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May 15, 2015 at 10:43 am #24601znModerator
Report: Rams almost took La’el Collins in seventh round
Josh Alper
When the draft came to an end, Rams coach Jeff Fisher cited the “extraordinary circumstances” surrounding tackle La’El Collins as the reason why it was never an option for the team to use one of their nine picks on the highly regarded prospect.
According to Collins’s agents, that’s not exactly the case. Agent Mike McCartney said that he’s never been more anxious during a draft than he was in the seventh round this year as they waited to see if someone would take Collins despite the threat to sit out the 2015 season in hopes of re-entering the draft the next year. His partner Rick Smith told Robert Klemko of TheMMQB.com that one team that said they were ready to take the plunge in the final round.
“There was a team that had drafted four offensive linemen and they said, ‘We’re taking him.’ And I texted back, ‘You’re going to embarrass yourself. You’re going to waste this pick.’ And they passed. And now he’s a UDFA,” Smith said.
The Rams were the only team to draft four offensive linemen during this year’s draft, all of them before the start of the seventh round, which doesn’t leave much guesswork about who was on the other side of the message. As it turns out, the Rams or anyone else who drafted Collins wouldn’t have had to deal with any embarrassment associated with wasting the pick.
“We can put it on the record now: We were never going back in the draft,” Smith said. “If someone had drafted him, we would’ve had a long, long discussion about it, but at the end of the day you can’t go back in the draft. He could get injured, gain weight, or 10 great tackles could come out. Too many risks.”
Collins wasn’t drafted and the Cowboys signed him a few days later in a move that may leave a lot of other teams wishing they’d played things differently in spite of the extraordinary circumstances of the situation.
May 15, 2015 at 12:28 pm #24603AgamemnonParticipantI was on Collins early, but I am not sure if there isn’t something to his involvement with the woman. His sister said something like, I know something, but I am not going to say anything. I didn’t advocate them drafting him, even late and all the other teams passed. So, I don’t criticize the Rams for passing. Even after the draft the Rams could have gone after him a bit harder, but they didn’t. They must have still had some questions. imo
May 15, 2015 at 1:19 pm #24604wvParticipantI would have taken him in the 6th or 7th round
myself, IF there was zero evidence he did
anything wrong.w
vMay 15, 2015 at 4:18 pm #24608sdramParticipantI think they should have done that. But, I’m going to jump on a limb and say they were likely trying to avoid any chance of a media barrage like the Sam thing rom last year.
May 15, 2015 at 6:21 pm #24616InvaderRamModeratorI would have taken him in the 6th or 7th round
myself, IF there was zero evidence he did
anything wrong.w
vyes. IF. i have no reason to believe there is any evidence. the baby wasn’t even his. and they had not been together for awhile. i don’t know what ag is talking about. but if there was ANY shred of evidence that he was involved in this double murder. no. i would not have picked him.
May 15, 2015 at 7:31 pm #24623AgamemnonParticipanti don’t know what ag is talking about.
lol, that is what they all say. 😉
May 15, 2015 at 7:52 pm #24624InvaderRamModeratori don’t know what ag is talking about.
lol, that is what they all say.
haha. well you might have information that i don’t. with the way i understand the situation. while acknowledging that there might be details i don’t know about. i would have picked him in the seventh round. am i terribly upset about it? not really. in the end. things were done correctly. and if that means the rams do not get collins. i am ultimately alright with that.
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May 19, 2015 at 4:33 pm #24893znModeratorJim Thomas @jthom1
Contrary to previous reports, one of agents for La’el Collins _ Rick Smith _ says Rams were not team that planned to draft him in 7th round
May 19, 2015 at 5:02 pm #24894AgamemnonParticipantJim Thomas @jthom1
Contrary to previous reports, one of agents for La’el Collins _ Rick Smith _ says Rams were not team that planned to draft him in 7th round
Good to know that. Now tell us about Barksdale.
May 19, 2015 at 11:02 pm #24937znModeratorContrary to previous reports, one of agents for La’el Collins _ Rick Smith _ says Rams were not team that planned to draft him in 7th round
Good to know that. Now tell us about Barksdale.
John Clayton
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12860304/six-things-learned-2015-nfl-free-agency-clayton-mailbag[Collins] was the bargain of the year, receiving a $21,000 bonus to sign a three-year contract at the NFL minimum. Twenty-six teams inquired about him. But Collins’ agents shortened the list pretty quickly. In the end, it came down to Miami or Dallas. Collins felt more comfortable with the Cowboys, feeling he was joining the best offensive line in football. He’ll likely play left guard. Collins had a first-round grade. Jerry Jones did a great job of selling him on coming to Dallas.
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