Greatest need on the roster?

yup. cb. then free safety. then oline.

This year is significantly different from past years. This year there is no position for which the Rams do not have a competent player for that position. That just was not the case in the past few years. So drafting for a specific position is probably the wrong question. And the question of “who would you draft” has a lot of “ifs” to be answered. Do you mean at the top part of the draft? Or at the bottom portion of the draft? Are you looking for a starter or a solid backup? With that in mind I looked at this years draft and picked three drafting positions from which the Rams could choose, in addition to what the Rams already have. I am not at all taking into account how these players are currently doing.

Scenario One: Rams pick 6th. The next five players available are
1. Jake Matthews, OL
2. Mike Evans, WR
3. Justin Gilbert, CB
4. Anthony Barr, OLB
5. Eric Ebron, TE

Matthews could compete with Barksdale for the starting RT position. Would eventually team with Robinson to make quite a pair of bookends.
Evans would make an excellent big WR. Would compete for touches with Britt and Quick
Gilbert would likely play nickel CB in his first year.
Barr would start at the third linebacker position. He would play about 40% of the time.
Ebron would become the second TE.

Of this group I would pick Matthews.

Scenario Two. The Rams pick 16th. The next 6 players drafted are
1. Zack Martin, OL
2. CJ Mosley, ILB
3. Calvin Pryor, FS
4. Ja’Wuan James, OL
5. Brandin Cooks, WR
6. Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, FS

Martin could compete with Barksdale for RT or Robinson could be moved to RT and Martin could be LG.
Mosley would be Laurinaitis’ backup and might eventually become the Rams MLB.
Pryor or Clinton-Dix would likely start and FS.
Cooks is too much like some of the current WRs.
James would be a poor mans Martin.

From this group I would pick Martin with either Pryor or Clinton-Dix being a close second.

Scenario Three. The Rams pick 26th. The next six players drafted were
1. Marcus Smith, OLB
2. Deone Bucannon, SS
3. Kelvin Benjamin, WR
4. Dominique Easley, DT
5. Jimmie Ward, SS
6. Bradley Roby, CB

Smith would compete to start over Dunbar and Armstrong.
Bucannon and Ward would compete at safety. Either would probably start.
Benjamine would go into the WR mix.
Easley might even have problems making the 53 man roster. Nothing against him but …
Roby would compete for the nickel back position.

Of this group I would pick either Bucannon or Ward.

• This reply was modified 9 years, 9 months ago by TackleDummy.

BTW, the Rams have a history of drafting a kid QB out of UCLA and winning the NFL title his rookie year. His name is Bob Waterfield.

Grits