informal poll, opinions – qbs in the 2014 draft

In your opinion, should the Rams have drafted a qb high in the last draft? No.

Did they seem set with a rehabbed Bradford and with Hill? Yes.

Would you have drafted a qb high in the last draft anyway? No.

The Rams did the best they could at QB. Bradford was on track, he looked sharp in preseason. The team got it right.

There’s another side to this QB issue, though. Maybe people are discussing it, and I just haven’t seen it. But the people complaining about the Rams not drafting QBs are forgetting some things that are very important.

This team was VERY BAD for a long time. Draft picks had to be used over the last few years at almost every position, just to field a .500 team. Every draft pick mattered. Developmental picks are great, for teams that can afford that luxury. The Rams couldn’t. They needed every pick to stick, and contribute to the team getting better right away. The team also needed depth, but QB wasn’t a position they could focus on for that.

• This reply was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by Winnbrad.

I was all over Kelvin Benjamin who looks like a superstar even in week 1. Then again, Quick’s doing about all that can be done with the QB situation being what it is.

That said, since Bradford was healthy, any rookie drafted wouldn’t have had enough snaps with the 1s to make a difference and there’s little chance a rookie would be making much of a difference. I say little because Derek Carr is turning heads in Oakland…

In your opinion, should the Rams have drafted a qb high in the last draft?

Well, that depends on what you mean by “high”. In round 1? No.

In round 2? Maybe. Garoppolo was available and I like him. He looked good in preseason–some real potential. However, I liked the Joyner pick so I’m not complaining. It made sense.

But this is all hindsight of course.

The other QBs–the Aaron Murrays and Zach mettenbergers and Mccarrons all went in the 5th or 6th round.

Would any of those guys help right now? Doubtful. No young guy would have been immediate help unless you’re taking Bortles at #2. And he isn’t starting.

But it would have been nice if they already HAD a good young prospect here. 2013s young QBs haven’t set the world on fire yet either. So who knows? If you look at the top prospects the last two drafts no one has established himself yet as a future superstar. So maybe Gilbert will be fine.

Did they seem set with a rehabbed Bradford and with Hill?

Yes. And no. Everyone knew they needed a young QB–it was no secret. Considering what happened–I think we all wish there would have been a Peyton Manning available in the 6th round but that wasn’t realistic. They were somewhat stuck.

Would you have drafted a qb high in the last draft anyway?

No. Not Bortles or Bridgewater. If you draft that guy you’re telling Sam, it’s over. Next year…..

No, I wouldn’t have drafted a QB high in that last draft. Well, I might have considered it in the 3rd round, but the people criticizing the Rams for not taking a 3rd rounder sometimes act like that would have been a solution for this year’s dilemma. A rookie QB wouldn’t make any difference right now. Now, if you’re talking long-term, well, that really depends on what you saw in Sam Bradford. Nobody knew his leg would give out again this year, although you could argue that since he’s injury-prone, you should have taken a developmental QB higher than the 6th round. You certainly couldn’t take a QB in the 1st round unless you wanted to get rid of Bradford. When you go back to the draft, the fans who wanted a QB just didn’t like Bradford’s potential moving forward. I was fine with Bradford’s potential, as were the Rams, of course. And I liked Hill as a backup.

What I didn’t realize is that this O-line would underperform early in the season and put their QBs in jeopardy. And, if you told me that Robinson wouldn’t be ready at guard, that would have alarmed me, as well. Maybe we should be discussing whether we should have instead drafted Matthews to replace Jake Long, who seemed like more of an injury risk than Bradford.

For the record, I still like this draft. People are reacting negatively based on one game. Let’s give it some time and see what shakes out. But, the QB situation, to me, would be a mess right now no matter who we drafted at QB this year.

• This reply was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by Dak.

No I would not have.As anyone can see,it didn’t matter what quarterback plays as he would have surely been injured because of no protection.