Having a shut down CB like Ramsey is a steal for two 1st and a 3rd round picks. I don't believe the Rams would have went this far without him. The guy is more of a team leader than I ever realized. Oh, I almost forgot to mention that I love his hair style, it looks like something you would see on a little baby.
Rams might make that 2021 1st round selection & that 2021 4th rd selection more like a high 2nd rd'er & 5th'er........if things can go right!
Teams really never know what those trade picks will end up being & just how the draft plays out for them. In truth Brandon Staley came to LA Rams with an unknown makeup in the secondary.
In 2019 the corners were Marcus Peters, Aqib Talib/Rapp, Nickell Robey-Coleman & Donte Deayon. The 3 top safeties after JJ III went to IR were Eric Weddle Taylor Rapp & Marqui Christian.
Such a sad disoriented Wade DB cadre! Snead knew he was in serious trouble with this DB group. When you analize at what was there you can see why Snead pulled the trigger on
Jalen Ramsey. Now I am usually never for trading away draft selections as Snead has done since 2016 but as far as I am concerned the
Ramsey trade was an outstanding accomplishment towards the future investments in upgrading the defense.
Before this season began Talib & Weddle played themselves right into early retirement. Peters & his inflated overpriced salary price tag was UPS'd to Baltimore for starting ILB'er Kenny Young (who has played very well this season). CB NRC inflated salary was declined & ended up in Philly. Safety Christian was not resigned went to the Jets & was cut
.
Besides the
Ramsey addition where he is now playing the Star positions, Snead drafted the 2020 all-rookie team, Safety Jordan Fuller & Nickle DB Terrell Burgess. CB's Troy Hill & Darious Williams were awarded starting positions. JJ III returned to be the defensive signal-caller for the #1 defense in the NFL. 2019 drafted deep safety Nick Scott saw his snaps with the defense increase greatly as the 3rd safety after injuries to Rapp & Burgess. Snead also added UDFA's safeties JuJu Hughes & JR Reed to go with 2019 3rd rd pick corner David Long.
This top-rated secondary will undergo another big change this off-season with SS JJ III, CB's Hill & Williams entering FA'cy. However, the 6 players deep safety unit with FS Fuller, SS Rapp, FS Scott, SS Reed, SS Gervase & FS Hughes is very young & talented.
The corner unit with Ramsey, Long, Burgess, Deayon & McGhee might need the signing of CB Darious Williams to improve the talent level. However, due to the past, mid-season 2019
Jalen Ramsey trade
many of the concerns & worries will be absent even with the losses of those 3 secondary starters.
Brandon Staley is good, but Snead/McVay's leadership & great decisions with the trade for
Jalen Ramsey sure made Staley look really good!