April 29, 2018 08:57AM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 16,822 Status: HOF Inductee |
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RamBill
Many called for the Rams to use some of the extra picks to trade up and were frustrated when it didn’t happen other than one time (the move to get OO)
After seeing what happened today, here’s my theory on why they actually traded down multiple times and up only once.
3 things first:
1) Trading requires a trading partner. As of now we don’t know if the Rams were attempting to trade up and couldn’t find any takers. Trade Les could probably have found takers if he was trying. He traded up once. Other teams in our area had no issues finding trading partners.
2) You really can’t get very far trading 4th and 6th round picks.....certainly not up into the prime rounds (1-3) They're just not worth much in a trade up. The 6th round picks were plenty of ammo to move up in the 4th or to the 5th. 11 picks were a waste to me. We have guaranteed cuts vs. guys who really have a chance.
3) The Rams list of needs wasn’t that long: LB, OL, DL Then way draft so many? Go for quality, not quantity.
I think the Rams calculated that bundling later round picks couldn't get them into a range where the players were significantly better than where their original picks were.....so they decided instead that they would use multiple picks on their primary need areas rather than trading them to move up. Their list of needs was short, so It gives them multiple swings at the plate at a few positions to find players who can contribute. Supporting this theory is that Les actually traded down multiple times, giving them even more picks. He wanted more picks, not fewer. To what end? Some of these picks have zero chance. In fact, as I said above, I think only 4 are guaranteed a position on the roster. Is Blythe gone? If so, Allen sticks. But, if Blythe stays, what happens to Allen? etc. etc. etc.
The result is they will have a lot of competition at those need positions....increasing the odds of hitting on some quality players. This is a valid argument. But, I think we were making picks to make picks at the end. They, in essence, signed training camp bodies. They could have done that with UDFAs.
They went for quantity over quality because they calculated that the quality difference wouldn't be that great between who they could have had a little higher, and who they actually ended up with.
Subject | Author | Views | Posted |
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Why the Rams Didn’t Bundle Picks to Trade Up | RamBill | 816 | April 28, 2018 08:17PM |
Re: Good post.......I can buy | RamFire | 499 | April 28, 2018 08:30PM |
Re: Snead took unnecessary risk.... | spagsbacker | 366 | April 29, 2018 03:25AM |
Re: Snead took unnecessary risk.... | zn | 352 | April 29, 2018 04:14AM |
Re: Snead took unnecessary risk.... | Rampage2K- | 311 | April 29, 2018 07:37AM |
Re: Why the Rams Didn’t Bundle Picks to Trade Up | Deadpool | 382 | April 28, 2018 08:36PM |
Re: Why the Rams Didn’t Bundle Picks to Trade Up | cool_hand_luke | 342 | April 28, 2018 08:40PM |
I agree, and two more reasons | hubestar | 315 | April 28, 2018 10:09PM |
Re: Why the Rams Didn’t Bundle Picks to Trade Up | jemach | 289 | April 29, 2018 08:57AM |