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RockRam
It is clear from your posts that you like the idea of trading up and back and especially back in this draft.
I will say this much: I don't think the Rams have had a draft with Snead that he didn't make at least one trade and usually he moved around more. Sometimes up, sometimes back.
So it is probably reasonable to expect the same.
But.....how much of that was influenced by Fisher? Don't know, but probably it had a strong influence.
While Snead and McVay have made it abundantly clear that Snead is in charge of the draft and player acquisition and has the final word on those choices, McVay will of course have significant input on exactly the attributes of players he's looking for. And, probably, what he feels the Rams are lacking for the systems they will be installing. Will that fact limit, or encourage, moving around in the draft? Do the Rams feel they still need quantity, or would 4 very good potential starters at need positions out weigh drafting 8 players? Or, do they want even more than 8 drafted players.....like 9 or even 10?
In about 4 weeks we'll know.
The trading around in the draft was almost all Snead. At least from what I can tell…
Here’s what I think I know based on historical reports and observations:
- It was always reported that the draft was the area that Snead had the most say in.
- He’s the one who talked about the art of predicting where players would be drafted, by which teams etc… That subject was in his wheelhouse and is a prerequisite for any decisions on trading up or down.
- Snead when he talked draft, always had a gleam in his eye when he talked about the possibilities of them moving up or down. It always felt to me that the wheeling and dealing was one of the aspects of the job he enjoyed the most.
- When they drafted Alexander, Fisher talked about being “Bobby Wagner mad” if they missed out on Alexander by trading back. That suggests to me that the Bobby Wagner incident was on Snead. And it suggests that Fisher mostly cared about getting his guy. All of the getting extra picks and assurances that a player will still be there five picks later falls under Snead’s expertise.
I'm sure there's more but this is what I can remember off of the top of my head. I'd be surprised if they didn't move around some with their first three picks.
