Well, that was undoubtedly unexpected.

When the Patriots picked guard Cole Peculiar with the 29th all round decide on in the initial round of the 2022 NFL Draft on Thursday night, the go arrived as a shock to several — and particularly the Rams hierarchy.

“Cole Odd just went,” head coach Sean McVay stated all through a push meeting, with normal supervisor Les Snead responding, “Oh my, UT-Chattanooga to the very first round.”

The Patriots selected Cole Strange in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft on Thursday, April 28
The Patriots picked Cole Odd in the initially round of the 2022 NFL Draft on Thursday, April 28
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McVay’s candid response did not stop there.

“How ’bout that, and we wasted our time observing him contemplating he’d be at 104, toddler,” McVay explained, igniting a roar of laughter from the crowd.


Get the complete listing of initially-round 2022 NFL Draft picks, with investigation and more from the New York Submit.


The Rams, contemporary off their Super Bowl earn more than the Bengals in February, will not make their initially assortment in this year’s draft until the 3rd round. They traded this year’s initial-spherical select to the Lions in a January 2021 blockbuster acquisition of quarterback Matthew Stafford.

In advance of Odd was picked by New England, he experienced been joined to the Rams back again in March as a probable in shape.

Sean McVay reacts to Patriots picking Cole Strange in 2022 NFL Draft