On this date in 1991—Rams release Mel Owens…Owens spent 9 seasons with the Rams…122-games, 91 starts…became a starter in 1983…had 9-sacks in 1985…a really good player, but overdrafted at 1/9/1981-Michigan…Rams traded #20, #52, and #105 to Washington to jump from 20 to #9 to take Owens…This was not a Don Klosterman trade…#20 turns into Mark May a fixture with the Hogs and appears in three Super Bowls for the Redskins.
That 1981 Draft—Had #2 Lawrence Taylor, #4 Kenny Easley, #8 Ronnie Lott…#38 Michael Singletary, #48 Howie Long, #51 Rickey Jackson, #69 Russ Grimm…That’s 7 Hall of Famers in the First 100…and I didn’t mention…Freeman McNeil, Hugh Green, Keith Van Horne, Dennis Smith, James Brooks, Neil Lomax, James Wilder, Cris Collinsworth, Eric Wright, Joe Delaney,
The Rams took Jim Collins at #43…#63 Greg Meisner…the most prominent player out of the next 10 they drafted…was Jairo Penaranda 12/328/1981..
Do you want to look at Don Klosertman’s last draft in 1980?
Johnnie Johnson, Irv Pankey, Jewerl Thomas, Leroy Irvin, Mike Guman, Kirk Collins, Gerry Ellis, George Farmer (9/248/1980), and a guy we’ll talk about in a few weeks…Terry Greer.
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