El Chapo Jr
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We are being respectful while obviously disagreeing though so please tell me, what pattern are you talking about?
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It's been posted before and it's been discussed before. The drafting of Simpson wasn't done so they can trade future picks away for Garrett the two aren't tied at the hip. But the drafting of Simpson and the security they felt they had in drafting him allowed them to use the future picks in a trade such as Garrett. The two aren't tied to each other but they are related.
Snead also said on the Rich Eisen show that at the time of the draft when they took Simpson the Garrett trade wasn't fully set up yet they had talked about draft pick compensation but it was just an idea/concept at the time. After the draft and when they wouldn't be able to trade the 2026 pick away is when Verse was discussed and it was more concrete.
Again this has all been discussed multiple videos where he says the above have all been posted this is nothing new.
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Snead also said on the Rich Eisen show that at the time of the draft when they took Simpson the Garrett trade wasn't fully set up yet they had talked about draft pick compensation but it was just an idea/concept at the time. After the draft and when they wouldn't be able to trade the 2026 pick away is when Verse was discussed and it was more concrete.
Again this has all been discussed multiple videos where he says the above have all been posted this is nothing new.
Now back to our regularly scheduled program!
El Chapo Jr
Legend
Thank you for that as that made me laugh pretty good.
El Chapo Jr
Legend
Yup Snead was gonna get Garrett and I'm sure like many others, I'm glad he did. Now we get the rare experience of seeing him and AD play together. What a blessing for all Rams fans to get to see.
El Chapo Jr
Legend
Holy shit optical illusion, thank goodness I'm not drinking cuz those lines might actually be straight hahahaha
Did I tune into the wrong channel? I thought this was about the NFL and not about who’s right and who’s wrong?
Absolutely.
As long as you understand that I'm right.
El Chapo Jr
Legend
Good summary from OldSchool.
I would lean toward Snead still making the Garrett trade without drafting Simpson. More risky for the future, but hard to pass up.
I'm not sure you can completely take drafting Simpson out of the equation.
So the two moves were not tied at the hip, but having Simpson made it more comfortable for Snead and McVay.
All in with total disregard for the future? Incompetence.And I'm baffled that someone would be baffled at going all in for a Superbowl. Tell me, why do they play football though? Trading for Garrett without Simpson being drafted wouldn't have been mortgaging any future but hey, do you
So called All in as we know it today? No problem.
The latter we have seen before. The former we have never seen.
And Yes. Trading the assets needed to acquire the most important position on the team is mortgaging the future.
Teams are more likely to win with a very good QB vs. a stud pass rusher. Garrett's time in Cleveland proves it.
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El Chapo Jr
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I highly doubt Snead would completely discount the future but I know he'd willing give some of it up for someone like Garrett. Those type of players are rarely available. Still crazy that he pulled it off, what a bad ass. Also using Cleveland as an example well, its a bad comparison for how the Rams run things.
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El Chapo Jr
Legend
That's exactly where I'm at. Garrett is the best of the best for the defensive side of the ball. I just couldn't see Snead resisting after chasing him for so long.
SteezyEndo
The Immaculate Exception
Only asshole that comes to mind is John Lynch. He would say something like that.
They don't have total disregard for the future. It may look that way to the outside observer though. I think the major point is, they have supreme confidence they can roster build very well without high picks. And they've done that. It may be a matter of semantics but all those 1st, 2nd and 3rd round picks brought known studs whereas keeping them and using the selection gives a chance at a stud. And then they used the lower rounds to find guys that may not be stars, though some are, but seems above the round they went in.
Ebukam in 2017....isn't he still playing? Josh Reynolds same year. SJD, Gaines, Edwards, Fuller, Durant, Kyren, Lake, McClendon, Allen, Puka, Evans, Desjuan, Davis, Whittington, Limmer, Mumpfield, Hamilton, etc. These guys got together without a first round pick in year 1 and only made one 1st round selection in 10 drafts and that guy helped bring in Garrrett!!! All the while, they were criticized for mortgaging the future for all in but the evidence says, they did just fine. Us fans and talking heads get all flustered when they trade away high picks but it's worked for 10 years.
Doesn't this year has a familiar feel? Like Von Miller for a 2nd and 3rd plus free agent OBJ. Garrett for a 1st, 2nd and 3rd and Aaron Donald.
I noticed that you didn't name one quarterback. How about Sean Mannion, Garrett Gilbert, and Stetson Bennett via the draft. UDFAs like Austin Davis and Bryce Perkins. Free agency Shaun Hill, Case Keenum, Nick Foles, Jon Wolford, etc.
Goff. Stafford. Both QBs took significant draft capital to obtain. That's Snead's success at the position.
They have yet to prove that they can fill that QB position without the draft capital needed to do so.
They don't have total disregard for the future because they believe that they have taken care of the most important and difficult position to fill on the team. They can make the trades they made because that position is deemed set for a few years.
If they could and really had supreme confidence they could find a QB, they could have followed the idea of the media pundits who believed that they should have passed on Simpson and drafted someone more likely to contribute THIS so-called All In season. Or could have risked missing out on Simpson altogether by accepting trade offers further down the board that were passed on.
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This observation is accurate with one critical distinction: high picks are necessary for the QB position.
They have not demonstrated that they can fill the QB position without high picks.
Snead traded multiple 1sts for the #1 pick to acquire Goff.
He flipped Goff plus multiple 1sts for Stafford.
And they used the 13th on Simpson.
Thus, judging by their actions, they're aware that they need 1st round picks for the QB position.
