The NFL is filled with various links similar to the vein of how film buffs use Kevin Bacon to connect actors and actresses together.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter opened up his NFL Draft notebook on Monday, and uncovered an unlikely link between Bo Nix and the Rams.
As the story noted, Rams general manager Les Snead overlapped for a season with Nix’s father, Patrick, at Auburn.
It was 1983, and Snead was a graduate assistant, while the elder Nix was a quarterback, and the team went 11-0.
“Snead could go from watching one Nix make a mark on a team he was associated with early in his career to another Nix trying to make a mark on his team years later,” Schefter wrote.
Bo Nix may or may not be there by the time the Rams pick at 19th overall, as The Post’s Steve Serby forecasted Nix to go 12th to the Broncos in his latest mock draft.
Nix, 24, played his first three seasons of college football at Auburn and then his final two at Oregon.
This past season, he finished third in the Heisman voting.
Former Washington quarterback Michael Penix was also mentioned as a possibility for the Rams, who have a first round draft pick for the first time since 2019.
Quarterback Matthew Stafford is signed with the Rams through 2026.
While Stafford has no more guaranteed money left on his contract after this season, it would cost the Rams $47 million in dead cap if they parted ways with him before 2025.
The Rams are also in search of a difference maker on defense after legendary pass rusher Aaron Donald retired earlier this offseason.
Last season, the Rams went 10-7, finishing second in the NFC West.
They lost in the first round of the playoffs, 24-23, in Detroit.
