Rams had #2,
they could have taken Griffin or traded Bradford, either one would have gotten Rams same things
Trade Bradford and get all the picks and get RGIII---no better or worse than Bradford...well, neither worth #1 or #2 overall.
Keep Bradford and keep pick
who?
Trent Richardson?
Khalil?
Blackmon?
Best picks would have been Luke Kuechly - Stephon Gilmore - Fletcher Cox
but they could have been had at #6----so keep Bradford and take the #6--get Kuechly or GIlmore of Cox
But Rams trade down again--and though Brockers good, IMO not worth a #14 over all.
So if trade to #14--who? Chandler Jones (we had 2 edges)
Hightower? Harrison Smith? David Decastro maybe the best choice
then we go Quick--own pick, bust--could have taken Bobby Wagner there, people forget that
Rabbit Jenkins---decent enough--could have taken Bobby Wagner there
then the #2 Pead, bust---got too cute and bad trade down, though could have taken Lavonte David and then not a problem
then had #21 in 2013--trade it down to get AO
at 21-30 could have had DeAndre Hopkins --- would they have taken him at 21? No, would have taken AO
so it's not a trade-down problem it was a Snisher problem in drafting.
They got their target---someone with top 15 talent at 30 plus extra picks Stedman Bailey--another bad luck pick
was not going to be great but showed something until shot. Also kind of got stacy from this.
Then 2014 the big bust----Greg Robinson but that was not part of the Wash trade down, they got that initially
so it was a Snisher problem, not a trade down
thing
verdict?
Like the Dickerson trade the bounty did not equal the value of te pick, more misses than hits.
So this was a case for NOT trading down...excpet for AO because they'd have taken him anyway
at 6 in 2012? Maybe Cox, maybe Kuechly . . .
