Rams looking at a huge haul in 2022 draft

[CGI_Ram]

This is likely going to be one of the strongest and deepest classes in recent memory; a lot of seniors didn't declare last year (they had the option to stay another year because of Covid), and you'll have a lot of juniors and redshirt sophomores declaring as usual. This is a very good year to have a lot of picks, and players who would get Day Two consideration in a normal draft will fall to Day Three, making those four sixths and two sevenths much more valuable.

Great year to have picks by QTY.

 

[kurtfaulk]

Very good chance that Snead will be tasked to replace his March 2022 UFA's, who have been starters & who arrived here by the utilization of those 3rd-day draft selections i.e.:

Sebastian Joseph-Day 6th rd'er
Micah Kiser former 5th rd'er
Ogbonnia Okoronkwo 5th rd'er
Austin Corbett former 5th rd'er
Kenny Young traded for a 5th rd'er
Darious Williams UDFA

LT Joseph Noteboom was a 3rd rd selection.

Corbett was a 2nd round pick, 33rd overall I think. The Rams traded a 5th round pick for him.

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[CGI_Ram]

Corbett was a 2nd round pick, 33rd overall I think. The Rams traded a 5th round pick for him.

True.

But, a similar trade (another player, another team) is possible at the cost of one of those late round picks.

 

[oldnotdead]

All you have to do is look at who the Rams got on day 3 this year. Harris, E. Brown, Funk, Skowronek, and Garrett. Day 3 picks are more easily traded as most teams are just taking flyers. Last year they had 5 day 3 picks and Hopkins, Fuller, and Anchrum are still on the roster with Fuller a starter taken in the 6th. With Snead drafting by analytics and trait grading, he has a much higher percentage of hits than misses compared to most team's day three picks.

After reading Jourdan's article on how they pick players I don't discount Snead's ability to find good players on day 3. Most people think picks after round 5 are garbage and Snead, has shown they aren't. In 2019 the Rams still have Gaines (rd 4), Edwards (5), Scott (7). I really liked the Scott pick and felt he would become more than a STs player and had the talent to be a solid rotational DB which he has become. I feel the same about Garrett this year.

Especially in the 6th and 7th rounds, Snead finds players who develop into solid depth or better when most teams don't.