McCleod is doing very well with the Eagles.
But I am okay with the Rams letting him walk.
Way I see it, the team has a high success rate producing DBs. In fact in 2014 no one here would rate McLeod that high. They made him what he is. They have done it with others (Gaines, McDonald, Joyner).
As it stands right now the Rams rank 12th on passing D and that’s with a couple of down games (like Detroit) and with injuries (Johnson).
In fact this is the only team I can think of that produced 2 top CBs in the same draft without using a 1st round pick (Jenkins and Johnson). There may be others scattered throughout NFL history but it’s certainly not common. For that matter, McLeod is from 2012 also so that’s 3 DBs from 2012. Name someone who has done better than that.
Then in 2014 they add Joyner, Alexander, and Gaines in the same draft.
So in my opinion, you don’t overpay for an area where you have a strength finding and developing players. I just think there will be more McLeods.
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