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Your point about virtually the entire O roster taking a back step in '16 is a good one, zn.
Gotta give you that much.
As I've posted multiple times before, I think that the Rams have no choice but to give both Tavon and GRob every reasonable opportunity this season to justify their draft status. A low risk, potentially high reward thing.
If any coaching staff can redeem them, it's this one.
But tbh, I'm not terribly optimistic. Both seem to have shortcomings between their ears, if you catch my drift. Not IQ shortcomings, necessarily, but "football smarts/desire to improve" shortcomings. Not coachable solutions, IOW.
I don't agree with that. In this sense.
To me Austin has already justified himself. 2015. But there's also a good chance that McVay may not want to use him that way.
I don't do "draft status." In fact, to be honest, I think it's a pointless endeavor. I don't need GR to "justify his draft status" because that's not a real and objective football criterion. If he pans out as a good ROT in his 4th year, I am not going to keep whining about where he was drafted. A football player is a football player. Once he's picked he has the same standing, to me, as a UDFA.
I never use that kind of thing to bash players.
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You're certainly entitled to your viewpoint about ignoring a player's draft status, zn.
But a lot of us expect a helluva lot more from a #2 overall, or a traded up for #8 overall than from a UDFA. To him to whom much is given, much is expected.
The higher draft status implies higher talent. That just seems beyond obvious to me. So, when a high 1st rounder is a bust, it's a MUCH bigger deal than when a UDFA doesn't make it. It's a gigantic missed opportunity.
I do take your point that once a player is brought in they should have an equal opportunity to earn a starting position. But that's a different topic.
