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

[PhillyRam]

Silly folks, y'all talking QBs when McVay going to get toys when Stafford runs it back with us...

Don't mind me, just bored and wanna give y'all crap for the hell of it. ROD is awesome for digging into these prospects though.

Yeah, as of now, if Stafford stays healthy this yr, I see McVay toy shopping with their first pick. Tate, Tyson, Bell, or Lemon. Then maybe you take one of these under the radar QBs late in rd 1 or in rds 2 or 3. Also, go get a C and or OT.

Add weapons and protection, and Stafford could give you two more really good years.

 

[rdlkgliders]

Not a fan of drafting a guy like Sellers in the 1st if he comes out, bad OL or not.
I need to see him in a functioning system.
Agree he appears to be a bit of a unicorn but there is too much risk.

Arch looking better and Mendoza seems to be the least risk to upside of the class at the moment

 

[Merlin]

Well, since I have YouTube TV I will miss it. Greedy bastards at Disney.

Agreed. Though the good thing is those idiots are just burning shareholder money and have been for some time now. Everything they touch turns to shit. So I hope they lose a lot more.

 

[Ram Ts]

Yeah, as of now, if Stafford stays healthy this yr, I see McVay toy shopping with their first pick. Tate, Tyson, Bell, or Lemon. Then maybe you take one of these under the radar QBs late in rd 1 or in rds 2 or 3. Also, go get a C and or OT.

Add weapons and protection, and Stafford could give you two more really good years.

That’s my 2026 draft dream scenario. McVay falls in love with a 2nd tier guy that we grab in 2nd round (even if we have to move up day 2).
Meanwhile use 1st round picks to get a top 1-2 WR stud and then a stud CB.
3rd round get our Center.

 

[rdlkgliders]

Agreed. Though the good thing is those idiots are just burning shareholder money and have been for some time now. Everything they touch turns to shit. So I hope they lose a lot more.

Unfortunately they are up well over 100% over last year, and YT is not innocent don't forget that they are a streaming arm of alphabet (google etc...). It's a mess everywhere in the media production and outlet distribution world.
It will be an interesting case study in 30 years. The decline of media as we knew it

 

[Ram Ts]

Between Disney & Google - there is no good guy at all. Nowhere close. Two sucky companies way too big and powerful.

 

[rdlkgliders]

Between Disney & Google - there is no good guy at all. Nowhere close. Two sucky companies way too big and powerful.

100%

 

[PhillyRam]

Unfortunately they are up well over 100% over last year, and YT is not innocent don't forget that they are a streaming arm of alphabet (google etc...). It's a mess everywhere in the media production and outlet distribution world.
It will be an interesting case study in 30 years. The decline of media as we knew it

I worked in the cable industry for 38 years. First for the leading equipment provider, a company called General Instrument, later bought out by Motorola, then the last 12 yrs I worked at Comcast, testing their equipment & software.

20 yrs ago they were talking about our boxes being moved directly into the TV. They didn't envision streaming back then and the impact of wireless. However, you know the cable equipment would go away.

Now the cable companies themselves are now more or less just internet providers. I only have Comcast for internet access. Their full video package w/internet was $340 a month. Now it's a $100 a month for internet and $80 or so for Youtube.

I can see it's going to eventually be a case of just picking what networks you want and you build your package just like buying apps. YouTube is acting like a cable company with 100 or so networks, negotiating with them on pricing. That's probably going to have to change as well as the consumer goes direct to the network/content providers.

 

[DzRams]

I think that's directionally right but the one thing I'll say about this front office is their willingness to have all options on the table. Sitting a late 1st/2nd round QB behind Jimmy for a whole season has a non-zero chance of happening with these guys.

Of course it's non-zero. I do agree that McSnead like to explore all options, but I think them rolling with Jimmy and not drafting a QB high has like a 9% chance of happening. (I know you like odds.)

 

[rdlkgliders]

I can see it's going to eventually be a case of just picking what networks you want and you build your package

This is where we are being payed to an extent. I don't believe it will be as easy as selecting what you are referring to as networks on a case by case basis for a long long time.
During the monopoly era we could subsribe to one source, usually cable or sattelite and choose a package.
We the consumer asked to disolve these monopolies and even bigger players entered the arena, divided their services and have subsribed us to death and the poor house.
A lessson in watch out for what you ask for, these are apex predators that are highly intelligent & buisness savvy conglomerates.
If this selecting and paying for what you want does happen and I highly doubt it does happen it will be at a cost that isn't friendly to us and only after the conglomorates have finished digesting teach other.
At that point they will still be playing the game they are now for as long as it is possible which is dividing into smaller (still giant) entities that sit behind shelters to force us into deciding which "networks" you want to subscribe to.
As I said it is a mess and nobody knows where it will end up only that the consumer will be the victim.

 

[jrry32]

Not a fan of drafting a guy like Sellers in the 1st if he comes out, bad OL or not.
I need to see him in a functioning system.
Agree he appears to be a bit of a unicorn but there is too much risk.

Arch looking better and Mendoza seems to be the least risk to upside of the class at the moment

When you're picking in the mid first round, you either are going to have to take a risky QB or a QB who has physical limitations. That's simply our reality. There are a lot of frustrating things with LaNorris, but I believe they're issues you can coach out of him. That said, if there's a better option available, I'm fine taking a different QB.

 

[jrry32]

Yeah, as of now, if Stafford stays healthy this yr, I see McVay toy shopping with their first pick. Tate, Tyson, Bell, or Lemon. Then maybe you take one of these under the radar QBs late in rd 1 or in rds 2 or 3. Also, go get a C and or OT.

Add weapons and protection, and Stafford could give you two more really good years.

Or not. We need to prepare for a future without Stafford. If he gives us two more good years, great. I don't think that's something you can count on.

 

[rdlkgliders]

When you're picking in the mid first round, you either are going to have to take a risky QB or a QB who has physical limitations. That's simply our reality. There are a lot of frustrating things with LaNorris, but I believe they're issues you can coach out of him. That said, if there's a better option available, I'm fine taking a different QB.

I certainly do not disagree, unfortuately QB questions aren't even resolved in the top 10.
Kid has crazy tools but unfortunately no real track record or time in a productive system that applies to the NFL for me to get a read.
I will acquiescence to those of you who are more adept at spotting QB's in raw form and for the record I ony want to be wrong about him if he becomes a ram lol
P.S hope you are excelling in your newish work environment.

 

[Memphis Ram]

Yeah, as of now, if Stafford stays healthy this yr, I see McVay toy shopping with their first pick. Tate, Tyson, Bell, or Lemon. Then maybe you take one of these under the radar QBs late in rd 1 or in rds 2 or 3. Also, go get a C and or OT.

Add weapons and protection, and Stafford could give you two more really good years.

I might be in the minority but I would love for this team to have a quality rookie QB sit and learn for a season.

 

[OldSchool]

I might be in the minority but I would love for this team to have a quality rookie QB sit and learn for a season.

Definitely not in the minority. The minority is the people who think when Stafford is gone we'll easily get somebody to replace him in the draft or another trade for a vet will work out.

 

[rdlkgliders]

I might be in the minority but I would love for this team to have a quality rookie QB sit and learn for a season.

I think most would agree that this is ideal.
Teams that start rookie QB's generally are not competing for a superbowl and do so without as much concern for the teams record.
I think that teams competing for a title certainly want the heir apparent sitting and learning in the healthiest of situations.

 

[Merlin]

No matter how I consider it I figure Sellers will probably go top 5 when he comes out. I mean look at Richardson. If you have high upside at QB teams are going to overdraft you. I just can't imagine him sliding unless he does some dumb shit or says dumb shit or comes across as a weirdo or party boy or teams think he doesn't want to do the work.

It's more likely Simpson gets overnuked, for example, when they see his undersized ass in his tighty whiteys. Which would be great for us btw. But of course a dude like him would still probably go before the teens unless he bombs in the games ahead or his arm looks weak in his workout.

As Jrry alluded to we're looking at the dudes who have lesser upside. The second tier QB types who are not quite as tall as you want, maybe their arm isn't quite as strong, etc. And the nice thing about this glut of potential declarers is that there are a lot of them who are not optimum in height, in that 6'2" or 6'1" range in what their teams list them, which means you can subtract an inch or two.

I figure we're gonna end up with a Mayfield type. Scrappy bastid with just enough height, some decent movement skills, and who jives with McVay when they sit him down and whiteboard him.

 

[Memphis Ram]

Big game tonight. A strong game and he's probably a strong pre-draft process away from being a sure fire 1st rounder.


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Coming up on halftime.

OH WELL....

 

[Merlin]

Btw re: Sellers that game today he had zero confidence. Really struggled. Maybe I'm wrong about teams putting him up high given his upside, but I keep remembering them going apeshit for Richardson and thinking to myself that someone slipped me some crazy pills.

 

[Tron]

Btw re: Sellers that game today he had zero confidence. Really struggled. Maybe I'm wrong about teams putting him up high given his upside, but I keep remembering them going apeshit for Richardson and thinking to myself that someone slipped me some crazy pills.

All that stood out to me watching him today was him missing wide open receivers constantly. Agree about Richardson, I watched all UF games with him and was like how can a guy who constantly throws it into the ground to a wr 10 yards away garner such praise?