April 26, 2020 05:50AM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 2,506
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SoCalRAMatic
My problem with the article is the Knicks on Van Jefferson. Citing his age like it's a huge problem baffles me. He's 24. Wow. Can't get around without a walker at that age. Totally dismisses his bloodlines and exceptional route running. He may get to play a lot more because he's the son of a NFZ player who knows how to run every route right now. Yes, we could've selected a 22 year old and taught him how to run routes for two years and then we would have a 24 year old who knows how to run routes. They apparently like the Akers pick, the Lewis pick and loved the Burgess pick. They mentioned that we also got Ramsey in our first round. Add it all up and turn it into a C?! Huh? PFF then summarizes by arguing that the Rams didn't Draft well because they rated our OL poorly. Well, there are two ways to measure that. You could do the whole season last year and we would be very sucky. Or you could grade out our last few grades when Corbett, Evans and Edwards joined the lineup and Blythe moves to center. They fared pretty well. Add to this Havs coming back healthy and Blythe being healthier and the kids having more experience and we could have a plus line.
.. the young OL guys will have missed a bunch of development time. The whole "the Rams stood pat" line is very misguided, IMO. Of those 8+ OL they have returning, Corbett, Evans, Edwards, Noteboom, Allen and Brewer are all 24 or younger.
Corbett - 24
Evans - 23
Edwards - 23
Blythe - 27
Havenstein - 27
Noteboom - 24
Allen - 24
Brewer - 22
Adding someone like Ruiz? Okay. But he wasn't available. Adding an even younger guy of comparable talent level? Would have been fine w/me, but hardly a "game changer" decision.
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