’re not going in there with a big void, a big hole that needs to be filled.”
That’s the philosophy most teams do and should take when they approach building their rosters, which best helps avoid a glaring need that could bring them down come game day. Snead noted that the Rams hope to “lead the starting lineup” before the draft, allowing them to take the best players on their board regardless of position.
“There’s a chance, if you reach a need when it’s all said and done, you still have a need, but you used a draft pick on it,” Snead said.