Rams Agree To Four-Year Contract With Second-Round Pick Braden Fiske

Fiske has the opportunity to make an immediate impact on a Rams line that has some promising young pieces. Last year, in his lone year at Florida State, Fiske was a second team All-ACC selection, finishing the year with 43 total tackles, nine tackles for loss and six sacks. Prior to that, he was a standout at Western Michigan where he had 148 total tackles and 27 tackles for loss in four seasons.

The Rams have an extremely promising line with the addition of Fiske and his college teammate Verse joining last year’s rookies Kobie Turner and Byron Young, as well as Bobby Brown and Michael Hoecht. An excellent athlete who thrives on getting in the backfield and making plays, Fiske is an ideal addition with a chance to be another impact player the Rams pick up through the draft.

Les Snead explains why Rams traded up to draft Braden Fiske

The Rams are known to be extremely aggressive with their draft picks, having no issues making necessary moves to get who they want and that was the case with Fiske. Les Snead and the front office traded away next year’s second-round pick in order to move up and take the Florida State product and Snead explained the reasoning behind it.

The general manager noted that there was a group of players the team targeted in the first round and that if they added a pass rusher, which was the case with Jared Verse, then they wanted to be aggressive in adding a defensive tackle in the second with Fiske being the main target there.

But by all accounts, Snead and the Rams had landed on Fiske as the person they wanted to add in the second round and were willing to do whatever was needed to ensure they got him.