Best Rams' Draft Choice in Thirty Years (Poll)

[Loyal]

Welp, I thought of this poll when considering the last twenty years. Aaron Donald is hand's down the best player we have drafted since 2000, and so the poll would be pretty boring. Let's consider the players drafted who aided us in winning our only Super Bowl. THAT would be more fair. The way I am looking at it, it's just not if the player considered is a HOFer, or HOFer candidate, but were they transcendent? Did they play their position better than anyone else in history? Orlando Pace and Torry Holt were great and one is already a HOFer and the other eventually will be one. Yet, was Pace that much better than Jonathon Ogden? Was Torry Holt better than Isaac Bruce, or to a degree that's extreme? Now, you may say that the measure is more about winning Championships, and Bruce, Holt and Pace brought one to the Rams organization. Anyway, LET'S VOTE!

 

[rams1fan]

So you added Phillips for some kind of perverse humor?

 

[Neil039]

I picked Pace. I love AD, who will likely have a better career, but Pace is the reason they won that Super Bowl. Just dominate. If Ogden and Jones weren't around Pace would have been seen as an All time great, not just a HOFer IMO

 

[Angry Ram]

Tough between Ike and AD. I went AD by a hair.

 

[rams1fan]

Pace is a great choice but if AD's arc continues he will go down as best DT ever. Being best ever at your position wins out. Of course his career is not over so that book has yet to be written.

 

[ramfan46]

I voted Pace. Traded up to #1 to get him and he was everything they expected and more. It took him 2 years to become dominant, but he was a shutdown LT for a good 5 year stretch. Was a monster in the running game too. He was that foundation piece towards a championship squad. Aaron Donald is close though.

 

[Loyal]

I voted Pace. Traded up to #1 to get him and he was everything they expected and more. It took him 2 years to become dominant, but he was a shutdown LT for a good 5 year stretch. Was a monster in the running game too. He was that foundation piece towards a championship squad. Aaron Donald is close though.

I hear you, but Donald was great from the first down....

 

[ramfan46]

I hear you, but Donald was great from the first down....

LT is seeing the other teams best pass rushers though. Besides QB, probably the toughest position to play in sports IMO. I'm forgiving because of the learning curve there.

 

[Juggs]

Aaron Donald will go down as the best player at any position, ever when its said and done. No brainer i think.

 

[Loyal]

LT is seeing the other teams best pass rushers though. Besides QB, probably the toughest position to play in sports IMO. I'm forgiving because of the learning curve there.

I guess what I meant is that Aaron Donald, drafted 13th overall, was so much better than any OG/C across from him....Only John Randdle and Warren Sapp are in the same ballpark, yet for AD, he was that guy right out of college...

 

[TomMack]

I love what everyone of those Guys on the list did for the Rams Except for Phillip...but this isn’t close.
AD maybe the best player ever at his position and but for those pretty boy QB’s that never get hit he should be considered the best player ever.

 

[Loyal]

Ok, who is the dyck who picked Lawrence Phillips, you rebel! Was that you flv? @flv

 

[badnews]

The idea is to win a Championship, no?

It's Bruce, for now.

 

[Loyal]

The idea is to win a Championship, no?

It's Bruce, for now.

I love the Rev Ike, but even he would preach about AD greatness!

 

[Merlin]

LT is a cornerstone position. Hitting on a Hall of Famer at that position is the winner by a landslide for me. Still remember when we traded up for him and thinking to myself that Vermiel had made the Rams smart drafters.

 

[Loyal]

LT is a cornerstone position. Hitting on a Hall of Famer at that position is the winner by a landslide for me. Still remember when we traded up for him and thinking to myself that Vermiel had made the Rams smart drafters.

Oh, so now you've changed your love for a user name that represents an all time great Rams DT, and then threw and even better DT under the bus for a freakin' offensive player? BLASPHEMY!

 

[Merlin]

Oh, so now you've changed your love for a user name that represents an all time great Rams DT, and then threw and even better DT under the bus for a freakin' offensive player? BLASPHEMY!

If AD wins us more than 1 Super Bowl you can bet I will consider changing that vote.

 

[badnews]

I love the Rev Ike, but even he would preach about AD greatness!

Bruce has a different kind of greatness.
The SB winning kind.
Until Aaron Donald wins a SB as a key contributor, it's Bruce for me.

Donald is greatness, but he might not even be our best defensive player ever.
***shields head from flying objects***

AD as an individual is more dominant, no question. He is a better DT/DE than Bruce was a WR, but not by a landslide. (See his 1995 season, GSOT)
Bruce was the 1st piece of the best offense ever. He had shown greatness and dominance all by himself his sophomore season. Nearly single handedly won our only chip. Retired in the top 5 of nearly everything.

It's not a no-brainer. It's subjective. That second round pick was better for the Rams organization than their 13th overall. Final answer.

 

[Loyal]

Bruce has a different kind of greatness.
The SB winning kind.
As soon as Aaron Donald wins a SB as a key contributor, it's Bruce for me.

Donald is greatness, but he might not even be our best defensive player ever.
***shields head from flying objects***

AD as an individual is more dominant, no question. He is a better DT/DE than Bruce was a WR, but not by a landslide. (See his 1995 season, GSOT)
Bruce was the 1st piece of the best offense ever. He had shown greatness and dominance all by himself his sophomore season. Nearly single handedly won our only chip. Retired in the top 5 of nearly everything.

It's not a no-brainer. It's subjective. That second round pick was better for the Rams organization than their 13th overall. Final answer.

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