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
"Reach" is an entirely subjective term that means: higher than some sportswriter or fan thinks it should be. In general, teams don't reach. What each team does is to place a value on a player according to their own estimation and act accordingly. The only way a reach could happen (and it probably never does) is if a team drafts a player long before their own value system says they sby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I said this when it was announced Shelton was leaving and Avila was taking over. Avila will be a stronger, more dominant physical presence. But..... Shelton has played Center in the NFL for a few years and has learned the playbook from the Oline's viewpoint, and has a lot of experience identifying what the D is doing and getting the oline set. So, all Kupp is saying is to be patient. Avilaby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
This is the analogy I would give concerning what the Rams will do in the 1st round and in their first 3 picks. If you have a flat tire and only $150, do you go get a new muffler because the well functioning old one may only have a year or two left on it? This is why I would have a serious issue if Snead drafted anything but defense in 3 of the Rams first 4 picks, including of course theirby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
They aren't about to reveal their actual intent by only bringing in guys they are serious about. They also bring in ringers that could make sense, but they aren't ever going to be the guys, and this to throw off the scent from teams who might want who they want, or to convince a team to trade up to get around them, pushing a guy down they do want. Bottom line: pay no attention because we'llby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
The thing is this: the Rams are very likely to draft a QB. I doubt earlier than the 3rd, but who knows. While so many fans come to the Bennett matter as though he was your 14 year old child who stole $50 from your neighbor, and the hope is he will change, this is not that. Bennett, as a QB, must be the steadiest of leaders in the midst of the worst of adversity. His unexplained absence ofby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Seriously? The Rams are going to give up draft picks to move up and take a guy who had one good year and likes to run? And who had a great team around him and two likely 1st round pick WRs? Nope.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
With all the other needs this team has (as well outlined today by Jourdan), to take a WR high just doesn't look right. But, since WR depth and potential for development can always be considered, and since the Rams could really use an upgrade at KR/PR, then it seem to me a guy who is KR/PR first and WR second is what they might be eyeballing.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I think the Rams ought to be looking at WR in the 3rd round, and looking at a likely #2WR with some potential to be a #1. BUT.....who can come in day 1 and be a really good, dangerous KR/PR man. Do you have any thoughts about a couple of guys that would fit that bill?by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I get the thought about Wilson coming to the Rams and maybe being coached up. But I'm not sure I can think of very many (any?) QB who had the disastrous start to his career that Wilson has had who suddenly realized his potential after being let go from his current team and became a virtually new and successful QB elsewhere. This is why I like the JG signing. This man has been a very successfuby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Broncs gave a bag of chips for Wilson. But, to do so and pick up his salary just goes to show you how frustrating it is to get a QB in the NFL. Wilson has been around awhile and still can't do much. So, why is Payton picking him up at all? What possible upside to the QB room can Wilson be? A punching bag? If Russell Wilson can't please Payton I can't imagine how he'll feel about Zach. I havby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
The real football guys think he will likely be a 1st rounder. Not because he bears a 1st round grade, but because there is such a need for QBs that they get pushed up the draft board. Doesn't mean it'll happen, but these same guys predict 6 QBs taken in round 1.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
My son (who also posts on this board) will tell you that I was a Baker Mayfield fan when he entered the draft. Did I think he'd be a Superstar? No. But he had good skills, was a good leader, and a whole lot of moxie. He can be a Superbowl winning QB. I see that in Bo Nix. He'll be downgraded because of his age, and because he doesn't have the dazzling physical attributes of the bigger named Qby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Especially as the years have gone by, he seems to have adopted a "more darts to throw" draft philosophy. And when I look at the players, the positions, where the draftable players seem few or many, the Rams needs, the fact (that cannot be underestimated) that under McVay the Rams will be an offense-first mentality/structure, and the roster as currently constituted, I find it not believaby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I think it would be totally un-Snead-like for him to trade up for rounds 1 or 2. Whatever trades would be to trade down in order to acquire more top 100 picks. And, I think that any possible trades will largely depend on what Snead/McVay seeing happening in the picks before they choose. If they have a couple of players circled that look like other other will fall to them, they'll stand pat. Iby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
As I've read with interest so many good posts on this board, and read some various former GM and HC articles on the draft, it seems clear to me that the Rams will go one of two directions, and that first pick will tell us which direction it is. Direction 1: build an unstoppable O. Develop a good enough D. Direction 2: bolster an already very good O. But focus on drafting D to build a very goby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Talk about word salad. Here's a trade that the author admits neither side would actually do, and also admits that because of the Rams' FA moves makes it is even more unlikely, but is brought up because it is "interesting"? Interesting to no one but the author. I mean.... just how far is a sports writer willing to go to gin up something to write? This falls just short of alchemy.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
You want to know how incredible the Rams draft was last year? Now that all the 2023 draft selections have spent their first year in the NFL, The Athletic did a re-draft to see what teams should have selected who in the 1st round. And guess what: Without their own 1st round pick, the Rams landed 3 of their rookies in the 1st round re-draft, with one, Nakua, a top 10 pick., and a side note acby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
It baffles me why such a simple point gets so twisted. Of those few you mentioned, how many more...4 times more...didn't make it. You basically have a 1 in 4 chance of even getting a good quality NFL QB by choosing one in round 1 let alone a Superbowl QB. And BTW, Trent Dilfer???!! This is over the past 13 years according to the author. That's a pretty respectable sample size. There aby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
That seems to be this article's point. If you want to increase your odds of getting a good player, do NOT select a QB or WR in round 1. Pick something else. Instead trade back and get more picks. Most draft board will list players by value, and very often QBs are rated as high as other players of other positions, yet they are taken higher. Assuming the valuations are in the ball park, logic sby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com