... that only about half of all draft picks really pan out.
And yet ... the teams that stockpile picks are almost always, without exception, lauded for their foresight.
If you've been a long-time follower of this franchise ... you already know about the times the Rams have traded a bird in the hand for what's hiding in the bush.
Eric Dickerson. The trade-down with Washington in 2012 that netted the extra picks.
Without dissecting those deals for the umpteenth time ... it's fair to say neither one of them really moved the meter for this franchise much.
Is this trade a risk? Sure it is. Every trade is. Just like every draft pick is.
Just like I said when the Rams moved on Goff ... I like it when a team I follow makes a bold move and gambles on something great coming from it.
Finally ... I know this is a completely different era. I get that.
But I've spent the last several years engulfed in researching the 1960s and early '70s in the NFL. Though I knew about it ... going back over what George Allen did to bring the Rams back from suspended animation in the mid-and-late '60s, and then did the same thing in Washington in the early and mid-1970s ... gives one pause about how great football teams can be built.
If nothing else ... what Allen did in Los Angeles and Washington goes to show there is no one blueprint. No one right way to go about it.
I'd much rather see this team fail in an attempt to get markedly better ... than watch it play it close to the vest.
