People crack me up with things like this. They either believe McSnead or not depending on confirmation bias. If it's something they want to believe then they're being truthful if not it's just coach/gm speak.
Like they invested in ? Who's that guy we have.....Bennet?
Snead just said this 10 days ago
Generally speaking I'm people too. We all do what I said there.
I mean he could be or just like most things with the draft, does value meet price.
Snead just said this 10 days ago
Snead left no doubt about the Rams’ desire to find a young quarterback who can learn from Stafford for a year or two, but doing so is “easier said than done.”
"We probably would approach it ASAP. I do think part of the equation that's the hardest part of that equation is, it's one thing to identify QB, it's another to actually be able to acquire him,” Snead said this week. “Let's say we did and that person could learn under Matthew, that's probably only beneficial. Two things about that equation. Even if we identified someone, sometimes it's hard to acquire them and then you get into, OK, wait a minute. We do have Matthew and we want to chase 'special,’ whatever special may be so maybe it's best at that moment to draft another position player and keep going that way. You're always balancing those two things but finding the next QB, that one is easier said than done. I think we've seen that over the course of history, the Green Bay Packers have done a nice job."
GM Les Snead: Rams want to find young quarterback ASAP but it's 'easier said than done'
Les Snead says the Rams would love to find a young QB to learn from Matthew Stafford "ASAP" but knows it's not easysports.yahoo.com
Well like I already said, I don’t think he is or isn’t. He’s sure played enough games over the years. He wasn’t able to move up last year in the draft, and talked about how difficult it is to acquire a player. So I think dismissing the possibility of a smokescreen is ridiculous, I just don’t put anything past him.
Ok fair enough.
My thinking too. I don't see how this particular statement qualifies as potential smokescreen when whether it's true or false doesn't change whether the Rams will take a QB in the 1st. Saying there aren't many QBs with 1st round value doesn't preclude one being there at 26 that they do feel is worth it.
Don’t know how that’s possible but that’s what makes opinions what they are. Snead talking about the difficulty in acquiring a desired player (and alluding to prior draft frustration) doesn’t allow one to see how he might manipulate his particular interest in the draft? Again, I’m not even saying he’s doing that but I wouldn’t dismiss it either.
I don’t know how in over a month from the draft you can interpret that as being a smokescreen.Snead just said this 10 days ago
Snead left no doubt about the Rams’ desire to find a young quarterback who can learn from Stafford for a year or two, but doing so is “easier said than done.”
"We probably would approach it ASAP. I do think part of the equation that's the hardest part of that equation is, it's one thing to identify QB, it's another to actually be able to acquire him,” Snead said this week. “Let's say we did and that person could learn under Matthew, that's probably only beneficial. Two things about that equation. Even if we identified someone, sometimes it's hard to acquire them and then you get into, OK, wait a minute. We do have Matthew and we want to chase 'special,’ whatever special may be so maybe it's best at that moment to draft another position player and keep going that way. You're always balancing those two things but finding the next QB, that one is easier said than done. I think we've seen that over the course of history, the Green Bay Packers have done a nice job."
GM Les Snead: Rams want to find young quarterback ASAP but it's 'easier said than done'
Les Snead says the Rams would love to find a young QB to learn from Matthew Stafford "ASAP" but knows it's not easy
Maybe some of you are more sophisticated than me with deep deep levels of business savvy but I'm not seeing manipulative possibility with his statement on the dearth of 1st round QBs. I'm not seeing how his statement can make another team less aware of the Ram's plans at 26?
Fair enough. I was (in a very round about way) trying to not have people get too locked into their opinions that they argue as if they know. But I see your point as it seems print leaves a lot to ambiguity.
It may very well be nothing. But I can see Snead making statements that he thinks may prevent a team from moving up or picking a player they may already have on their radar. It’s really that simple. Snead with his funky way of talking is also a very shrewd negotiator and planner. He’s always conniving and doing what he can to hide his intentions. It’s not wrong to doubt that but I suspect his words are planned.
Honestly that's part of my reasoning as to my guess they WON'T take a QB this year. Every single damn year in March or April, Snead gives a pretty obvious "head fake" about a position they're targeting in the draft.
FWIW, I think Allbright reported the attempt to go up for a LT but sounds like it was for Bowers, unless... THAT WAS A SMOKESCREEN
