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LMU93
… Just my own opinion but while there have been ‘misses’ I think if we look overall at the past four drafts the Rams have done well. They are a very talented team that unfortunately- and very sadly- doesn’t have much talent at one position- QB- which weighs down the whole team..
I was looking purely at picks they’ve made from 2012-2015 in the top 100 overall- because after that the odds of any team finding a good player or starter is something like maybe 20-25%. They’ve had 18 picks in the top 100 overall in 4 drafts and I’d say 11 have been good (to great):
1. Brockers (quality DT has earned an extension)
2. Jenkins (my draft card would have had OT/G Cordy Glenn on it with this pick but hard to argue with his overall play)
3. Johnson
4. Austin (while I will say forever they should have sat at #16 and taken DeAndre Hopkins there instead of trading up he has improved a lot and become a valuable player)
5. Ogletree
6. McDonald (the pick I hated the most of any 1st-3rd round pick by Snead that has proved me very wrong)
7. Donald (a possible generational talent…)
8. Joyner (many will disagree here but I think he’s been a pretty good nickel CB so far and hasn’t hit his ceiling yet; I’d be interested to see where people like PFF rate him)
9. Gurley (see Donald…)
10. Havenstein (appearing on multiple All-Rookie teams)
11. Brown
Several have underperformed or you can say the jury is still out:
1. Mason (excellent rookie year, not much in year 2; let’s see what he does in year 3)
2. Robinson (a lower tier LT through 2 years but he’s started 25 straight games there after coming out two years early and like it or not he’s going to get year 3..)
3. Mannion (drafted to be the 3rd QB this year and try to compete for the #2 in 2016)
And several swings and misses:
1. Quick
2. Pead (wherefore art thou Bobby Wagner or Lavonte David)
3. Givens (an excellent rookie year but on the whole not good)
4. Bailey (debatable I suppose but it’s doubtful he ever plays again and he really only flashed in several games here and there)
Plus let’s consider several late round picks like Wichmann, Hager, Gaines, Stacy, and Zuerlein where they’ve received at least some production, and in Gaines and Wichmann’s cases possibly much more. Not to mention UDFAs where I think they’ve done very well (Hekker for starters is a Pro Bowler and already the team’s all-time best punter, McLeod at safety, Bates, Reynolds, Harkey, etc.).
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Agamemnon
