As of right now the Rams have 13 WRs on the roster (not counting Tavon)

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  • #43254
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    From before the draft:

    From the draft and undrafted free agency including IR (note–I don’t count Austin as a pure WR so he’s not listed here):

    Bailey, Stedman 5-10 194
    Britt, Kenny 6-3 223
    Colter, Kain 6-0 195
    Ferguson, Isiah 6-5 218
    Long, Deon 6-0 192
    Marquez, Bradley 5-10 196
    Quick, Brian 6-3 218
    Toon, Nick 6-4 218

    From the draft and after:

    Cooper, Pharoh 5-11 203
    North, Marquez 6-2 223
    McRoberts, Paul 6-1 202
    Spruce, Nelson 6-1 206
    Thomas, Michael 6-1 200

    They will keep at most 5 of these, maybe 4 (with Austin accounting for the 5th or 6th listed receiver).

    Plus of course 1-2 (or 3?) could end up on the practice squad.

    BTW, every single one of the draft-n-after guys gets good buzz, in varying degrees. Not just Cooper and Thomas.

    #43259
    PA Ram
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    What happened to Wes Welker? Did they let him go?

    I could see how someone with his experience could be helpful for Goff.

    In any case I think Quick could be in for a battle this time around. He needs to have a good camp and good pre-season or he could be gone. I don’t think he just has it handed to him this time.

    Britt and Tavon are safe. Marquez should be okay.

    Bailey’s health is an obvious question.

    If I were a young receiver there isn’t a team I’d rather have a shot at than this one. There is real opportunity here.

    "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. " Philip K. Dick

    #43260
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    What happened to Wes Welker? Did they let him go?

    His deal was a 1-year and they haven’t re-signed him and my guess is, won’t.

    #43263
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    You would assume Britt is safe. Maybe he is. Maybe he isn’t. If he gets hurt, he might not get his job back. imo

    Agamemnon

    #43264
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    You would assume Britt is safe. Maybe he is. Maybe he isn’t. If he gets hurt, he might not get his job back. imo

    Another consideration.

    Britt is probably safe (and probably up for the challenge). But 2016 is his last contract year. He has to step up this year, even granting he makes the roster, or he might be gone next year. He has to know that too of course.

    Rams seem to be preparing for the extreme possibility of having no veteran WRs (from before 2016) in 2017 (except probably Tavon if you count him as a WR).

    #43265
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    I group TEs, WRs, and RBs together. I want to keep a total of 14(keeping 10 oline means that is probably 13). Of course, there is a minimum number for each position. But, in my counting, it isn’t important where I place Tavon. Although, in my mind he is almost more of a RB, if anything. A RB who runs some WR routes. imo Just as some TEs could almost be thought of as big Wrs and what exactly is an H-back. 😉

    Agamemnon

    #43281
    PA Ram
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    I also wonder if the Pharoh Cooper pick is Tavon’s future replacement. They seem to have similar games and Tavon is going to get costly. I wonder if they looked ahead at that with this pick.

    "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. " Philip K. Dick

    #43290
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    I also wonder if the Pharoh Cooper pick is Tavon’s future replacement. They seem to have similar games and Tavon is going to get costly. I wonder if they looked ahead at that with this pick.

    That was the first thing that went through my mind when I read Pharoh described as a Swiss Army Knife. I like Tavon, but there is a salary cap. And, well….

    #43295
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    It was a football move.

    Agamemnon

    #43298
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    I group TEs, WRs, and RBs together. I want to keep a total of 14(keeping 10 oline means that is probably 13). Of course, there is a minimum number for each position. But, in my counting, it isn’t important where I place Tavon. Although, in my mind he is almost more of a RB, if anything. A RB who runs some WR routes. imo Just as some TEs could almost be thought of as big Wrs and what exactly is an H-back.

    just sign 13 h-backs and swiss army knives and todd gurley. hehe.

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    #43303
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    PA Ram wrote:
    I wonder if the Pharoh Cooper pick is Tavon’s future replacement. They seem to have similar games and Tavon is going to get costly. I wonder if they looked ahead at that with this pick.

    That was the first thing that went through my mind when I read Pharoh described as a Swiss Army Knife. I like Tavon, but there is a salary cap. And, well….

    Well they just picked up Tavon’s 5th year bonus so he’s with them through 2017.

    It is possible though, I think, that Cooper learns enough of the Tavon role to fill in for those times when TA misses a couple of games.

    But at the same time Cooper is something TA is not nearly as good at–being the traditional slot receiver in the Amendola or Hakim role (not that he is identical to those 2 players in terms of skills). Or in the Baldwin role in Seattle. TA never really worked out to be that.

    #43307
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    How far has former Auburn receiver D’haquille Williams fallen on Mel Kiper Jr.’s NFL Draft board?

    January 14, 2016

    http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2016/01/how_far_former_auburn_receiver_dhaquille_williams_nfl_draft.html

    At this time last year D’haquille Williams was Mel Kiper Jr.’s top-rated receiver in the 2016 NFL Draft.

    After a year filled will off-the-field drama ended with Williams being dismissed from Auburn following an altercation in which he reportedly punched teammate Xavier Dampeer, the Tigers’ backup center, in the early morning hours of Oct. 4, Williams is now looking at the prospect of being a late-round pick in April’s draft.

    “Williams went from being a guy you thought could maybe a second-rounder, maybe higher than that, to I wouldn’t say fallen off the map entirely but being a guy that maybe Day Three,” said Kiper Jr., ESPN’s long-time draft analyst. “You get into the fourth, fifth-round area, depending upon how things go between now and late April.”

    NFLDraftScout.com ranks Williams as the No. 28 wide receiver and No. 204 player overall as a projected sixth-round pick in this year’s draft.

    Williams, who recently resurfaced in Florida, had only 12 catches for 147 yards and one touchdown in five games this season.

    The former top-ranked junior college player in the country, Williams caught 45 passes for 730 yards and five touchdowns despite missing three games in 2014, including the Outback Bowl, which he was suspended for due to an undisclosed violation of team rules.

    Williams’ off-season was filled with drama.

    In May he posted a series of tweets insinuating he was not happy and looking to leave Auburn, which prompted wide receivers coach Dameyune Craig to meet with Williams the next day and tweet a picture, which has since been deleted, with the phrase “Everything Gucci!”

    Williams was suspended for six days of fall camp in early August due to a “discipline issue” involving an interaction with Craig.

    “It’s a shame but he wasn’t able to live up to the the kind of potential he showed week to week and do the kind of job you need to maximize all that talent that he had,” Kiper Jr. said. “There’ no reason why if he had played all year at a high level he couldn’t have been a first-round pick, but now you’re thinking, like I say, maybe Day Three.”

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    Matt Waldman:

    D’haquille Williams overextends his base when he’s delivering a punch and gets shed much easier than his size would indicate. He also routinely misdiagnoses angles of his assignments. He didn’t play in an offense that challenged him to run better routes and his production was based on quick-hitting patterns. Williams is big and rather slow. He carries the ball wide from his frame in the middle of the field, disaster waiting to happen. Overextends his base when he’s delivering a punch and gets shed much easier than his size would indicate. He also routinely misdiagnoses angles of his assignments.

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    Flipper336

    His head is exorcist twisted.

    On the field he had Laquon Treadwell-ish UPSIDE. Great body control and ability to win 50/50 passes. Very good physical run after the catch. Lazy on many plays. No consistency in blocking effort. Routes needed polish. Did nothing in games before getting booted.

    #43308
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    PA Ram wrote:
    I wonder if the Pharoh Cooper pick is Tavon’s future replacement. They seem to have similar games and Tavon is going to get costly. I wonder if they looked ahead at that with this pick.

    That was the first thing that went through my mind when I read Pharoh described as a Swiss Army Knife. I like Tavon, but there is a salary cap. And, well….

    Well they just picked up Tavon’s 5th year bonus so he’s with them through 2017.

    It is possible though, I think, that Cooper learns enough of the Tavon role to fill in for those times when TA misses a couple of games.

    But at the same time Cooper is something TA is not nearly as good at–being the traditional slot receiver in the Amendola or Hakim role (not that he is identical to those 2 players in terms of skills). Or in the Baldwin role in Seattle. TA never really worked out to be that.

    i didn’t think of that but yeah. if he could be like an amendola or a welker type slot receiver that would be great. be that kind of safety blanket that goff will need.

    bradford, jackson, and amendola would look so effective at times together. tavon was supposed to offer that but never panned out. mabye fisher is thinking cooper can fill that amendola role…

    yeah i can dig that.

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