Rams just earned two extra draft picks thanks to a new NFL rule and the Saints could be next
CBS Sports: The Los Angeles Rams are going to have one extra pick in each of the next two drafts thanks to a new NFL rule that was implemented barely two months ago. Back in November, the NFL’s 32 owners approved a resolution that called for teams to be rewarded any time a minority member of their organization was hired away by another team to be either a head coach or a general manager. The idea behind the new rule was to encourage teams to hire more minority coaches and executives and develop them.
Under the new rule, any team that loses a minority coach or executive to a head coach or GM job will be compensated with two third-round picks that will be awarded as one pick in two consecutive years.
The first benefactor of this new rule is the Rams, who just lost their director of college scouting, Brad Holmes, to the Lions. According to multiple reports, Holmes has agreed to a five-year deal to become the general manager in Detroit. Since the Rams lost a minority employee to another team, the NFL is now going to award them two third-round picks with one coming in 2021 and the second one coming in 2022.
If a team loses a second employee to a head coach or GM job, then that club will receive three third-round picks that will be spread out over three consecutive years. Read More















