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Can't see Tutu making the 53 unless there is an injury or 2 in the WR room. He is simply too limited by his size. And, worst of all, he can't play STs. He is, at best, our 4th WR. 4th WRs need to contribute to STs.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
The NFL has created a mold for every position that includes height/weight/speed, arm length, flexibility, hand size, and so much more. There are teams (probably most) whose GM, HC and scouts stick closer to that than others. The Rams simply don't much care about it. Snead combines old fashion film watching to see how the player actually plays, plus leading edge stuff to determine such things as gby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I have zero doubt that the minute the Rams got Verse, they were ready to do pretty much whatever it took to get Fiske, which is why they gave up next year's 2nd rounder to get him. The reality is that Verse and Fiske formed a Batman and Robin tandem on the football field. They complemented each other so perfectly and worked in such instinctive unison that my bet is the Rams will scheme to keeby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Not that I don't like the Karty pick, but NFL PATS are harder than college PATS. Ball in the NFL is set on the 15 yard line, vs. college the 3.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
The only reason to not like giving away next year's 2nd round pick is if Fiske isn't all that the Rams (and I) hope and believe he will be. If he's as good in the NFL as he was at FSU, he's plenty worth the cost in draft capital. If he doesn't? Then yes, there will be regret.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I guess I'd like to know the basis for this being a home run before any of these players even step to the plate.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
This stuff of grading drafts in the few days or weeks after they've concluded is ridiculous. All they ever mean is: "They agree with my picks" or "They don't agree with my picks". If one wants to say that, on the surface, a team's draft is logical, fills clear needs, reflects a plan and a strategy, then sure. But then it is pass or fail. It takes a minimum of 1 yearby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Don't think for a second that millionaires don't include taxes and cost of living into their calculations about where to live and work. I suspect that the time is coming quickly that teams in super high tax states like California, New York, and Illinois are going to say that there needs to be an offset in their cap to account for it.... because the players are going to.... especially the reallby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Huddle Report says Fiske is a like a Hurricane when he comes off the ball, and just wrecks plays. Non-stop motor, quick twitch, relentless. They used nearly identical words about AD (in no way saying he's AD2). But, if this translates to the NFL, man have the Rams got 2 get after it guys on the DLine. Turner is another one that just wears you down because he's as fast and furious late in the 4thby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Assuming Corum plays as well in the NFL as at Michigan, the Rams have 2 RBs that have essentially the same skill set and mindset. Since its not often that any NFL RB goes the year without getting dinged up, to have 2 really good guys that are on the same level gives beautiful depth. The Rams can run the same plays with either back. We have to remember that a) this is now a 17 game season (wheby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I don't buy this and about 90% of the stuff that revolves around the draft. The guys that do this lose a lot of credibility with me.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
My son says that perhaps this is all about Atlanta drafting Penix with no intention of keeping him, but rather trading him to another team for a couple of premium players. I'll admit, this might be feasible, but I think unless they know of a couple of teams that might be interested, this one is tough to think a team would actually try to pull this off. The bottom line is: if this is NOT whby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
If Atlanta is in a win now mode (as the Rams are), then why draft a guy that won't contribute for at least 2, maybe 3 years, with your top pick? Sorry, this is just bad strategy.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
He also said that the Rams were looking at QB in round 1. As well as LOT and thought if they did trade up it would be LOT or QB. That never made any sense, nor does it fit the Rams way of doing things. In other words, it's not just his predictions that are off, its his analysis. It simply doesn't fly with Snead's practice, and outright saying it, that they draft for need. But nobody wants to bby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
What the.....???? Atlanta spends a ton of money to sign Cousins and then spends a premium pick of an often injured QB? But, even more, what possible use will Atlanta have for Penix for at least 2, and probably 3 years, other than as a back up? And think about the amount of salary cap those 2 will eat up. Does Atlanta seriously think they have everything necessary to make a Superbowl run aby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I've said in a couple of posts that the ONLY way the Rams take a QB any earlier than round 3 is if Stafford has hinted that this year or next will be his last. By it coming out that Stafford wants more of his salary guaranteed at the back end of his deal tells me he has no intention of retiring soon. So......the Rams may not draft a QB at all (I would, but I'm doubtful they will). And, roby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I don't think the Rams can get him at 52. But, who knows. Would it be worth it if they could trade up to perhaps 34 or 35? It would take their first 3rd round pick to do so, providing there's a trading partner. But the fact that he fell out of the 1st round indicates to me that teams weren't as high on him as fans and mocks had him. Or maybe its just bad luck that 6 QBs went, and then a bunchby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Sorry, Jake, but you are no football prophet. You're supposed inside info is really inside your own head. I just don't listen to guys who make the claims he makes that rarely pan out. But, that doesn't stop him from making more. Want honest, actual reporting and real world scenarios and not a bunch of fantasy guarantees that never seem to happen? Then read Jourdan Rodrigue and Stu Jackson.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
To me, this is more good news than bad. I doubt he's asking for MORE money, just making it guaranteed. He sure wouldn't be doing that if he planned on retiring soon.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
For me I think the top 2 Edges were Latu then Verse. Nothing against Turner, I just think for the Rams those first two fit better. The only problem with Latu is the neck thing. It may never be a problem, but it cannot be dismissed. Both have high floors and high ceilings. They are lunch pail guys that bring it every down from the 1st to the last snap. Looking around at what guys that have plaby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
The Rams have some type of info from Stafford that he is in no hurry to retire. Take one look at his 2023 film, and you see the same live arm, throwing from any angle, and the same command of the offense. You see a guy happy to be out there. Why on earth would he retire? He hasn't been a concussion risk. And the new QB rules make a QB about as safe from that as is possible. And the Rams areby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I suspect that if Bo Nix were there at 52 the Rams would probably take him. That said, this would be like Marvin Harrison falling to 10 or 11. Not going to happen. QBs don't fall down the boards, they go up. There's going to be 6 QBs taken in the 1st round and Nix is going to be one of them.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
As Rodrigue said..... they are making calls about moving up....AND.... moving down. This has the effect of sending out mixed messages so that no one has any idea of what they want to do, but it might give the Rams some extra data points if they find potential trade partners in both directions. There is no way Snead gives up this year's 1, next year's 1, and even more to move up into the topby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
To move from where they are to even #10 would cost them next year's 1st rounder. To #8? Add to the 1st rounder this year's 2nd. Not gonna happen. More smoke and mirrors.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
It's not just that way in the football draft. Good organizations of most any kind make decisions based on a menu of choices and an "if, then" matrix because an organization doesn't have control of every aspect of that menu. But especially in the NFL draft, where the choices and "if,thens" are actually somewhat, but not entirely, within a range of predictability, then to prby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I tried to bring this up and was roasted over an open fire. The odds of getting a decent (not great) NFL starter....let's say along the lines of a Cousins....is 1 out of 4 picks in the 1st round. And if you break that down a little further, to get a true stud is less than 1 in 10, a really good starter about 1 in 5. And a team is going to go all in to take that big of a risk? This is whby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
There is no way the Rams are hinting at what they'll do or anything else. Like every one else with a draft platform, Jeremiah is selling snake oil.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
As though some sports writer is going to know this. What.....did he hack their phones?by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Snead and McVay said zip. No one could gather one thing from what they said except they would be participating in the draft. The Rams are (wisely) super tight lipped about anything they are thinking regarding player acquisition. Whether FA or whatever. They did a complete bait and switch in FA when they went pretty big with Dotson and Jackson. What they do is to talk and tell us nothing, pleaby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com