When you haven't had a first round pick for a few years, those 3rd round picks become more important than they would to other teams.
Yes, I know it takes time for some players to develop. Especially later round picks but that's why hitting on our 3rd rounder, and all the other picks, was "more" important to us. We don't have the luxury to wait 4 years for guys like Tutu and Bruss to "develop".
I agree the "expected" rate of 3rd round picks making it is low but when that 3rd rounder is really "needed" to contribute early and you pick a player that might not play for a few years, there is a problem.
I might not call it a "blown pick" but I would say they dropped the ball and should have done a better job at picking someone who had a better chance of playing sooner than later.
Not making a pick (OL) that kind of seems more like a "make up" pick for missing out on Creed and taking Tutu instead of picking player that really had better potential.
IMO, they could be better at drafting players. The missing on Creed, taking Tutu, Bruss and others.
They're not horrible at it,but they sure need to improve at it or else it's back to the old "F-them Picks" strategy since some people aren't very good at selecting players in the draft with those picks in the first place.
#HelmetHornsMatter
“Well, the color is good, I like the metallic blue,” Youngblood recently said while laughing, via NFL Journal. “The horn is terrible. It looks like a ‘C.’ When I first saw it on the logo I honestly thought it was a Charger logo.
“Now when I see it on the helmet, it just isn’t a ram horn. There is no distinct curl like a mature ram horn. I don’t know how the Rams could get that wrong. That is your symbol and it has been for what? Seventy years or more? Longer than I have been alive? It’s just not us, it’s not the Rams.”---Mr. Ram Jack Youngblood
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/06/2023 06:54AM by Ramsdude.