We had reporters in the war room on draft day reporting in detail what went on there. We had a few years of interviews where different parties involved, including both Snead and Fisher, described the process. We have a ton of data on the process.
First, a few weeks before any draft, the Rams ended the scouting process by meeting and discussing prospects and ranking them. They made their board that way. The process was involved and different people in personnel had input on it.
Fisher had final say but he was not a scout so he also delegated and listened.
On draft day they stuck to their board.
There would be no situation, then, where when it was time to pick, they would have conflicts. They stuck to their board.
Seeing it that way cuts through the "who was it Fisher or Snead" issues. It was Fisher with final say but the process centered around ranking the board. That was real conversation and not simply a matter of Fisher dictating his preferences in some kind of clearcut, hardline way. It wasn't like that. In fact from what I have read, the Rams way of doing it was not that different from Seattle's way of doing it.
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/30/2017 07:41AM by zn.
