So many times I see the talking heads list of BPA and the teams go completely different direction.
I get BPA. Need also factors in, as it should. I'm not talking of the first 16 picks in the draft. 32 teams; 32 different teams of scouts; 32 different big boards. They all may be pretty close over the first two dozen prospects and then I'd bet they differ a lot from there on out. So the Bengals might go a completely different direction than the Chiefs board or Kipers or McShay's. And throw in an ever so slight and increasing lean towards need as the draft progresses and that's why fans say, "boy they should have taken _________, that guy isn't the right pick".
We fans don't all agree on the order of need between each other, let alone what the Rams perceive as their biggest need. Some fans say Edge is #1. Some say OL (either C or LT). Some say CB. Some TE or RB.
I read an interesting viewpoint this morning. The Rams don't seem to be too good at drafting (scouting) the offensive skill positions. Henderson, Akers, Jefferson, Atwell and not a stud in the bunch. All early picks. Depending on your opinion of course, some might say OL. Noteboom, Evans and Bruss, all 3rd round picks, 2 our first pick in that respective draft. One couldn't play, one has been injured, the other was injured his rookie year and didn't take a snap.
In the 2nd, 3rd and 4th round they have taken some good defenders. Johnson, Ebukam, Rapp (despite the hate he got), Gaines, Ernest Jones and Durant, who looks like he might be the real deal. They've got some late round hits in Fuller and Scott.
So which way to go in the 2nd and 3rd this year?