The Rams Move up to No. 1 after Blockbuster Trade with Titans

The Los Angeles Rams are now on the clock.

The Tennessee Titans dealt the top pick in the 2016 NFL draft along with their fourth (No. 113) and sixth-round (177) picks to the Rams in exchange for their first-round (15), both of their second round (43 and 45) and third-round selection (76) in 2016 along with a first and a third next year.

One of those seconds was acquired in the package to acquire Sam Bradford last season.

At least we can stop the trading up to No. 1 speculation. Then again, there are two quarterbacks that could go in the top five and the Philadelphia Eagles might still want in on the action. So maybe the trade rumors aren’t dead just yet.

Ugh, it just nevers ends!

The Rams, of course, desperately need a quarterback and with the move into a new market, getting that franchise guy sounds a lot more appetizing for the City of Angels. This should make for a fun Hard Knocks this summer with Carson Wentz or Jared Goff taking their licks as a rookie.

The Titans now own nine picks in the upcoming draft, including six of the top 76.

“Being able to acquire six players in the top 76 this year, along with next year when you factor that into it — I am assuming five in the top three rounds — that is 11 players that we can add to this football team that should not only increase our depth, but give us good quality players at all those positions,’’ Titans general manager Jon Robinson said.

“In the end we thought it was a decision that was best for this football team. It made sense for us to do it, and that’s why we moved on it. We talked to several teams about the pick. There was interest in the pick, and in the end we thought this was the option that made the most sense for us…We think we can really bolster this roster with the picks that we now have.”

With a franchise quarterback already in tow, this was a great haul for the Titans.

“This move does not knock us out of any player, except one,’’ Robinson said. “We now have the ammunition to work the draft and acquire players that are going to be good for this football team.”

The NFL Draft begins two weeks from today on April 28.