No, we paid a fair price for a player that was taken too high and hasn't panned out. And because of bias, we're calling him better than he is. Then we bought super high on a position that doesn't warrant that kind of capital surrender, especially given our glaring holes in other more important areas, and looking ahead to how many current Rams we're going to be saying goodbye to next season. Is Ramsey better than who we would draft in the 1st next year? The odds are astronomically in favor of that. However, the big value to a 1st round pick isn't whether they'll immediately be elite or not, it's the 5 years of control at a low price. We're buying Ramsey at the absolute highest point. He and his agent are going to bend the team over the barrel and make them give up, what, 16 million a year for him probably? And then what happens? Oh, he'll "keep getting better"? Because as we all know, every player who ever signs a huge deal with giant guaranteed money ALWAYS lives up to that contract and doesn't develop fat cat syndrome. Right? And given Ramsey's already proven low-value-human mentality, betting on him working hard to ensure the team gets every nickel of value out of whatever absurd deal he's about to get is far from a sure thing. When you factor in that we're taking a guy with serious maturity and headcase issues and plopping him into Hollywood (which is a bad place for a guy like him) makes it even worse.
The only positions on the field worthy of giving up multiple 1sts are QB, LT, and LB. Full stop. With the only exceptions being if you happen to come along a generational talent like Donald. Ramsey's a great player, but he's not generational.
I dunno about Corbett. We'll see if it was scheme mismatch or if he was the Browns version of Barrett Jones.
You don't know we're getting Ramsey at his apex price point. He's ONLY 24. If he rips off 5 straight All-Pro seasons, will we still contend we shoulda taken a couple cracks at the draft wheel?
Also, his Spotrac valuation is 5 years, $85M or $17M per and he's worth that. This is a passing league and the ability to shut down a team's primary receiver is paramount and literally changes the game.
I can't address the personal attacks on him beyond saying that people said the same garbage about Marcus Peters and while he was a talker and wasn't everyone's cup of tea, he played hurt, he owned his mistakes, he didn't fret about his contract and he wasn't a problem on or off the field. He didn't fulfill a single dire prediction about melting down or having issues with the coaching staff.
I also can't address your singular lack of faith in this coaching staff and FO. People fretted about Peters, Talib and others and? Nothing. There have been ZERO issues. All of the hand-wringing and prognostication that one guy could come here and cause the house of cards to collapse have proven false because it's not a house of cards. We have solid leadership and when you really drill down, Ramsey is a passionate player who wants to win.
I guess people forget what Gurley and AD sounded like at the end of 2016... They sounded kinda sour with all the losing we were doing.
Lastly, you're crazy if you think LB, 3-4 OLB or 4-3 DE are worth 2 1st rounders. I would argue that the league gets it that it's QB, LT and shut down CB.
By the way, the last CB to be traded for huge compensation and really work out for a team played for Wade Philips in this same D and he was a CB/S player who was HoF at both. So yeah, in this defense, this scheme... Ramsey is not only the perfect fit, he's going to be worth the picks.
