zn wrote:

alyoshamucci wrote

Guess we don’t need a corner high anymore … I’m doing this in 2 sections … top 5 and dart board …

I think we resign Watkins.

Top 5

1) Harold Landry Edge… smooth movement skills, 4.6 40 … burst, bend and flatten to the QB. I think he’s probably a better overall player than Vic Beasley was coming out but the higher profile athletes are marginalizing his ability. I was hoping he wouldn’t come out last year so we’d have a shot at him this year. Backup plan: Lorenzo Carter
We may even be able to trade down here and still get him or Carter or Key.

3) Tim Settle NT. Rough combine will have him slide. Great. He’s a nose tackle. I need him to “not move” better than he “moves.”

4) Will Clapp OC. Center and OG that can backup a year if needed.

4) Micah Kiser ILB … signal caller and “heart of the defense” kinda guy that should go higher … but the position has a lot of talent this year.

Dart Board My guess is that these will be used to get picks in 19′ or to move up in this draft … but since they’re here, I’ll use them.

6) Durham Smythe TE … bad combine, high talent at the position, he slides.

6) Joe Noteboom DT Kinda pedestrian but could be a decent RT and finish the game at OLT in a pinch.

6) Travon Young rOLB This guy gets no love, no idea why.

6) Godwin Iqwebuike S Liked him for years, tested better than I thought.

6) Daurice Fountain WR Put on a show at the East West game and got no combine invite.

I’ll wait to pick up CBs and more DTs in UDFA to fill our final roster spot or compete for the practice squad.

Also, when it comes to ILB, TE, OC and NT .. I have backup plans in Jason Cabinda ILB, Ryan Izzo, Khalil Mckenzie NT, and Brian Allen OC

i like landry. he looks a little pumped up. his playing weight is probably closer to 240 pounds, but von miller doesn’t look all that big either. but then. landry is just a tick below miller in terms of explosion and quickness. rams really need to hit on edge rusher. i don’t think the secondary can reach peak powers without an awesome pass rush.

i like tim settle. i don’t know that he lasts until the third round. i really doubt it from what i read. he seems highly regarded, and i doubt teams take his combine performance too seriously.

i really like noteboom from what i’ve read as well as his combine performance. no way he lasts until the sixth. i don’t think he even lasts until the third. but if he does, i would think the rams would pounce on that.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by InvaderRam.

JackPMiller wrote:

I’m looking at Mason Foster myself. Love to see the Rams sign him.

that’d be an option too. and would be cheaper. i don’t know that the rams have enough cap space for williamson.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by InvaderRam.
• This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by InvaderRam.

dorance armstrong also looks good. i think he could be gotten in the third round. his production was outstanding in 2016 and then there was a drop off in 2017. from what i read, the defense changed schemes, and he was playing out of position for pretty much the entire season. in the nfl, he’ll be playing more the position he played in 2016 when he had 20 tackles for loss and 10 sacks!!!

6’4″ 257 pounds from kansas

arms – 34.75″
hands 10″
40 – 4.87s
bench – 20
vert – 30″
broad – 118″
3-cone – 7.12s
short shuttle – 4.23s

very mediocre explosion numbers. the vertical and broad numbers are not the best. his speed has a lot to be desired. but that is partially why he drops to the third. his agility numbers are good though. not elite. but good. a drastic difference between his 40 and his short shuttle times. but then he’s got elite length. long long arms. i think he’d be a good pick up.

if the rams could re-sign trujo. and then draft armstrong in the third. and let’s say they draft a rashaan evans in the first. that’d be a helluva defense there.

zn wrote:

While he can play standing for 3-4 teams, he’s at his best with his hand in the dirt as a rusher.

i like landry. but he’s strictly an edge rusher. a 3-4 outside linebacker. it sounds like. but he could be a helluva 3-4 outside linebacker. so at #23, that’d be a bargain for sure. i wouldn’t be complaining about that.

but what intrigues me about vander esch is, much like tremaine edmunds, this guy might be able to play all 4 linebacker positions. and play them all well. maybe not immediately. but eventually. he can defend the run and pass as well as rush the passer. whereas landry sound like he’s primarily an edge rusher.

there are multiple guys it sounds like who fit landry’s description. maybe they don’t do it as well as landry but they have similar skill sets.

edmunds and vander esch. i just don’t get the sense that you find too many players who have that blend of size and skill.