BonifayRam talking about drafting OGs in the 3rd or 4th round:
Yep he was the only one that come to my mind and one thing we know he hated being a Ram & its Ram Fans. Richie was signed for five seasons & finished only two. Before Richie came & wen the last OG that made it as a Ram was in 1986 with Tom Newberry.You can not name a center who was drafted in that range that played center for the Rams going all the way back to the 1950's! So the saying the Rams can pick up an OG or OC in rounds 3 or 4 rounds basically has not been done successfully for close to 3 decades.
My thoughts on this is one or both could play OG or one or both could play OT if need be ...sounds real smart to me! We know we have the vacancies don't we!
I can name another guard that I liked drafted even better and even lower. Mark Setterstrom drafted in the 7th round. Started 6 games his rookie year and opened the 2007 season as the starter. Started the first 3 games, got a knee injury and never made it back. Damn good guard as I remember him.
To be fair though, how many have we actually drafted in the 3rd or 4th round? Probably very few. I don't think you can make any kind of definitive statement on such a small sample. Try looking at all 32 teams for the last 15 years (not asking much am I? :lol
and tell me you can't draft a good one.
You know my views about drafting Jack of all trades type players. Mediocrity at all positions. I want specialists. Saffold is a prime example of that. Sure, he can play tackle in a pinch but not well. He's a guard, not a guard/tackle hybrid.