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It certainly presents as a smart and logical draft by the Rams. They filled multiple needs and seem to be attempting to address immediate depth with an eye to the future. There wasn’t a moment where I thought why’d they pick that guy. So I have no complaints about any of the specific picks. I’m not sure if they found any future superstars, but they got a group of guys who seem to have incredible motors and attributes that will give them a chance to make meaningful contributions to the team. I don’t know if it was the plan or it’s just how their board fell as the draft progressed, but obviously it was a defense heavy draft and I don’t have a problem with that. That said, I am worried about the ILB position. Jones’ contract looms, Rozeboom is just a guy and the depth at the position is nonexistent.
Some other thoughts:
I am glad they added Corum. When Williams was out last year, the offense really sputtered.
Later last year, day 3 pick Ochaun Mathis was given some opportunities to make a name for himself opposite Byron Young. Fellow day 3 pick Nick Hampton had less opportunities (I think). This year the Rams went edge early and then again on day 3 and also signed one more as a UDFA. I got the impression that they liked Mathis last year. Maybe it was just Morris that like him. Anyway, Morris is gone now. I apologize as I am not sure what point I am trying to make here…I guess that I am already intrigued by the training camp competition at edge between Mathis, Hampton, Jackson and Goodlow.
Glad they picked Karty. I grew tired of stressing about whether the Rams were going to get the extra point every time they scored last year.
wv wrote: I dont get the feeling that the Rams have closed the gap tween them and the 49ers.
That’s a separate issue though, right? And can they do that in just one draft?
yeah. i don’t know that they’ve closed the gap.
yet.
i do see a general trend in their off-season and it was to get more physical. and i’m pretty sure it’s a direct response to how the niners have handled them. they went grunt over finesse. from signing jackson to drafting verse and fiske. on that i think it was the right approach. i just don’t know if it’ll work.
not in love with the verse pick. or the fiske pick… but i do like the thought of them playing together. i like the chemistry there. don’t know if it’ll work one level up in competition but i’ll be rooting for them.
i like the corum pick and even see the potential in him being better even than kyren. i do want to acknowledge that the chances of that are not high. that was a pretty high bar set by kyren, but i do really like corum’s potential that much.
kinchen looks good on paper, but who knows. i’ve read plenty of negative reports on him too so we’ll see.
i’ll only comment on one more player. karty. glad they got him and hope he can fill the gaping hole that was the kicking game last year.
This draft may even be better than last year’s.
that’s a tall order.
puka has a rookie season for the ages. oroy if not for stroud having his equally startling season but at qb of all positions.
avila day one starter with upside.
turner should have been in the discussion for droy.
byron young has a solid season to build off. started 16 of 17 games.
evans starting punter and kickoff guy.
so not just four starters out of this draft. five if you include evans. you’d need one rookie to break records and another at least in contention for some kind of regular season award.
so karty if he sticks at kicker is equal to evans.
you’d need one of verse or fiske to break two defensive rookie records. corum to be in contention on the other side for offensive rookie of the year. or perhaps even kinchens breaking the rookie record for interception. and the other two having solid seasons as pretty much day one starters.
i don’t see that happening.
But I think that in the end when you count the hit percentage, the 2024 draft will provide more players.
well if you’re looking at just hits and not the quality of hits and if you’re looking at percentages and not raw numbers then yes this draft class could surpass past year’s due to the rams having fourteen picks in 23 vs ten in 24. and the rams having a first round pick this year vs none in 23. they’d only need to hit on five to yield a higher percentage. i’d say the rams hit on 6 of the 14 players they drafted last year. if you don’t count allen, then it’s really only 5. so they would only need to hit on 4 this year. but the quality of picks this year is certainly higher due to having a first round pick.
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