Rams GM Les Snead to Isolate for Rest of NFL Draft After COVID-19 Diagnosis

Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead will self-isolate after testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday morning, according to Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic. 

Snead, 50, told reporters he was set to receive his second dose of the vaccine in two days. Both he and head coach Sean McVay had a close contact with a Rams staffer who later tested positive and the GM is now experiencing mild symptoms. 

McVay tested negative for the virus. 

The general manager will remain isolated throughout the remainder of the draft while McVay is expected to return to the team's war room on Friday. 

Los Angeles did not make any selections on Thursday and isn't slated to pick until the end of Round 2 at No. 57 overall, followed by two more picks in Round 3. In the meantime, Snead said he plans to camp out in his garage, which he claimed he already converted into an office and jokingly mentioned adding a mattress.  

Snead has served as the Rams general manager since 2012 and recently landed quarterback Matthew Stafford from the Detroit Lions for Jared Goff, two first-round picks and a third-round pick. That'll make it seven consecutive years the Rams have not drafted in the first round. 

L.A. traded its firsts in 2020 and 2021 to the Jacksonville Jaguars for cornerback Jalen Ramsey.

The GM still expects to be wired into all the goings-on at the team's Malibu draft house. He just won't be there to help dictate the action in person.