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  • May 6, 2023 at 11:02 am #144052
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    Here’s a stab at re-doing the Rams’ draft, after the fact. I let go the likely Back to the Future effect of the Rams existing picks possibly messing up the space/time continuum. Too difficult to factor that in, so I just went with the draft as it played out otherwise.

    I like several picks the Rams made in the real world, and was close to just echoing a couple, but decided to go in a different direction.

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    Rams trades: they all work under the standard trade value chart:

    #36 to NE for #46, 117, 135, 245

    #69 and #191 to Cleveland for #74, 140 and 229.

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    At #46, Rams take Keion White. (New England’s actual pick here)

    At #74, Rams take Zack Harrison, double-dipping at Edge. (Went to Atlanta with the next pick)

    At #77, Darnell Washington, TE. (Inexplicably fell to the Steelers at #93)

    At #117, Rams take Darius Rush, corner. (Surprising fall to Indy at #138).

    At #135, Israel Abanikanda. (Taken by the Jets at 142)

    Ar #140, Rams take Dorian Thompson-Robinson, QB, cuz of that earlier run on the position. (Cleveland’s actual choice here)

    At #167, Owen Pappoe, linebacker. 4.39 speed, extremely strong (29 bench). Could play him at safety too. (Went next pick to Az)

    At #174, Rams take Jaelyn Duncan, OT. (Titans, at 186)

    At #177, JL Skinner, safety. (Consensus top 100 player, fell all the way to Denver at 183)

    At #182, Rams take Luke Wypler, center. (Cleveland at 190)

    At #229, Moro Ojomo, DT (fell to Eagles at 249)

    At 234, Rams take Cory Trice Jr., corner. (Fell from 3rd round grade apparently due to injury concerns. Pittsburgh nabbed him at 241. May redshirt him)

    At #245, Emil Ekiyor Jr., guard. (Indy signed him as a top UDFA)

    At #259, Rams take Jalen Redmond, DT. (Panthers signed him as a top UDFA)

     

    May 6, 2023 at 11:10 am #144053
    Avatar photoBilly_T
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    Rams’ actual picks in play: Avila*, Young, Hampton, THT, and Jason Taylor II. Just didn’t fit the flow of the board.

     

    *I think Avila would still have been there at #46, with the way the draft was flowing, but decided my own (arbitrary) rules for the do-over wouldn’t allow speculation like that. If he had been there, I likely would have taken him, which then might have altered a pick or two later. Likely would have gone for another edge, and probably would have swapped out Ekiyor at #245 for Keaton Mitchell, signed by the Ravens as Priority UDFA.

    May 6, 2023 at 11:36 am #144055
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    Comments are welcome, of course, and this thread is more than open to other do-overs from all and sundry. The more the merrier.

    May 6, 2023 at 4:27 pm #144060
    Avatar photoBilly_T
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    Just in case it’s not clear. All the picks listed are by the Rams. I probably needed more coffee when I posted, cuz I thought it might look better to vary the listing every other pick.

    ;>)

    “Rams take” etc. Should have been for each one.

    Oh, well.

    So, they end up with two starters at edge, with White and Harrison; two big starters at corner, with Rush and Trice ; one starter at safety at early 6’4″, with JL Skinner. They need that size.

    I think Abanikanda ends up beating out Akers for RB1, and Darnell Washington pushes Higbee to TE2 before the year’s up. Owen Pappoe is part of the inside linebacker rotation early, and takes snaps at safety too. Demon on special teams.

    Jaelyn Duncan needs more time, but I think he can take over at LT in 2024 or 2025. Could see reps at RT as a rook. Moro Ojomo and Jalen Redmond will both get rookie reps at DT. Both are pretty athletic for their size. Wypler was at one time thought of as a 2nd or 3rd rounder, but fell for some reason. He should give the Rams solid depth, at least, at center; Ekiyor the same, at guard.

    Last, but not least, the QB, Thompson-Robinson should offer them solid athleticism and a strong arm. Good enough for spot starts, at least.

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