Totally get the need to address oline this offseason and in the draft. That said the only way I want them to pick oline in the first round is if there is still a need at ROT. Even then I’d rather not pick a right tackle at number ten. I don’t know what trade down opportunities they’ll have though. There will be some good choices for the interior line in the 2nd, 3rd and maybe even the 4th round.

Agamemnon wrote:

I don’t think it alters their draft strategy.

I’m sure oline help is on the agenda at some point, but they might be painting themselves into a corner on draft weekend if they can’t get something done soon.

Anyone believe that this makes a WR in the first less likely?

Agamemnon wrote:

laram
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All of my friends/sources in Philly are saying that the Eagles have a deal with the Jets who covet Sam Bradford.

if this is true, maybe it was a three team trade?

If true, What the hell happens with the conditions? Do they just roll over to New York, or because Bradford doesn’t start a game for the Eagles, the conditional 3rd rounder goes to Philadelphia?

I’m very pleased with his news. Jack-of-all-trades type of TE.

zn wrote:

TheRamsFan @TheRamsFan
Not many Rams fans agree, but I see Trae Waynes as a worthy pick at 10 & meeting a need for the Rams. Your thoughts?

@nwagoner: As I’ve mentioned in this space before, cornerback is more of a need than some believe, but it’s not a pressing one. It’s one that will come into focus after next season, though. Janoris Jenkins and Trumaine Johnson are free agents after the 2015 season. The Rams have high hopes for E.J. Gaines to be one of their starters long-term, which would allow Lamarcus Joyner to slide into the nickel. The question becomes who is the other outside cornerback. My sense is that Jenkins is more likely to stick around long term than Johnson, but that remains to be seen. Trae Waynes would be a great fit from a skills standpoint, and again, I don’t think we can rule out anything in terms of the Rams’ approach to the draft. They aren’t afraid to do things that go against conventional wisdom. If all things are equal, they need to spend that pick on offense, but if things break a certain way and there is no obvious offensive player or trade-down option there, perhaps Waynes is one to watch.

I like Waymes a lot and would have no problem with the Rams taking him at ten. I felt that way before he ran his blazing 40 at the Combine. For having such a solid front seven the Rams secondary gave up too many big plays las year.

It’s ok. It’s the FO’s new strategy. The Rams will wait for him to agree to terms with another team, and then the that team will get cold feet and make up an excuse about Barksdale’s health and back out of the deal. Barksdale will then return to the Rams. That’s how these things always go.

BOOOOOOO!!!!

While watching the mud bowl as a young lad, t’was the horns that drew me in to this labyrinth filled misery of Rams fandom.

I like the Van Pelt bloodlines. Intelligence combined with a ruthless desire for success, even if it means humiliating a few people along the way.

I haven’t watched him lots, but in the Cotton Bowl he had a lot of wide open receivers to throw to in the first 3 quarters. He did a good job hitting those guys in stride. He won’t see guys running that free, that often in the NFL.

Jenkins makes me hold my breath unlike any other player. I wonder how coaches feel about him.

wv wrote:

JJ reminds me a bit of GW. There’s
something flashy and bold about him
but there’s also this…’unsoundness’
to his game. Can you win a Ring
with a guy like that? Can you count on
him through a playoff gauntlet? I dunno.

Anyway, apparently he’s an alternate
for the ProBowl. So, go figure.

w
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I’m not sure that I remember a Rams player who has provided me with such a roller coaster of emotions. Capable of a pick six one moment, and then giving up an 80 yard TD The next. Even when he’s not making INTs he can be pretty sticky in coverage, then he gets caught looking into the backfield, or bites on a double move. Frustrating. I wonder what kind of Patriot he’d be.

InvaderRam wrote:

with the defense i think the key is that there are a bunch of young core players who have yet to reach their full potential and probably will get there within two years.

i think we’ve yet to see the best from quinn, donald, brockers, ogletree, mcdonald, gaines, joyner…

although the downside is that none of these players continue to progress. so far they’ve just been inconsistent.

but if this was a defense full of older veteran types, i’d be less optimistic.

Agree with all of this.

BTW, stopping a run away brawl is pretty difficult for one or two guys to do. From what I’ve seen of the video neither Long nor Laurinaitis escalated the brawl. It looked like both were in the middle trying to hold back some people. Not sure what other people are seeing, or expected of them.