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Elmgrovegnome said:He didn't say much but here is what it was.
Did he foresee the Rams good fortune with the RG3 situation before he took the job? - No he didn't
Multiple teams (wouldn't say how many) have contacted him about the #2 pick. Some of them are obvious and some are not obvious at all.
He talks daily with staff about when to trade the pick. There are pros and cons to trading now, just like there are pros and cons to trading at the draft.
Is he comfortable waiting until the day of the draft to make the deal? A deal of this magnitude is never done in the 15 minutes that you have during the draft selection. A deal like this would be in place the night before or morning of the draft at the latest.
OL and WR is very deep in the top of this draft. Are they priorities for the Rams? Likely so but not necessarily. With the last few years of losing it could be argued that other than QB the Rams could upgrade at every position on the field.
Is RG3 better than Bradford? You do the best you can to determine that and hope that you got it right. That is what makes the GM job tough. You also wonder if it is just a matter of getting more weapons for Sam.
What did you learn from the Julio Jones trade when you were with Atlanta? Felt that Atlanta was very deep and in a good position to be able to give up picks without feeling it. Saw Jones as a great Playmaker and also was a future replacement for Roddy White, who is in his low 30s. (That is vision. I like that thinking)The Rams situation this year is different because their pick would be for a QB and that is every teams priority, so he doesn't feel that it would take the same kind of thinking for a team to justify trading for the pick.
He heard Ernie Accorsi on another show say that a franchise QB is worth 3, 4 or 5 first round picks in his opinion.
Is this a good first round draft? Maybe not for a lot of teams but yes it is a good one for Rams due to them having so many needs.
Are you Anxious this time of year? No, its fun. The only pressure I feel is in making sure we take advantage of the opportunities that we are given.
Thats it. I tried to be accurate.
I'll post the audio when it comes up later.