Who is more responsible for the wasted draft picks?

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  • October 26, 2014 at 9:53 pm #10534
    GreatRamNTheSky
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    Lets face it, the Snisher record in the draft is not looking good. Should the Rams be looking for a good talent evaluator for the draft. Obviously Snead is not very good.

    I would say of any position they draft Offensive line is most important. Then Linebackers.

    Grits

    October 26, 2014 at 10:17 pm #10537
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    GreatRamNTheSky wrote:

    Lets face it, the Snisher record in the draft is not looking good. Should the Rams be looking for a good talent evaluator for the draft. Obviously Snead is not very good.

    I would say of any position they draft Offensive line is most important. Then Linebackers.

    Grits

    I think their draft record looks good. I have done this experiment where I go back and look at older drafts by good drafting teams. You want to go back before 2011, so you know how picks turned out. I counted a “hit” as a starter or important contributing role player on offense or defense.

    What I found was that on avg. 4 hits a year is GOOD to VERY GOOD drafting.
    (Anything beyond 4-5 a yr. on avg. = exceptional).

    2.5-3 a year = avg. drafting.

    2 a year = below avg.

    Less than 2 = bad.

    According to that model, although it’s way too soon to judge the Rams drafts, they certainly look like they are averaging 4 a year at least.

    The Rams draft well.

    I also found out that all good drafting teams have a 1st or 2nd round bust in there somewhere.

    To me, what we saw today was mostly due to multiple injuries.

    October 27, 2014 at 11:23 am #10579
    GreatRamNTheSky
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    Drafting Tavon Austin at number 8 overall and finding out he’s just an average player is not a shining moment for this GM or coach. Basically Tavon is a bust.

    Greg Robinson looks good now that he is in there but why did it take so long.

    Ogletree is not very good and he’s starting. Just because you make a player a starter doesn’t mean he’s a quality player.
    I think measuring success in the draft by the starters you get from the draft is skewed. I think win/loss record had to figure into that and right now they suck.

    Grits.

    October 27, 2014 at 4:20 pm #10610
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    Well, nobody thought Ogletree was a bad player last year. Sure he had some flaws in his game (the same flaws he had in college so this wasn’t a surprise) but overall he looked like an up n’ comer. I just think Ogletree is struggling in GW’s system for some reason. It could just be a matter of experience in that scheme or maybe he just isn’t a good fit for it. Who knows…

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