Which QB should the Rams draft in the 1st Round next year?

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dieterbrock

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. Having said all that, if I'm holding the #11 pick and the #31 or 32 pick and you have #4 or #5, moving down 6 or 7 slots to pick up another pick in the late first round, would sound pretty good to me.
Goal posts keep sliding.
Conversation was based on Atlanta have a mid-late 1st round pick, 14-23
We all agree that the Atlanta pick is the key, and if it becomes a border line top 10 (#11) it’s a different conversation
If the pick is 16 and Rams are 28-30, they can’t get in top 5
 

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Goal posts keep sliding.
Conversation was based on Atlanta have a mid-late 1st round pick, 14-23
We all agree that the Atlanta pick is the key, and if it becomes a border line top 10 (#11) it’s a different conversation
If the pick is 16 and Rams are 28-30, they can’t get in top 5
No sliding goalposts. I've been going on the belief Atlanta's pick will be in the top dozen. Others feel they are going to be mid to lower half of 1st. If they're lower then getting to the top 5 would be a chore. Or at least they'd have to throw in another pick (a 3rd?), a 2027 (2nd?). But armed with 2 first round picks.....even if they are mid to late picks.....they could get to the top 5 if they added something else. And if it's for a guy you ABSOLUTELY have to have, then so what? But if Atlanta is in the top dozen (#11 or #12), just those 2 first rounders could convert to top 5.

In 2021 Houston gave up the #3 pick for the #12, plus a first in the next years draft, a third in the next years draft and a first in the 2023 draft. I could see the #5 going for the #11, the #30 (31 or 32) and maybe another pick in 2027.
 

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The problem with trading up for QB is that there are two types of QBs that go there. You have projected elites, or blue chips if you will, and then you have the others. Nothing against those others, as they can work out, but for purposes of moving up you are paying an elite premium for the rarely prized options as they are not available in most drafts.

So any time there is a perceived blue chip QB on that board, getting into that pick is extremely hard to pull off. Historically the reason it happens is the QB refuses to play for the team with the pick. Elway did that. Manning as well. And if you end up with two QBs graded that high by teams then the same will go for the second pick as well, in that getting in there is gonna be tough as hell.

I think what we're going to do in this next draft is target and get after a guy like Dart, who was a bit underappreciated. So it won't be one of those rare elite prospects. It'll be some dude who has the skills McVay wants, which hopefully includes a big dick mentality in that pocket. And this time around they will aggressively position if necessary, the way the Giants just did for Dart, to get the guy they want. Sad thing is they probably need a LT as well.
 

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I think what we're going to do in this next draft is target and get after a guy like Dart, who was a bit underappreciated. So it won't be one of those rare elite prospects.
This "we're gonna draft a QB high" (thought as a possibility this year, certainly for next year) reminds me a lot of that mantra from 2019-2021, "we're gonna go OL early and often". :laugh2:
 

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The problem with trading up for QB is that there are two types of QBs that go there. You have projected elites, or blue chips if you will, and then you have the others. Nothing against those others, as they can work out, but for purposes of moving up you are paying an elite premium for the rarely prized options as they are not available in most drafts.

So any time there is a perceived blue chip QB on that board, getting into that pick is extremely hard to pull off. Historically the reason it happens is the QB refuses to play for the team with the pick. Elway did that. Manning as well. And if you end up with two QBs graded that high by teams then the same will go for the second pick as well, in that getting in there is gonna be tough as hell.

I think what we're going to do in this next draft is target and get after a guy like Dart, who was a bit underappreciated. So it won't be one of those rare elite prospects. It'll be some dude who has the skills McVay wants, which hopefully includes a big dick mentality in that pocket. And this time around they will aggressively position if necessary, the way the Giants just did for Dart, to get the guy they want. Sad thing is they probably need a LT as well.
Yeah getting to #1 or #2 is gonna be hard no matter what they throw in with the two 1st picks. The hope is that the draft is deemed to have 3-5 guys that are perceived blue chip QBs.