other trade possibilities

robert griffin iii (ahahahahahahaha!!!!)

nick foles (also coming off an injury)

jay cutler (a bit on the older side i would think)

ummmmm…

….

reality and then depression sink in…

no i don’t think they should count on that.

but. they shouldn’t draft a pure center. draft someone who can play multiple positions.

i was really hoping jones would just grab that center position. maybe he still can.

can’t find anyone with 11″ hands. but wilson came from a pro-style offense and has 10 1/4″ hands!

logan thomas has 10 7/8″ hands. but i think he was in a spread offense.

ha!

rams so far.

robinson – high 1st round
saffold – high 2nd round
wells – fa
joseph – fa
barksdale – waivers

i could see them replacing wells and joseph with potentially a 1st rounder and a lower round pick.

personally i think it makes sense given the strength of this year’s draft. i don’t know what the fa market looks like. but the rams seem to be able to spot ol talent in the draft.

HighPlainsDrifter wrote:

I think taking Petty at No. 10 would certainly be a risky pick. Maybe a trade down to pick up an extra pick, but the dilemma with Petty is getting to be pretty common given the nature of the college game these days. Quarterbacks have always had to be taught to play the game “the NFL way” coming out of college, but never more than now. The differences between the college game and the pro game have never been greater overall than they are now. Teams not only have to evaluate the quarterback on a physical level, but now have to determine what their capacity for learning a very different game is going to be. I think the NFL is going to have to consider a developmental league to develop their quarterbacks or they are going to have to make the adjustments in their offensive systems to accommodate the skill sets that the college quarterbacks bring with them to the league. The number of college programs that still utilize anything resembling a pro style system is rapidly shrinking and those quarterbacks are in shorter and shorter supply.

well this is a good point. what qbs coming out for the draft are coming from a more pro-style offense?

someone correct me if i’m wrong but i believe russell wilson came from a pro-style offense at wisconsin. that must have made a huge difference in his transition to the nfl. maybe the rams should be looking more in that direction.

well i wouldn’t be in favor of drafting hundley in the first round either. i’m just not in favor of drafting any qb at #10 unless mariota somehow falls down to that spot.

while i’m all in favor of drafting a quarterback this year, petty seems like the very definition of a reach pick at #10. everything i read has him as a third round pick.

i’d rather trade down or pick a quarterback later in the draft. i’m personally in favor of drafting brett hundley. if he comes out. in the second round.

well it makes sense. because bradford is the best option for 2015. i mean who else could come in next year with his kind of talent and knowledge of this offense. it’d be impossible.

but yeah. beyond 2015. they have to find another quarterback.

i also think changing coordinators on either side is not the answer. i think blame on that side is almost always overblown. and in fact it can become a detriment when you keep changing the scheme.

the offense has had stability in terms of scheme but has suffered some horrible injuries. the main one being at quarterback. a healthy bradford this season would have allowed schotty to expand the offense. instead they had to start over with a journeyman qb. and a quarterback with no professional games under his belt.

the defense has tons of talent, but they’ve changed coordinators every single year. so the inconsistency isn’t all that surprising to me. second year in the same system with all that youth and talent? they just need a leader or leaders to step up and get this unit to perform week in and week out.

Mackeyser wrote:

If Cameron Erving shows well at the Combine, I could see them trading down a lil bit and taking him at Center in the 1st and then going BPA in the 2nd… maybe a QB…then going OG in the 3rd.

If Hundley falls out of the 1st round, I’d be tickled pink to pick him up in the 2nd… that presumes he comes out. I think he’ll stay and learn and allow his stock to rise…although there aren’t very many QBs in this draft right now…

i’m intrigued by brett hundley. i think he ends up going in the bottom of the first round.

pretty sure he is leaving. i think his own coach mora confirmed as much.

i’m actually for trading down and drafting a guy like erving.

i see him being what bruce matthews was to those titans’ lines.

i see him stepping in immediately at center which would go along with your idea of drafting a center with a lower first round pick if you need him to step in immediately. the added benefit of drafting him is that he could potentially slide in at guard and tackle too. that kind of versatility is invaluable in the modern nfl and makes him more than worthy of a first round pick.

i don’t think you start two rookies. my hope is that barrett jones can finally step in at guard. drafting another linemen lower would be with the idea that he gets a year or two to develop.

• This reply was modified 11 years, 6 months ago by InvaderRam.

i don’t agree that it’s easy to fix an ol. like ag said. if it was easy, the rams would have done that by now.

i do agree that there are different ways of developing an offensive line.

as far as drafting one high, i think this happens to be the year that drafting one in the first round just makes sense. it’s supposed to be a strong year for the offensive line. there is no qb available beside mariota who will be worth drafting in the first round. no cornerbacks really that seem to be upper first round caliber. there’s landon collins i suppose at safety. maybe receiver. but i think 2014 was the year to draft a receiver. not 2015.

at this point. offensive line in the first round just makes sense. it’s a position of strength in the draft that would fill a huge need.

well. yes. i have to agree that they’ve improved. i guess the question should be have they improved enough?

i think his work has warranted another year. the only thing we can do is see how they play next year.

but if for whatever reason fisher is gone after next year. whoever is next in line? this will be a very hot position for coaches. i can see a lot of head coaching candidates salivating at the chance to coach this team.

something i don’t think could have been said when fisher took over.

put off watching highlights of this game cuz it just hurt too much. but i just saw a clip on nfl network.

depending on the angle it actually looks like odell starts pulling ogletree’s mask BEFORE they go out of bounds dragging him out of bounds.

of course i could be biased.

starting at 1:25
http://www.nfl.com/videos/st-louis-rams/0ap3000000447410/Giants-Rams-scrum-spills-over-onto-sideline