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Ram_Rally said:
This is all true. However, the Rams have been sniffing around Lemon all off-season. Met with him at the combine, at his pro day, and they also have a top 30 visit scheduled in a couple of weeks. Could be a smokescreen, but that's a significant amount of attention.
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That tells me he won't be the pick.
 
RamFan503 said:
Y’know… I try to get interested in all this stuff but I just can’t until the draft actually happens. Then I’m really invested in looking at who is actually going to be a Ram. I don’t say that to rain on anyone’s parade. You guys like to talk draft and that’s great. I read what yawl say but just can’t get overly invested in it.
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fanotodd said:
Really wanted Cisse at #29, but we got a top proven talent for the pick, so I won’t complain—except now I’m seeing Cisse mocked to the seahawks. Ouch.
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I like Cisse a lot. I see him as a fit. Before we moved that 29 pick I was thinking either Johnson or Cisse there.
 
Mojo Ram said:
Not too surprising. Since 2017 Kupp and Nacua were major hits. So many of the other hits were acquired via FA or trade.

Jefferson, Atwell were 2nd rd reaches. Whittington and Mumpfield found roles but are low risk picks.

My point is I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous about a WR pick at #13 (or TE and RB) just because the Rams track record at drafting skill guys in general on day 1 and 2 is sketchy.
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My first thought was to disagree and challenge your assertion that they're not good at drafting skills positions, so I looked into it and concluded there is something to what you say.

Since 2017, the Rams have drafted 3 RB, 3 WR, and 2 TE in the first three rounds. They are 1/3 on RBs (Corum hit), 1 for 3 on WRs (Kupp), and too soon to call but potentially 1/2 on TEs (Ferguson). If Ferg hits, that's 3/8.

But what was most interesting, and probably deserves an entire thread to discuss, is their hit rate on defensive players. There have been 12 premium picks - i.e. rounds 1-3 - used on defense since 2017. I'd say 9 were successful. John Johnson III, Rapp, Ernest Jones, Kobie Turner, Byron Young, Kinchens, Fiske, Verse, and likely Josaiah Stewart.

IMO, it's not so much that they are bad at drafting skill positions because 3 for 8 is probably league average given that none were 1st round picks, but it looks bad because the hit rate on offense pales in comparison to the hit rate on defense.
 
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DzRams said:
My first thought was to disagree and challenge your assertion that they're not good at drafting skills positions, so I looked into and concluded there is something to what you say.

Since 2017, the Rams have drafted 3 RB, 3 WR, and 2 TE in the first three rounds. They are 1/3 on RBs (Corum hit), 1 for 3 on WRs (Kupp), and too soon to call but potentially 1/2 on TEs (Ferguson). If Ferg hits, that's 3/8.

But what was most interesting, and probably deserves an entire thread to discuss, is their hit rate on defensive players. There have been 12 premium picks - i.e. rounds 1-3 - used on defense since 2017. I'd say 9 were successful. John Johnson III, Rapp, Ernest Jones, Kobie Turner, Byron Young, Kinchens, Fiske, Verse, and likely Josaiah Stewart.

IMO, it's not so much that they are bad at drafting skill positions because 3 for 8 is probably league average given that none were 1st round picks, but it looks bad because the hit rate on offense pales in comparison to the hit rate on defense.
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So you are calling Gerald Everett a miss and Rapp a hit?

You could also say "misses" like Jefferson & Akers were injury related as opposed to skill issues. Jefferson minis knee issues would probably had been a very solid #2 WR. Lakers, minus his Achilles injury would probably had been a solid RB, in the same mold as Kyren Williams. He just never did much post achillies.

So not sure they can't draft skill guys or even just average at it. In fact the highest drafted skill guy was Ferguson, who was taken in the 40's. So its not like they have blown a number of top 30 or 40 picks on skill guys.
 
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