J ames Gladstone must want to prove to Les Snead that he can make even bigger draft trades as a general manager than his mentor has ever done with the Los Angeles Rams. In one of

Jacksonville Jaguars general manager James Gladstone had a true connection to Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead when they worked together. Gladstone made sure to thank the Sneads for how much they helped his development in the Rams front office from senior assistant in 2016 to director of scouting strategy in 2022,

Snead's been so good at drafting that he's the only GM in the past 10 seasons with at least three players who won either Offensive Rookie of the Year or Defensive Rookie of the Year during that span, per the Rams. Aaron Donald (2014) and Jared Verse (2024) won DROY, while Todd Gurley won OROY in 2015.