A History of F Them Picks: How Rams Trades of 1st-Round Selections Have Gone

After taking a few years off from trading valuable draft capital for star players, the Los Angeles Rams are back at it again.

The Rams will reportedly trade their first-round pick (No. 29 overall) in the 2026 NFL Draft for Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie. They'll also surrender a fifth-round pick and a sixth-round pick in the 2026 draft, plus a third-round pick in the 2027 draft as part of the deal.

When the deal was first reported on Wednesday, nearly everyone on social media recalled Rams general manager Les Snead's memorable "F them picks" quote following the team's Super Bowl win in 2021. But as Snead traded another first-round pick on Wednesday, has that approach worked out well for the Rams in the past?

Let's take a look at all the trades the Rams have made involving first-round picks since they moved to Los Angeles ahead of the 2016 season. 

The Rams traded up to get the No. 1 pick in the 2016 select Jared Goff,  (Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images)

Trade details

Rams received: No. 1 (first round), No. 113 (fourth round) and No. 177 (sixth round) overall picks in 2016 NFL Draft

Titans received: No. 15 (first round), No. 43 (second round), No. 45 (second round) and No. 76 (third round) overall picks in 2016 NFL Draft, plus Rams' first-round pick and third-round picks in 2017 NFL Draft

This move actually came in the offseason prior to Sean McVay being hired as head coach. But fresh off their announcement that they would be moving to Los Angeles, the Rams decided to make a big swing to land a franchise quarterback.

The trade sort of worked out for the Rams. When McVay took over in 2017, Goff ascended into becoming one of the game's top quarterbacks and helped Los Angeles reach the Super Bowl in 2019. But