Re: Blinkscout mock 2.0 ... getting more comfortable.
| March 30, 2017 02:43PM |
I am taking your "thoughts are welcome" literally sir! Hope that's okay. 
We do not get too much NCAA Football coverage in Canada, and admittedly I never used to be much of a draftnik as a longtime Rams fan (since Tony Guillory blocked Donnie Anderson's punt back in 1967), BUT.....
as Los Ramos have missed the Playoffs since the 2004 season (BTW, I was at our Franchise's last Playoff victory on January 08, 2005 when Sedro Woolley, WA native Cam Cleeland, our backup TE, climbed the step-ladder in the End Zone at (then) Qwest Field, and snagged Marc Bulger's fastball to complete our THIRD victory of the 2004 season over Mike IAmTheWalrus! Holmgren's Shehawks....
....BUT, by being out of the Playoffs for so long, well hey, a Rams guy has to find a way to amuse oneself, so for the past 5 seasons or so, I start pouring over all the draftnik sites, nfldraftscout, GreatBlueNorth Report, SI, nflcountdown, etc etc. in January. I also then watch the youtube highlights of the NCAA draftees coming out, and put my own lists together. I've never posted a whole list before, but I thought, I would fling this one out there for you and the rest to review and critique.
Rd/ #....PLAYER NAME.....SCHOOL....POS...................COMMENTS
2/37....Takkarist McKinley....UCLA.........OLB...I think his shoulder surgery will make this local SoCal 1st Rounder fall to us.
3/69....Gerald Everett.........S.Alabama....TE....Agree with you that Jared Goff needs productive targets like young Everett!
4/112..Rasul Douglas.........W.Virginia.....CB....Like TruJo (& Clancy Williams!) a CB with some length (& real potential).
4/141..Dede Westbrook....Oklahoma.....WR....If Goff throws enough TDs to Westbrook, Dede will change his name to TeeDee!
5/149..Kyle Fuller................Baylor........OC....It's a need& Fuller s/b there in 5th. If not, OT J.Davenport from Bucknell for value
6/189..Ben Gedeon............Michigan.......ILB...We're thin@LB & you just know a Jim Harbaugh-coached player will be tough.
6/206..Hunter Dimick.........Utah...............DE...This Ute stud was a Combine snub to be sure. Hope he lasts to #206. Value!!
7/234..De'Veon Smith........Michigan.......RB....A 225lbs Harbaugh product to, as you said...back-up Todd Franchise Gurley
I think we will be stuck with TruJo....all NFL GMs realize the plethora of CB roster-help available in this 2017 Draft, so why mortgage the farm for a 6th year vet who gets dinged-up every year it seems. I am of the mind that we HAVE TO improve our Pass Rush for 2017, and who knows how Robert Quinn (and his back!) will respond to playing standing up as an Edge OLB??? We need to insure good pressure on opposing QBs AS IT WILL MASK DEFICIENCIES IN OUR DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD!! That's why I want McKinley at #37....because we don't know if Quinn will be Von Miller, or Dennis Miller.
Let me know what the Blinkscout verdict is on the above! Look forward to receiving the feedback.
We do not get too much NCAA Football coverage in Canada, and admittedly I never used to be much of a draftnik as a longtime Rams fan (since Tony Guillory blocked Donnie Anderson's punt back in 1967), BUT.....
as Los Ramos have missed the Playoffs since the 2004 season (BTW, I was at our Franchise's last Playoff victory on January 08, 2005 when Sedro Woolley, WA native Cam Cleeland, our backup TE, climbed the step-ladder in the End Zone at (then) Qwest Field, and snagged Marc Bulger's fastball to complete our THIRD victory of the 2004 season over Mike IAmTheWalrus! Holmgren's Shehawks....
....BUT, by being out of the Playoffs for so long, well hey, a Rams guy has to find a way to amuse oneself, so for the past 5 seasons or so, I start pouring over all the draftnik sites, nfldraftscout, GreatBlueNorth Report, SI, nflcountdown, etc etc. in January. I also then watch the youtube highlights of the NCAA draftees coming out, and put my own lists together. I've never posted a whole list before, but I thought, I would fling this one out there for you and the rest to review and critique.
Rd/ #....PLAYER NAME.....SCHOOL....POS...................COMMENTS
2/37....Takkarist McKinley....UCLA.........OLB...I think his shoulder surgery will make this local SoCal 1st Rounder fall to us.
3/69....Gerald Everett.........S.Alabama....TE....Agree with you that Jared Goff needs productive targets like young Everett!
4/112..Rasul Douglas.........W.Virginia.....CB....Like TruJo (& Clancy Williams!) a CB with some length (& real potential).
4/141..Dede Westbrook....Oklahoma.....WR....If Goff throws enough TDs to Westbrook, Dede will change his name to TeeDee!
5/149..Kyle Fuller................Baylor........OC....It's a need& Fuller s/b there in 5th. If not, OT J.Davenport from Bucknell for value
6/189..Ben Gedeon............Michigan.......ILB...We're thin@LB & you just know a Jim Harbaugh-coached player will be tough.
6/206..Hunter Dimick.........Utah...............DE...This Ute stud was a Combine snub to be sure. Hope he lasts to #206. Value!!
7/234..De'Veon Smith........Michigan.......RB....A 225lbs Harbaugh product to, as you said...back-up Todd Franchise Gurley
I think we will be stuck with TruJo....all NFL GMs realize the plethora of CB roster-help available in this 2017 Draft, so why mortgage the farm for a 6th year vet who gets dinged-up every year it seems. I am of the mind that we HAVE TO improve our Pass Rush for 2017, and who knows how Robert Quinn (and his back!) will respond to playing standing up as an Edge OLB??? We need to insure good pressure on opposing QBs AS IT WILL MASK DEFICIENCIES IN OUR DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD!! That's why I want McKinley at #37....because we don't know if Quinn will be Von Miller, or Dennis Miller.
Let me know what the Blinkscout verdict is on the above! Look forward to receiving the feedback.
