TNPatsFan
03-24-2009, 07:55 PM
Some of you may be aware that we have been doing a draft over on the Mock Drafts forum with different guys assigned to pick for each team. After the person who was supposed to draft for the Rams dropped out, I volunteered to take his place. I have just made the 7th round pick for the Rams so I thought I'd post the results over here to see what you think:
Note: The Rams picks for the first two rounds were picked by group vote since nobody was picking for them. I took over with the round 3 pick.
Round 1 (2) Jason Smith, OT, Baylor - the popular pick
Round 2 (35) Robert Ayers, DE, Tennessee - This pick was voted by the group. I would have chosen someone else if I had made the pick. I just didn't feel this was the best pick for the Rams here.
Round 3 (66) Mike Mickens, CB, Cincinnati - This was the first pick I made. I was seriously considering Josh Freeman who was dropping, but he got picked 3 picks before my pick. I was also considering a strong safety. This was before they signed Butler, but I was pretty much expecting that to happen, so I decided not to go with a safety. I felt like a good CB like Mickens made sense here. Also note this was before they released Holt so I didn't put a priority on WR with this pick like maybe I could have. Most of the good WR's were gone by now anyway.
Round 4 (99) Shonn Greene, RB, Iowa - I didn't really want to take a RB here, but Greene had dropped too far to be ignored. I thought maybe a second good RB would help keep Jackson healthy. I really wanted to get a LB for the Rams but I was prioritizing MLB rather than OLB because I just felt like that was a bigger need. Unfortunately there are very few good MLB's in this draft. I was tempted to take McKillop here but I just don't really think he's a 4-3 MLB and with Greene on the board I decided to wait on LB's.
Round 5 (130) Brandon Tate, WR, North Carolina - Ok when this pick came up they had dropped Holt by now so I was scrambling to find good WR's. Tate would be a day 1 pick if he hadn't been hurt, so I take him here thinking he'll be a good player, just a matter of when he is healthy.
Round 6 (163) Emanuel Cook, SS, South Carolina - Sixth round now so take the best available. Didn't take a safety early because of Butler but though Cook could be a good backup. I was also considering a QB here but after those top 3 guys there's really just a bunch of similar guys of different sizes and shapes and who knows if any of them will amount to anything. I felt there's no real need to draft another late round QB here.
Round 7 (194) Austin Collie, WR, BYU - Just looking for best available player and Collie kind of jumped out to me. He was a great college player. Will he be a good pro? I think he could be. Looking at the Rams depth chart I felt like there was room for a couple rookies who both have good potential.
Well there it is. Not sure if anyone is interested, but wanted to put it out there for you to dissect. Enjoy.
Note: The Rams picks for the first two rounds were picked by group vote since nobody was picking for them. I took over with the round 3 pick.
Round 1 (2) Jason Smith, OT, Baylor - the popular pick
Round 2 (35) Robert Ayers, DE, Tennessee - This pick was voted by the group. I would have chosen someone else if I had made the pick. I just didn't feel this was the best pick for the Rams here.
Round 3 (66) Mike Mickens, CB, Cincinnati - This was the first pick I made. I was seriously considering Josh Freeman who was dropping, but he got picked 3 picks before my pick. I was also considering a strong safety. This was before they signed Butler, but I was pretty much expecting that to happen, so I decided not to go with a safety. I felt like a good CB like Mickens made sense here. Also note this was before they released Holt so I didn't put a priority on WR with this pick like maybe I could have. Most of the good WR's were gone by now anyway.
Round 4 (99) Shonn Greene, RB, Iowa - I didn't really want to take a RB here, but Greene had dropped too far to be ignored. I thought maybe a second good RB would help keep Jackson healthy. I really wanted to get a LB for the Rams but I was prioritizing MLB rather than OLB because I just felt like that was a bigger need. Unfortunately there are very few good MLB's in this draft. I was tempted to take McKillop here but I just don't really think he's a 4-3 MLB and with Greene on the board I decided to wait on LB's.
Round 5 (130) Brandon Tate, WR, North Carolina - Ok when this pick came up they had dropped Holt by now so I was scrambling to find good WR's. Tate would be a day 1 pick if he hadn't been hurt, so I take him here thinking he'll be a good player, just a matter of when he is healthy.
Round 6 (163) Emanuel Cook, SS, South Carolina - Sixth round now so take the best available. Didn't take a safety early because of Butler but though Cook could be a good backup. I was also considering a QB here but after those top 3 guys there's really just a bunch of similar guys of different sizes and shapes and who knows if any of them will amount to anything. I felt there's no real need to draft another late round QB here.
Round 7 (194) Austin Collie, WR, BYU - Just looking for best available player and Collie kind of jumped out to me. He was a great college player. Will he be a good pro? I think he could be. Looking at the Rams depth chart I felt like there was room for a couple rookies who both have good potential.
Well there it is. Not sure if anyone is interested, but wanted to put it out there for you to dissect. Enjoy.