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David Deacon
I think I am very much in agreement with you 43. I also agree that with better player development you get better results.
I reiterate my view that the majority of the offensive misses before McVay were just bad picks. But that (finally) aside---in contrast to missing on several offensive picks, look at this detail. Research says that a team is doing well picking in the third round if it hits on 35%. From 2012 to 2018, the Rams had 9 3rd round picks. 2 of them left football for non-football reasons (Bailey and Mason). So really it's 7. The only real non-hit out of those is Mannion. (McDonald and Johnson left but they are both starters on their respective teams so they're hits). The Rams were 6 of 7 in the 3rd round, which is 85.7%, more than twice the 35% that is the standard.