This is how the post starts: "This is what I like about Snead. He
drafts a year in advance for his needs."
It goes on to say that the Saints could have
drafted a RB, how foolish it was to
draft a center in round one, how their failure to
draft a RB allowed the Rams to
draft Akers, how the Saints failure to
draft a RB may have contributed them to overpaying Kamara. In short, the gist of the post is about
drafting.
And yes, he goes on to comment on the cap issues the Saints may be facing. But the post is about how the Rams manage the
draft in an attempt to avoid those issues.
The differences the OP is making is that the Rams chose to extend Gurley even when they didn't have to. In fact, they extended Gurley so early he never even played a down for the Rams under the terms of that contract!! (Hindsight says the Gurley signing was a mistake, but that has nothing to with the Rams' draft strategy.) The Rams chose to extend Cooks even when they didn't have to. By contrast, the Saints had no choice other than to pay (overpay?) Kamara.
The post is not a dissertation about how successful or unsuccessful the Rams' strategy is. Rather it is a comment about how the Saints' strategy is different from the Rams'.
And before you mention it, yes I am aware that it doesn't always work. The point, though, is that is what they are consciously trying to do ... and that is what the OP was addressing. It is what allowed them to say goodby to NRC, Watkins, TruJo, Davis, McLeod, and Joyner among others. And it's what will allow them to let JJ, Reynolds, and Hill walk next year.
The Rams got a half dozen comp picks in the last 4 years and may well get another 3 next year. That is definitely part of the Rams'
draft strategy and also has to be factored in when talking about Snead's merits as a GM.
AlbaNY_Ram
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 09/13/2020 04:12AM by AlbaNY_Ram.
