Any remaining doubters that QB is our biggest draft need?

[BriansRams]

Foles is a pro bowl Qb.

Um...

 

[blackbart]

Foles is a pro bowl Qb.

We need oline and Wr's.

End of story.

No Qb could have success with this cast. How many dropped passes today? It's ridiculous.

Cook Britt and quick are bush league.

Don't get me started on the oline.

Foles WAS a Pro Bowl QB he is no longer and there were a lot more shitty passes than drops today

 

[nighttrain]

Man, I hate to say it, but it's looking like our 1st rounder will have to be a QB.

I was hoping that it could be a stud WR, DE, or MLB.

But we aren't even functional without a decent QB. We see the evidence every single week, don't we? Our O seems so helpless and it's getting worse each week.

It's starting to look like we may have a top 5 pick.

I know. I can barely type those words, much less accept them. But it doesn't make them less true.

Heck, we may have to think about an OT in the 2nd, as well.

Then again, can Fisher or his crack O coaching staff properly develop a talented QB? I dunno...

Man, I am so depressed. This is starting to feel like those Frontiere years before the GSOT...

I'd like to see Mannion start the rest of this season, then make a qb decision
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[bluecollarram]

Foles is a pro bowl Qb.

 

[Stel]

Man, I hate to say it, but it's looking like our 1st rounder will have to be a QB.

I was hoping that i..

Man, I hate to say it, but it's looking like our 1st rounder will have to be a QB.

Approaching the draft with that goal is a recipe for a bad draft.

Do I think we need a QB? Yes.
Does our first round pick have to be a QB? No.

 

[snackdaddy]

If Foles is a pro bowl quarterback, then Rosie O'Donnell is a supermodel porn star. :eek::shocked: uke:

 

[nighttrain]

Play Sean, see if we really need a QB
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[rfa77]

QB is obviously a huge we'd for us. You can't do anything without a competent one. I think it is our biggest need. I wouldn't however necessarily draft one with our first round pick if the guy I thought was gong to be the guy wasn't available. If there's a franchise QB on the board and you don't have one-absolutely you've gotta draft him. I'd he's not that good don't reach. Wishful thinking isn't going to turn him into one. We still have huge holes at WR and offensive line also, so take bpa in the first unless the franchise QB of the future is a sure fire prospect who you've really done your one work n and really like.

Spot on. I'm absolutely amazed at those who include defense as draft needs at this point. Can there always be improvement? Of course? But, the defense is good enough where it stands, especially if Quinn, Ogletree, and Gaines are healthy next year. Rams need offense - and somebody who knows how to evaluate offensive talent. Obviously, they don't.

 

[rfa77]

If we get Hue Jackson, Connor Cook will be a nice addition. Hopefully Fisher will be fired by the end of the season because I trust him developing a quarterback as much as I trust a baby holding a knife.

EDIT: Pretty sad how this is my 1000th post

No kidding. Drafting offense with high picks doesn't guarantee squat. You have to know how to evaluate the talent. And, subsequently, coach them.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

Approaching the draft with that goal is a recipe for a bad draft.

Do I think we need a QB? Yes.
Does our first round pick have to be a QB? No.

I disagree. If they feel a top QB is attainable they should go all in on attaining him. QB is the only position I think teams have to have that attitude about.

 

[Ramhusker]

I don't know what makes you guys think we won't be drafting very high next year. 6-10 is starting to look like our ceiling and 5-11 might be closer to the truth. Im thinking that might be top 5. We are looking at about 7 right now.

 

[Ballhawk]

Spot on. I'm absolutely amazed at those who include defense as draft needs at this point. Can there always be improvement? Of course? But, the defense is good enough where it stands, especially if Quinn, Ogletree, and Gaines are healthy next year. Rams need offense - and somebody who knows how to evaluate offensive talent. Obviously, they don't.

We always can use a couple more DTs! And we better be looking for a back up punter early in the draft as well!

 

[LACHAMP46]

@Rams43
eheheheheh, LOL...I mean, was their any doubt? Seriously, if you want to be a playoff team, it matters how you play in big games...esp at the QB position...I felt something at Green Bay...

QB is definitely a huge need. Whether or not it is worth investing a top 5 pick.... I do not know. It will depend on the prospect(s) available. Do any of the top ranked QBs available e.g. Jared Goff look like they could be future stars? If yes, definitely draft them. Nothing is a sure thing. But if they seem to have a real chance at becoming great you have to roll the dice.

Roll the dice...if this was 1983, you can do that waiting game with QB's, but if you like one, you better go get him....And yea, Goff looks like he's possible... and that's all you can hope for. No sure things

Drafting offense with high picks doesn't guarantee squat.

Nope, but at QB, it sure helps...O-line, certain positions sure help...but as I just said, no sure thing in drafting...but drafting earlier helps. Don't over-think it so much...safe picks (Havenstein types) really help balance the wow picks (Tavon, G-Rob)...
The best QB on our board, we should target...It shouldn't be hard this year....we may over pick if we have a great pick, but so what...And if we have a chance, we should trade up...At least you can have "your guy"...

 

[Yamahopper]

Yeah all in on QB this year unless Mannion lights it up. But Mannion won't get a chance unless Foles and Keenum both go down.
I don't see the Rams win another game so they should be in position with their 1st or with a trade up.
Don't care the cost.

 

[Stel]

I disagree. If they feel a top QB is attainable they should go all in on attaining him. QB is the only position I think teams have to have that attitude about.

I don't disagree, but the "if" is important. It is the difference between going into the draft wanting to draft a QB and thinking you have to draft a QB in the first round.

 

[Memphis Ram]

Approaching the draft with that goal is a recipe for a bad draft.

Do I think we need a QB? Yes.
Does our first round pick have to be a QB? No.

Agreed. The QB position probably has the most busts in the first round due to teams just selecting one of fill a need. If there isn't one the team deems worthy of the selection, they are better off selecting a higher graded player and seeing what they can do in the next few rounds.

I'd be sick if the Rams passed on the next J.J. Watt, Tyron Smith, or Robert Quinn just to select the next Jake Locker or Blaine Gabbert because of a need at QB.

 

[Dodgersrf]

Agreed. The QB position probably has the most busts in the first round due to teams just selecting one of fill a need. If there isn't one the team deems worthy of the selection, they are better off selecting a higher graded player and seeing what they can do in the next few rounds.

I'd be sick if the Rams passed on the next J.J. Watt, Tyron Smith, or Robert Quinn just to select the next Jake Locker or Blaine Gabbert because of a need at QB.

I'll also be pissed if we move up to draft a guy like Joyner and pass on a guy like D. Carr.
.....again

 

[Merlin]

This team has zero chance to win out. That means they have every reason to play Mannion now and see what they have in the kid. A five game run to close out the season is a nice look to see whether he's gonna compete with the QB they draft.

The Rams ARE drafting a QB. No way around it. Question is level of desperation, which right now can go from "Nuclear Holocaust" to "Desperate" if the kid can do some good things over the next 5.

Oh and Stan might need to twist Fish's arm here... No coach wants to lose but in this case every game the team loses with the kid in there at QB reduces cost of moving up. It's Mannion time, Fisher just hasn't realized it yet. Hopefully he won't need urging, because Keenum's no better than Foles.

 

[Tron]

For the love that is all holy and sacred, please draft Goff this year. At the pace we are going, we wont even have to trade up for him!!

Would love to see some Mannion out there to see if he could actually be a future starter for us, but knowing Fisher, would take both Foles and Keenum to be injured before playing him regardless of how badly they play.

 

[Dr C. Hill]

I would hate to give up all of the blood and treasure it would cost to move up for a QB. What if the answer is already on the roster? Mannion is a player IMO. The only thing he doesn't have is a cannon for an arm. Next to Foles though, he looks like Elway! He is a smart kid, a coach's kid, who understands the offense and would do anything to get better.