Rams must bolster wide receiver, O-line at trade deadline

The Rams’ front office does not have to tear down the team before the Nov. 1 trade deadline, but it must improve key positions for Los Angeles to hoist another Lombardi Trophy. 

The Rams (2-3) have looked awful at times, losing by three scores to the Buffalo Bills in the opener and failing to score a touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 4. They have scored just three points in the fourth quarter. 

Los Angeles must address two areas: a lackluster receiving corps and porous offensive line. 

Wide receiver Cooper Kupp and tight end Tyler Higbee have carried the team. The dynamic duo rank first and second on the team in catches (49 for Kupp, 33 for Higbee) and receiving yards (527 for Kupp, 290 for Higbee).

The rest of the team combined has 53 catches for 518 yards. Wide receiver Allen Robinson II -– who signed a three-year, $46.5 million contract in the offseason -– has averaged just 21.4 receiving yards per game. 

The Rams need a new wide receiver to serve as a top option behind Kupp and Higbee. Odell Beckham Jr. seems to be at the top of the team’s wish list, but the team reportedly lowballed him.  

If OBJ does not want to return to Los Angeles, the Rams should try to shake wide receiver Jakobi Meyers from the cellar-dwelling New England Patriots. 

Meyers, who has racked up 20 catches and 261 receiving yards in three games this season, becomes an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. New England did not rush to offer him a long-term contract last spring when he was a restricted free agent.

The Rams could trade an early draft pick and a linebacker, a position where New England is thin, for Meyers.  

Besides a wide receiver, the team also needs offensive line help. The Rams have allowed 21 sacks, tied for most with the Indianapolis Colts.