The Rams don't reach very often so I'd say no. If they're hellbent on a center with the first pick I'd expect they move down a bit, get an additional pick, and then take whatever center they prefer of who's left.
Austin Blythe was a three-time heavyweight state champion in high school ...
McVay has paid zero draft capital in starters Whitworth, Corbett, Havenstein, Blythe, Sullivan, Saffold, Brown, Robinson, he either inherited these players or picked them up as castoffs or paid them as free agents from other teams.
Anything is possible, but that would be extremely unusual.
Not really. OL are often later round picks outside of maybe your LT.
Well, the great Corey Linsley, who everyone here was so desperate for, was the 161st pick in the draft.
And the state of Iowa is known as the breeding ground of high-caliber wrestlers.
When was the last time the Rams organization picked an above-average NFL caliber center?
Yes we will disagree here on what the NCAA is turning out as Ol'ers & how prepared they are for the NFL. Best to utilize your highest draft value assets elsewhere than the OL IMO.
You will not get any argument out of me on what has happened since 2017 involving the OL.McVay has paid zero draft capital in starters Whitworth, Corbett, Havenstein, Blythe, Sullivan, Saffold, Brown, Robinson, he either inherited these players or picked them up as castoffs or paid them as free agents from other teams.
And when they HAVE drafted players they've gotten only so-so results out of them with only one DRAFTED starter in Edwards and another quality lineman in Evans.
So 1 and 1/2 starters TOTAL.
The rest have been a mixed bag.
Yet, our line has been ranked among the best in the league excepting 1 year.
They've had too many clunkers with Allen, Noteboom (?), (yet to be determine but definitely not a Guard). Anchrum - maybe.
They've had better luck picking up other teams cast offs and FAs in finding starters then they have really drafting starters on their own.
What would propel them to want to start spending draft capital on something they've not been that good at when there are other glaring needs on the team early in the draft and they could pick up somebody else's cut to develop?
As GOOD as the scouting department has been in finding defensive backs they have been just as BAD in finding starting offensive lineman.
If the method of building an offensive line is not broken then why fix it with early draft picks?
But we'll see.
Not alot of cherry picking needed when the last two SB champs had Centers picked in the 200's. And and the last four SB participants all had late round centers.
