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I wonder if they really will go into September with these three as their top OL backups. Maybe they can. Just saying it is risky to have zero experience in your top 3 OL backups. They got away with it in 2018 but that is not to say they should not still try to find a veteran OL to add to the mix.
Not dismissing the picks of Evans and Edwards at all. I especially like Edwards potential.
Kromer, like all OL coaches, has a big say in drafting linemen. Since he first became an OL coach the teams Kromer coached for have drafted 12 linemen, and hit on 9 of them. Actually in his last 2 stops--Chicago and Buffalo--he was 4 for 4. So that's 75% career, 100% in the 4 years before he became a Rams coach.
I did the numbers on Hanifan going back to 1990. With Hanifan the draft hit percentage was just under 29%. With Boudreau going back to 2006, it was just under 39%.
I predict that at least 4 of Kromer's 5 Rams OL picks become hits (Noteboom, Allen, Demby, Evans, Edwards). Hitting on all 5 would not surprise me. The record says it will be AT LEAST 3, though I think it will be at least 4.
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Some nice research there, zn. Much appreciated, man.
I knew Kromer was good, just didn’t know he was THAT good.
Yeah he's that good.
Some day look at his history with guards. It's over the top.
The reason the Rams even landed him at all is because he got wound up in a couple of scandals in Chicago and Buffalo.
Some know this history but it always bears repeating. Rams have a long history of first-rate OL coaches, including the legendary Hudson Houk with the Robinson Rams, then Hanifan and then Boudreau.
Boudreau's Rams OLs were in a terrible cycle of injuries and rebuilding, but when things were actually stable (which was rare) they did come through. The 2013 line was ranked 13th by PFF.
Boudreau had his share of draft miscalculations, but Havenstein was his pick, so he wasn't as bad as Hanifan.
Houk was also the guy who built the famous Johnson/Aikman years Dallas OL btw.
Anyway...Kromer belongs on that list, absolutely, and as I said, unlike Hanifan and Boudreau, he not only can coach, he can pick them in the draft too.
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/04/2019 09:46AM by zn.
