OFFICIAL 2023 Draft

[fanotodd]

Rams get 30 pre-draft facility visits from prospects. They've brought in 17 so far. No Offensive Linemen interestingly. 6 on the Defensive Line, I'm including edge. 5 Receivers. 2 QB's. 1 K. 3 DB's.
So D line, Receiver, Defensive Back, Quarterback, and Kicker. Seems to be the focus.

No OL, RB, or TE? Yikes. Those would have been my priorities if I was trying to jumpstart this offense.

As for WR, I wouldn’t mind taking a flyer on iosivas out of Princeton. Unless the Rams think they can get a #1 WR at #36, I say get an Edge first and then focus on the offense.

 

[Mackeyser]

Here's the vid. She was on the Ram Bros podcast

 

[Corbin]

I can’t see it happening either. In the draft simulator he’s always gone by pick 15.

He's an interesting QB. I think he needs bench time and dev and maybe you get something good down the road. Which the Rams could do as Stafford is our starter. So they're one of the best teams for him to land with but he's gonna go too early I think.

Teams are desperate for QBs. I think all of them will go a little earlier than usual this year and if you take Hooker in round 1 instead of early round 2 you get him for an extra year. That extra year of team control, if you hit on the pick, is significant.

Sean McVay 2023 NFL annual meetings press conference: Potentially drafting QB with high pick or as developmental player, Rams' interest in Odell Beckham Jr., more

In a portion of his roundtable press conference at the 2023 NFL annual meetings in Phoenix, Rams head coach Sean McVay talks about whether the team would take a swing on taking a quarterback with a high draft pick or as a developmental prospect, the team'

www.therams.com

 

[Riverumbbq]

Report: Rams showing interest in small-school DB Anthony Kendall

Baldwin Wallace University DB Anthony Kendall put together a strong showing at his pro day and is drawing interest from the Rams

www.yahoo.com

 

[MachS]

Report: Rams showing interest in small-school DB Anthony Kendall

Baldwin Wallace University DB Anthony Kendall put together a strong showing at his pro day and is drawing interest from the Rams

www.yahoo.com

No more early round DBs please. The Rapp, Burgess, and Long misses are enough for at least a decade. 1st round DBs are of a different cloth. We haven't done well with our 2nd and 3rds.

 

[Riverumbbq]

No more early round DBs please. The Rapp, Burgess, and Long misses are enough for at least a decade. 1st round DBs are of a different cloth. We haven't done well with our 2nd and 3rds.

No worries, Kendall is a UDFA prospect.

 

[Memento]

No more early round DBs please. The Rapp, Burgess, and Long misses are enough for at least a decade. 1st round DBs are of a different cloth. We haven't done well with our 2nd and 3rds.

Unless we're talking Emmanuel Forbes with our first pick. That kid is special. Kendall's probably a sixth/seventh round pick, but knowing McSnead, I wouldn't be surprised if we took him with our fourth like we did with Durant and Rochell. Durant was supposed to be a late round pick himself, and he's been balling thus far. And I still have faith in Rochell to turn things around.

 

[Tano]

Unless we're talking Emmanuel Forbes with our first pick. That kid is special. Kendall's probably a sixth/seventh round pick, but knowing McSnead, I wouldn't be surprised if we took him with our fourth like we did with Durant and Rochell. Durant was supposed to be a late round pick himself, and he's been balling thus far. And I still have faith in Rochell to turn things around.

With your penchant for trades - I guess we are trading with someone for a 4th

Just teasing

 

[Merlin]

No more early round DBs please. The Rapp, Burgess, and Long misses are enough for at least a decade. 1st round DBs are of a different cloth. We haven't done well with our 2nd and 3rds.

No telling which position will top their board at 36, I mean I'm sure they can handicap certain positions like saying for example that TE is likely or Kicker is not. But in the end it's the whims of the mob on draft day and weird shit happens so you don't want to eliminate any particular group and miss out on a top player just because we've whiffed in the past.

Impact players take many shapes. Whatever shape that guy is at 36 just take him IMO. I am not going to complain about the position as long as it's a player who carries the upside while also having some difference making film.

All that aside I do admit certain positions have the ability to increase our odds of fielding a decent team. Like Edge for example. And Corner is one of those positions. Now Safety... I agree with you. Though if the value is there whatever take it.

 

[MachS]

No telling which position will top their board at 36, I mean I'm sure they can handicap certain positions like saying for example that TE is likely or Kicker is not. But in the end it's the whims of the mob on draft day and weird shit happens so you don't want to eliminate any particular group and miss out on a top player just because we've whiffed in the past.

Impact players take many shapes. Whatever shape that guy is at 36 just take him IMO. I am not going to complain about the position as long as it's a player who carries the upside while also having some difference making film.

All that aside I do admit certain positions have the ability to increase our odds of fielding a decent team. Like Edge for example. And Corner is one of those positions. Now Safety... I agree with you. Though if the value is there whatever take it.

No I'm with you man, CB is one of the most important positions in football in today's NFL. Im not knocking the overall strategy of investing a top pick into that position, I'm saying the Rams franchise specifically hasn't inspired confidence they can evaluate the position. Outside of Cobie Durant I feel our picks have been pretty bad. We'll see what happens.

 

[MachS]

Unless we're talking Emmanuel Forbes with our first pick. That kid is special. Kendall's probably a sixth/seventh round pick, but knowing McSnead, I wouldn't be surprised if we took him with our fourth like we did with Durant and Rochell. Durant was supposed to be a late round pick himself, and he's been balling thus far. And I still have faith in Rochell to turn things around.

I love Cobie and would be down for Forbes of course. But our defense is going to be bad next year regardless. Like probably horrible. Id love to see us draft a stud edge rusher once this decade.

 

[Merlin]

Yeah Durant I think is the best corner we've drafted since Bly. Which is sad tbh. Rams have missed on a ton of corners. Trumaine and Jenkins were so inconsistent. So I don't argue the fact we have not drafted the position well.

OL. Corner. TE. Those positions we have whiffed our asses off on. Even wideout has been iffy, fortunately for them they hit big on Kupp.

 

[CGI_Ram]

Unless it’s an obvious talent, I like the idea of grabbing a pile of CB’s later in the draft and UDFA.

It’s a position, like RB, where good players get overlooked for school or other reasons and can be found later. Trumaine Johnson and Darious Williams were scrap heap guys. Lots of other examples of late draft finds.

 

[dang]

CB and QB are the 2 hardest positions imo. I am sure the Rams add a couple CBs this year but next year they have to have a shutdown corner on defense. I see that achieved by either a mid season trade this year or high draft pick next year. I don’t believe you’ll get one thru free agency or mid round draft pick this year.

 

[PhillyRam]

No telling which position will top their board at 36, I mean I'm sure they can handicap certain positions like saying for example that TE is likely or Kicker is not. But in the end it's the whims of the mob on draft day and weird shit happens so you don't want to eliminate any particular group and miss out on a top player just because we've whiffed in the past.

Impact players take many shapes. Whatever shape that guy is at 36 just take him IMO. I am not going to complain about the position as long as it's a player who carries the upside while also having some difference making film.

All that aside I do admit certain positions have the ability to increase our odds of fielding a decent team. Like Edge for example. And Corner is one of those positions. Now Safety... I agree with you. Though if the value is there whatever take it.

Need to pressure the opponent's QB consistently and protect our QB consistently. Teams that can do that and have a quality QB, make the playoffs regardless of their secondary.

 

[Riverumbbq]

HawgBeat - Results, highlights from Arkansas' 2023 Pro Day

How players fared at Arkansas' 2023 Pro Day.

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[fanotodd]

Yeah Durant I think is the best corner we've drafted since Bly. Which is sad tbh. Rams have missed on a ton of corners. Trumaine and Jenkins were so inconsistent. So I don't argue the fact we have not drafted the position well.

OL. Corner. TE. Those positions we have whiffed our asses off on. Even wideout has been iffy, fortunately for them they hit big on Kupp.

I thought jenkins was an excellent pick. So he got burned a couple of times, who hasn’t? He made a lot of game changing plays. He started day 1 and scored something like 5 defensive TDs his first year. I’d take a guy like that again. This defense needs some playmakers.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

I thought jenkins was an excellent pick. So he got burned a couple of times, who hasn’t? He made a lot of game changing plays. He started day 1 and scored something like 5 defensive TDs his first year. I’d take a guy like that again. This defense needs some playmakers.

His mental lapses were game changers. He had all the talent he needed. It was his character that was the problem. Back then, if there was a highly rated player with character concerns, that all other teams passed on, it was a given that Fisher would pick them. He had a very loose coaching style.

 

[PARAM]

His mental lapses were game changers. He had all the talent he needed. It was his character that was the problem. Back then, if there was a highly rated player with character concerns, that all other teams passed on, it was a given that Fisher would pick them. He had a very loose coaching style.

True. But the Rams only paid him 4.9 mil for 4 years and he earned 50 mil the next five years, 3 with the Giants and 2 with the Saints. Then another 4.7 mil from the Titans at age 33. So Fisher wasn't the only one to 'overlook' his deficiencies. He is #8 all time in pick 6's tied with Eric Allen and Rhonde Barber. And he does have that catchy nickname.

 

[Merlin]

His mental lapses were game changers. He had all the talent he needed. It was his character that was the problem. Back then, if there was a highly rated player with character concerns, that all other teams passed on, it was a given that Fisher would pick them. He had a very loose coaching style.

Yeah that's how I see it. He gave us inconsistent BS snaps and was part of the reason we could never rely on this team to take care of business in that era. Fish had a good eye for safeties and teams, but he missed on both those corners. Both were talented and should have been good but on the mental side were missing shit.

You gotta be strong mentally to survive in this league as a corner. Teams are probably more loaded at WR than at any time in NFL history. Plus the rules being against the defense.

Not sure what to expect from Kendrick. Though I think him being thrown outside the hash where his speed gets exposed was not doing him any favors. If he makes it at this level it will be in the slot. If the Rams see Durant in the slot then we need two corners.