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Jeremy WillisESPN.com
The Los Angeles RamsBelieve in building through the power of the imagination, but they don't believe so. NFL draft. Their first pick of the 2022 draftIt won't be until the third round. Les Snead, Rams' General Manager, is well-known for his famous “A” line. coffee mug and t-shirt expressingHis opinion about draft capital.
This is Hollywood. You might be surprised by a plot twist or film noir-style surprise. Perhaps even a plan to gather a team to steal the draft from Las Vegas.
On Tuesday, the Super Bowl champions released “On The Clock”, a short film. The video, which has its own tagline (“The House Always Wins”) reimagines the draft in an epic mix of “Ocean's Eleven” and “The Fast and Furious.”
The plot: Stan Kroenke (played by Dennis Quaid) must gather his team to defeat the draft. Snead is played by Josh Holloway (Lost and Yellowstone), coach Sean McVay (Scott Eastwood), and Raheem Morris (Fast) franchise alum Tyrese Giliam, respectively, must recruit their team.
The team is featured Kendall Blanton, Terrell Burgess, Aaron Donald, Tyler Higbee, Jordan Fuller, Van Jefferson, Cooper Kupp, David Long Jr., Jalen Ramsey, Nick Scott, Ben Skowronek Matthew Stafford.
Kupp drives a sports car, and Jefferson steals the show with his comedy chops. You can even find draft Easter eggs. Kupp (69th overall pick in 2017), Blanton (104) in 2020), Higbee (1110th in 2016), Fuller (299th in 2020), Long Jr. (188) in 2019), Scott (2243rd 2019), Scott (249th 2021), and Scott (349th 2019) were all selected in the third round. Stafford and Ramsey arrived in Los Angeles through trades of picks from the first round.
