Rams sign LB Carlos Thompson

[OldSchool]

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25 year old rookie UDFA last year with the Texans only played in 2 games.

 

[JackDRams]

Weird. Know nothing about this guy. Gonna have to look into him.

 

[Jacobarch]

ST / Camp guy?

 

[OldSchool]

He played DE in I believe a 4-3 in college. We don't have much behind Barwin and Quinn so likely a depth guy or ST guy. Hard to tell at this point.

 

[BonifayRam]

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25 year old rookie UDFA last year with the Texans only played in 2 games.

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2015/profiles/carlos-thompson?id=2553284

Analysis
Strengths
Comes off the snap in position to snap his hips and fire under the pads of blockers. Shows a willingness to be physical at point of attack against fullbacks or tight ends when setting the edge as stand-up linebacker. Was asked to drop into space at times. Reads play-action quickly. Consistent motor in pursuit of the play.
Weaknesses
Duck-footed with tapered lower body that fails him in the strength department when asked to battle tackles. Slow reaction off the snap and equally slow twitch as an athlete. Will show a bull rush and some very basic hand usage, but not enough pass-rushing acumen to threaten the edge. Marginal change of direction in space.
Draft Projection
Undrafted
Bottom Line
Rotational defensive end who was slightly better when standing than with a hand on the ground. Slow to fire upfield off the snap and lacks the quickness around the corner and talent with his hands to be an NFL pass rusher. Relies on effort, but that might not be enough in the NFL.

 

[DaveFan'51]

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25 year old rookie UDFA last year with the Texans only played in 2 games.

Very interesting!

Weird. Know nothing about this guy. Gonna have to look into him.

Ditto!!

 

[BonifayRam]

He played DE in I believe a 4-3 in college. We don't have much behind Barwin and Quinn so likely a depth guy or ST guy. Hard to tell at this point.

Your 100% correct here on the current situation with McVay's defensive roster weakness with our 34 OSLB'ers. I have been of the long time opinion that it is much much easier to find good pass rushing edge 34 OSLB'ers on the 3rd day of the draft than to find good first day 43 DE's. Wade has a great history of finding & raising up some serious GOLD nuggets!

 

[Psycho_X]

Sounds like a situational linebacker for goalline/run downs and general depth. Obviously need that for 3-4 LBers. I'm sure he'll be competing against a dozen in camp so will see.

 

[DR RAM]

His Pro Day numbers:
Date: 03/05/15
Height: 6042
Weight: 252
40 Yrd Dash: 4.76
20 Yrd Dash: 2.76
10 Yrd Dash: 1.68
Vertical Jump: 38
Broad Jump: 10'03"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.54
3-Cone Drill: 7.51

 

[yrba1]

Depth guy, might be able to get some Darren Bates development out of him at best.

 

[Zodi]

Championship.

 

[PARAM]

Here's something from Ole Miss pro day when he was coming out.

One relatively unknown prospect was really impressive to the scouts present at Ole Miss' pro day.Defensive end Carlos Thompson (6-4 1/4, 252) ran the 40 in 4.75 and 4.77 seconds. He had a 38-inch vertical jump and 10-foot-3 broad jump. He did the 20-yard short shuttle in 4.54 seconds and the three-cone drill in 7.51 seconds. Thompson recorded 1.5 sacks in limited playing time while at Ole Miss, but might have had so impressive of a pro-day workout that he could get drafted as a pass-rushing prospect. At worst, Thompson will be a priority free-agent pickup for an NFL team following the 2015 NFL Draft.

 

[CGI_Ram]

Hopefully it's one of those under the radar moves that surprises.

 

[Soul Surfer]

That makes 76 signed with seven draft picks = 83 players under contract.
Expect seven more to be signed before camp for the mandatory 90 players.

 

[OldSchool]

That makes 76 signed with seven draft picks = 83 players under contract.
Expect seven more to be signed before camp for the mandatory 90 players.

Not necessarily! You're not accounting for UDFA, I'd say they're about done with the free agents.

 

[Soul Surfer]

Not necessarily! You're not accounting for UDFA, I'd say they're about done with the free agents.

True. Good point.

 

[LACHAMP46]

Who????

 

[OldSchool]

Who????

If you read the posts you wouldn't have to ask who

 

[8to12]

From PARAM's source above: "Thompson recorded 1.5 sacks in limited playing time while at Ole Miss,..." Seems he was never a starter. And, it's not like Ole Miss graduated a lot of defenders to the NFL in 2015. He was a back up as a Junior, and then as Senior was beat out by Fadol Brown, a transer from FIU. I understand signing him for depth, but I don't have high expectations.

 

[So Ram]

He played DE in I believe a 4-3 in college. We don't have much behind Barwin and Quinn so likely a depth guy or ST guy. Hard to tell at this point.

You l was looking on The Rams web-site yesterday. It had Robert Quinn listed as a LB which I thought was cool .

Forrest is a question mark.