A video clip is shown of McVay saying that you can't have too many players rushing the quarterback or those making plays with the ball in their hands showing that the team is open to going for either defense or offense with their top draft choice. He also mentions that with the way that the roster is currently constructed, he feels good with the team having a lot of directions it can go depending on how the draft unfolds at the 13th overall selection slot...assuming the Rams stand pat there. He feels confident that they'll add a quality player there one way or the other.
Meanwhile Mike Tannenbaum feels like the Rams should draft Ty Simpson citing the Green Bay Packers as a model for building for sustained success when they drafted Aaron Rodgers and Jordan Love during years as contenders. Matt Miller counters by saying that both Rodgers and Love fell to the Packers at the draft while he feels that Simpson would be a "monumental reach" for the Rams at 13th overall. Miller goes on to say that the team also needs to address the aging Davante Adams as receiver while acknowledging the need to eventually address the issue of replacing Stafford. Miller goes on to say that the Rams should capitalize on the rare opportunity to draft an elite player in Makai Lemon. Tannenbaum compares Lemon to Amon St. Brown and Puka Nacua, but he favors the Rams taking Simpson and addressing receiver later in the draft because he feels this year's class offers more opportunities to obtain a quality player at the wide-receiver position despite acknowledging a bit that this year's quarterback class is lacking.
I obviously disagree with Tannenbaum's logic and I don't agree with Miller's choice at #13. However, I do sort of agree with Miller's advocacy for a team like the Steelers to be opportunistic and take a swing at either Garrett Nussmeier or Drew Allard in the second or third round to be the understudy at the QB position as developmental players with high potential. I just don't agree with taking either that high at this moment.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE7fV0Oryfk&t=330s
I was flabbergasted to find out that 63% of active NFL players last season were selected or signed on Day 3 of the draft compared to 24% for Day 2 draftees and 13% for former first-rounders. This segues to the 49ers' recent history of capitalizing in finding hidden gems with late-round picks such as Fred Warner in the third round, George Kittles & Dre Greenlaw in the fifth round, and JaJuan Jennings in the seventh round along with former Mr. Irrelevant Brock Purdy. The Rams have had some success in doing something similar but obviously not to the same extent as the Niners.
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