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It's actually the same one I had for Bradford coming out of OU. He's a very humble young man. He's the kind of guy that knows what's important and what's and keeps his nose to the grind stone. It breeds hard work and focus. He's who the Rams need to target in the top ten. I'd be with selecting him straight up but I'm sure we'd be the only one targeting him within the top 4-5. I expect he'll have excellent offseason workouts and will raise eyebrows, though.
The bottom line is drafting Sammy opens up a lot of windows for this offense. With Sammy lined up. For example...
Can you imagine a red zone formation of Cook, Pettis in the slot, Kendricks in-line, and Quick on the outside? That's nasty, boys. All them are big targets that can throw some blocks, go up a get it, and out muscle a defender. We'd have a full arsenal and plenty of depth to boot.
Games are won and lost by the adjustments teams make according to the opposition's strategy. What's really a crap shoot is when a team doesn't have the personelle to stray away from the few things they're good at. Rams were painfully pedestrian in the passing game when we couldn't run the ball. There will be games we can't run the ball even if we do draft Richardson and to stud OG's. That's how good our divisions's defenses are! The only way we can have consistent offensive success is to stretch their defenses... Period. We need Sammy to get special attention on the outside.
It's obvious our most gifted/explosive pass catchers are Cook and Austin. There is a problem, here. They both play in the interior! Teams can condense their zones and muddy the passing game with few negative consequences as a result. Heck they'd be stuffing our running game while they're doing it. Givens is small with suspect hands. He cringes in traffic, too. Quick has a lot of miscues, some ugly drops, and is far from being Vincent Jackson. Bailey actually looked the best out of those 3 down the stretch but I don't want him going up against Sherman or Patterson.
The bottom line is its now or never for the Rams to pick up a WR of his calibre for a while. We won't have this luxury for many years. Guys like Watkins command a ton of money in FA. Getting a stud tackle is much easier than getting a stud WR. Just look what Wallace got and he's not even a complete WR! Larry Fitz is making crazy money and I don't even wanna mention C. Johnson.
For all you OL guys out there, we have OT's in place that can put up top 10 production. We are NOT EVEN CLOSE to that when addressing our WO's. For those that want OG's, Cooper and Warmack play for thec Titans and Cards, there's no one close to them this year, period. The second and middle rounds are where you draft OG's this year. Not to mention a guy like Lewan is a good selection around 13. We can maybe trade back and still get him. Both parties win...
The bottom line is drafting Sammy opens up a lot of windows for this offense. With Sammy lined up. For example...
Can you imagine a red zone formation of Cook, Pettis in the slot, Kendricks in-line, and Quick on the outside? That's nasty, boys. All them are big targets that can throw some blocks, go up a get it, and out muscle a defender. We'd have a full arsenal and plenty of depth to boot.
Games are won and lost by the adjustments teams make according to the opposition's strategy. What's really a crap shoot is when a team doesn't have the personelle to stray away from the few things they're good at. Rams were painfully pedestrian in the passing game when we couldn't run the ball. There will be games we can't run the ball even if we do draft Richardson and to stud OG's. That's how good our divisions's defenses are! The only way we can have consistent offensive success is to stretch their defenses... Period. We need Sammy to get special attention on the outside.
It's obvious our most gifted/explosive pass catchers are Cook and Austin. There is a problem, here. They both play in the interior! Teams can condense their zones and muddy the passing game with few negative consequences as a result. Heck they'd be stuffing our running game while they're doing it. Givens is small with suspect hands. He cringes in traffic, too. Quick has a lot of miscues, some ugly drops, and is far from being Vincent Jackson. Bailey actually looked the best out of those 3 down the stretch but I don't want him going up against Sherman or Patterson.
The bottom line is its now or never for the Rams to pick up a WR of his calibre for a while. We won't have this luxury for many years. Guys like Watkins command a ton of money in FA. Getting a stud tackle is much easier than getting a stud WR. Just look what Wallace got and he's not even a complete WR! Larry Fitz is making crazy money and I don't even wanna mention C. Johnson.
For all you OL guys out there, we have OT's in place that can put up top 10 production. We are NOT EVEN CLOSE to that when addressing our WO's. For those that want OG's, Cooper and Warmack play for thec Titans and Cards, there's no one close to them this year, period. The second and middle rounds are where you draft OG's this year. Not to mention a guy like Lewan is a good selection around 13. We can maybe trade back and still get him. Both parties win...