i really really like this pick. i really like a lot of these picks, but i think stewart and paul jr could take this front seven to a whole new level. not even taking into account the levels of improvement that verse and fiske could make in their second year. and the addition of ford too. almost forgot again.

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i didn’t know where to put this but apparently the rams hired anthony robinson from the titans. sorry if this was already posted.

zn wrote:

Run defense. Ford, Paul, Landman, Dolac.

i keep forgetting about ford. should be significant upgrade over brown iii.

chris paul jr and dolac both should be pushing speights for that starting lb position, and you figure landman should at least be solid.

don’t know about most excited ever, but at least an upgrade over last year.

zn wrote:

I wonder how often in all of NFL history a team would have 3 players on a list like that.

i noticed that. pretty cool.

doesn’t even include turner.

and not that i expect stewart or paul jr to be in the top 10, but they should add some depth and variety to the pass rush.

zn wrote:

Just for clarity here’s the whole tweet. The parts missing in your post are red in this one:

but also. he says he was one of four to achieve those marks in the last five years. does anyone know who the other three are? i’d be interested to know.

zn wrote:

But plenty of units have limited depth.” That position group for the Rams according to Schatz is wide receiver.

amari cooper and keenan allen are both available. are they fits? are they even affordable? and isn’t cornerback supposed to be thin too?

zn wrote:

wv wrote:

I like this Covey kid. He doesnt look like a burner, but he looks like he has great vision and quickness.

Yeah. Having watched nothing but those highlights, it’s evident that his “superpower” is sudden short area quickness/slash/abrupt open field acceleration.

40 time was only 4.50.

but his short shuttle was 4.09 and his 3-cone was 6.73.

so yeah. he’s got short area quickness to spare.

ok. i take it back. maybe even right away?

the pass rush win rate on true dropbacks. graded higher than guys like the boss brothers, garrett, and hendrickson? sounds impressive. and then they said he was easily the toughest guy on that michigan team? i see shades of aaron donald. not saying he’ll reach that level of greatness but maybe a guy teams underestimated because of his lack of size. wasn’t a big time prospect coming out of high school because he only played two years.

well apparently he majored in natural resources management. graduated with a bachelor’s in three years and was in the sec academic honor roll all four years he was there. was pursuing a graduate degree his last year there. so the intangibles would seem to be there. you have no worries about him being able to handle a playbook or being motivated.

also squatted 600 pounds in college. according to hunter it was actually 655 pounds before the strength coach wouldn’t let him do anymore. for comparison saquon barkley squatted 585 pounds. that’s crazy.

i could see the rams coming out of this draft with three starters in ferguson, paul jr, and eventually hunter if williams isn’t re-signed.

zn wrote:

Largest cap hit (offense): Matthew Stafford ($47.6M)

Largest cap hit (defense): Darious Williams ($9.16M)

oh wow. hahahaha. that’s gotta be the biggest gap in the league.

i wonder if a ramsey trade is possible with this amount of cap space.

zn wrote:

That last vid, the interview, I think that’s about as good an interview with a college player I have seen. He’s a very grounded, smart, confident–but also non-egotistical–guy.

i keep looking for something to curb my optimism, but he looks better and better every time i read or listen to something about him.

of course outside of a few highlight videos i’ve seen nothing on him nor would i know how to evaluate him even if i did. but i just can’t help but feel like he is going to be a good player.

so. i’m confused. if we’re to believe that post above the rams have 25 million in cap space.

but if we’re to believe otc, it’s only 19 million in cap space?

i have yet to see someone who isn’t absolutely in love with this pick.