My argument against a Watkins selection, if he's not clearly the BPA:
Watkins may be closer to Calvin Johnson, A.J. Green, Julio Jones, than Blackmon, but he's still not at their level. He doesn't have their size and while it may have been primarily based upon Clemson's offense, 57.43% of his receptions came on screens. 70% of his receptions came within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage.
While many went ga-ga over Blackmon (not me), others in his draft class like Michael Floyd, Kendall Wright, and Alshon Jeffrey have been very good. It's the same almost every year. Dez Bryant's class had Demaryius Thomas. Michael Crabtree's class had Hakim Nicks, Percy Harvin, & Mike Wallace. Even the great Calvin Johnson's class had Dwayne Bowe. And it will be the same this year in this DEEP WR draft class.
The Rams didn't have a WR break 700 yards because Bradford went down, they ran the ball so much which apparently looks to be the plan again this year, and they spread the ball out so much last year. I mean six players had 26 or more receptions on a team near the bottom of the league in passing attempts.
And finally, the team still doesn't know what they have with the young WRs already on the roster. One of which, they traded up into the top 10 to get just last year. And that even includes the expensive WR in a TE's body in Jared Cook. There aren't enough balls to go around now in a run first / balanced offfense.
Summary:
1) Watkins while very good is not in the class or Johnson, Green, & Jones.
2) This is a very DEEP WR draft class and history suggests there will be comparable results with others in the class.
3) The Rams aren't going to be a pass happy team and they didn't completely utilize the weapons already there.
