Really agree w/your take on 1st three pix
| April 29, 2020 01:11PM |
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Rampage2K-
First of all, like I've said before, the Rams have invested 6 picks in last two years in OL, it's time for those investments to pay off. O-linemen take time to develop and gel as a unit.
I also think they like what they saw towards end of the year in the young guys enough not to use a high pick on one this year who probably wouldn't start anyways.
Also, it was clear they wanted to replace Gurley, Cooks and Fowler and the best way to do that was use the BPA at those positions with their first three picks The guys they coveted at those spots were there and were all over the Cam and VJ pick...Once they saw Lewis was there at 84 they ecstatic and jumped on that ....can not blame them for any of those picks.
After that they were basically in the 4th round and just didn't see anybody in those rounds that were going to break the starting lineup this year along the OL
Their main goal was to take advantage of the deep skill position draft to help replace three starters we lost this offseason
Cam, VJ and Lewis is a pretty good start in doing that..... Once they did that they might have taken the BPA approach in filling the other needs like slot corner/safety , LB, OL etc
Once they got to pick 126 they figured a lot of these players have the same grade and traded down,
My bold prediction for 2020 is the o-line will be a top 10-15 line this year, if they can stay relatively healthy and we get back to top 5 offense in yards and scoring.
I'm excited as hell for this years draft to tell you the truth!
They wanted to replace Gurley and Cooks, very possibly specifically with Akers and VJ, and were delighted to see Lewis available at #84. And then thought any OL they might have drafted were no more promising than the slew of young OL they already have. I do think Gurley did his OL, and QB, ZERO favors this year. I think he was a below-avg starter this past year, and the fact that his longest run of the year was 25 yds is as much an indictment of his loss of speed and explosiveness as of the OL's shortfall. I am VERY confident that, however poor the OL, a Rams' QB will have a long run well over 25 yds, and that take-it-to-the-house potential will itself have positive ripple effects for the Rams O.
As for the OL, who knows? I think it could range from 25th to 75th percentiles. Hard to see it being either great or terrible (barring a rash of significant injuries).
