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AlbaNY_Ram
I voted other (and got an unexpected chuckle when I saw that every choice 1 vote each after I voted).
I would trade a draft pick or two for some outside help before trading either Everett or Reynolds for a few reasons:
- The way the college season is going the draft next year is going to be more of a crap shoot than usual.
- Everett and Reynolds may well contribute to whatever successes the Rams achive this year. No future draft pick will do that. (And the Rams could potentially get a comp pick for both of them that would replace whatever the Rams traded away for the new OLB.)
- The Rams seem to have the draft capital: In 2021 they should have 6 picks: 2nd, two 3rds, 4th, 6th, & 7th; In 2022 they have 5 picks already (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th) with potential comp picks coming for up to 4 of the following: Johnson, Everett, Hill, Reynolds, Floyd.
If Marshall Faulk only costs a 2nd and a 5th it seems like a mid-level OLB could be had for less. A 3rd in 2021? A 4th in 2021 and a 6th in 2022?
edit: I don't have a trade target in mind, but ideally it would be a mid-tier OLB in the last year of their contract where his current team is planning to let him go in FA anyway. The win-win in this scenario is the Rams get help at OLB while the other team gets a pick or two that they wouldn't have had otherwise.
A very thoughtful answer, AlbaNY, as usual.
Your points about this college season and the comp picks are good ones, but I must say that I still prefer a player-for-player trade if Snead can find a win-win situation. Big ‘if’, I know.
Here’s why. The future is now, meaning that the Rams might be a mere decent edge player away from having a possible SB worthy team. Edge is our Achilles heel, IMO, and fixing it with even a 2nd tier player could pay huge playoff dividends THIS year.
A Reynolds or an Everett caliber player at edge for us, if possible, could be tremendously helpful for our ‘20 season. Why let such an opportunity, if available, pass us by?
So, I find myself respectfully disagreeing on this hypothetical scenario.
