It seems like the Rams like bigger taller guys who played in a pros style offense, so their interest makes sense from that standpoint. Experience in a pro style offense was one of the reasons they took Mannion over Petty and Hundley. Fisher also blamed Foles struggles on inexperience in a pro style system.
Cook isn't as bad as some people say, but he is the same teir as manion, but a year behind in his pro development. I don't think going for a similar tier guy who is a year behind in his pro development helps the Rams. IF they want to upgrade QB and stabilize the position long term they have to go get their guy.
Well said.
I really liked Petty in that draft. Would have preferred him as our project QB, knowing that he's gonna have to sit and learn, because he was a little more balanced as a prospect. With Hundley I didn't like the way he'd drop his eyes when the rush came in, but even he seemed like a better fit for Fisher than Mannion because of his mobility. Mannion to the Rams was shocking to me at the time.
Is the pro style association that important? Is it because Fish grew tired of everyone on offense struggling to learn after they drafted so many guys on potential? I would love to hear Fish speak on that selection.
Either way, I am not certain that Cook will be ready any sooner than some of these guys who need to learn a pro style offense because of the way his feet disintegrate with a rush. I'm not certain his accuracy can be fixed by the Rams' coaching staff through repairing his footwork either. He is a very risky pick IMO. The more I have nuked these QBs the more negative I have become with him. I've gone from thinking he could be the guy and being ok with it, to being terrified by the possibility. Right now I would take some of the other unheralded types before him. I'd take Prescott before him. Might even take Doughty before him, and while I'm sure some of you find that shocking Doughty is that guy who has grown on me the more I watch of his tape.
Bottom line for me is I pray the Rams move ahead of the whiners and get Goff. It is the best way for them to just get it right once and for all. Waiting is going to introduce greater risk of their guy not being there, along with greater and greater chance of busting on the pick. If they don't go QB early I genuinely hope they take two. I'm serious, that's how much faith I have in this regime to evaluate QBs.
