[JackPMiller]

I thought why not? I'll be doing a 7 round NFL mock draft by the time we get here. But this is what I got for now.



Cut
Robert Quinn – $11.4 million
Mark Barron – $7 million
Roger Saffold – $6.5 million
Tavon Austin – $3 million

Resign
Lamarcus Joyner
Sammy Watkins
Derrick Carrier
Dominique Easley
Jake McQuaide
Tyrunn Walker
Matt Longacre
Malcolm Brown
Troy Hill
Cody Davis

Extend
Aaron Donald – Hopefully works for both parties

Players to sign
Kyle Fuller CB Chicago Bears
Jelani Jenkins LB Houston Texans
Mason Foster LB Washington Redskins
Shamarko Thomas S Buffalo Bills

*Draft
1. Martinas Rankin OT Mississippi State
3. Kendrick Norton NT Miami(Fla)
4. Kevin Toliver CB LSU
5. Darius Jackson 3/4 OLB Jacksonville State
6a. Mason Cole C Michigan
b. Brendan Mahon G Penn State
c. Brandon Fracyson CB Virginia Tech
7a. Kellen Soulek DT/DE South Dakota State
b. Jeremiah Briscoe QB Sam Houston State

* -only did a temporary Rams drafting. I will have a full NFL draft when at the end of April. Days of the draft.

[safer]

Not bad, Jack! You definitely hit into spots of need for us. I need to read up on Kendrick Norton, NT. We really need a huge stud right there.

[river]

Since the heading is 'temporary', i'll also post my RFU Rams Mock 1.0 here if that's alright ?

CAP Cut : Austin, Barron & Quinn.
Extend : Donald & Saffold.
Re-sign : Watkins, Joyner, Sullivan, Robey-Coleman, Easley (if healthy) & McQuaide.
Re-sign vet minimum and possible camp cuts Tyrunn Walker, Cornelious Lucas
Tender all RFA's (Longacre, Hill, D.Williams, M. Brown, Lynch)

Let walk - Tru Johnson, Connor Barwin, Lance Dunbar, Derek Carrier, Cody Davis

Free agency signings :

CB - Prince Amukamara (Chicago) - 28; although either of Malcolm Butler (N.E.) - 27 ; Bashaud Breeland (Was.) - 25 would be a welcome site for our defense
ILB - Todd Davis (Denver) - 25
NT - Justin Ellis (Oakland) - 27

2018 Draft :

1-23) OLB - Tremaine Edmonds, VTech
3) OT - Alex Cappa, Hum.St. (My surprise small school long shot)
4) RB - Mark Walton, Miami (change of pace outside threat, Austin replacement)
5) FS - Armani Watts, Tx. A&M (replaces Cody Davis)
6a) OG - Wyatt Teller, VTech
6b) QB - Kurt Benkert, Va.
6c) CB - Brandon Facyson, VTech
7) CB - Devontae Harris, Il.St.

The 53 :

Offense (25) :

QB) Goff, Mannion, Benkert
RB) Gurley, M. Brown, Walton
FB) Rogers
WR) Watkins, Woods, Kupp, Cooper, Reynolds, Thomas
TE) Higbee, Everett, Hemingway
LT) Whitworth, Cappa
LG) Saffold, Teller, Blythe
C) Sullivan, Blythe
RG) J.Brown, Teller
RT) Havenstein, Lucas, Cappa

Defense (25) :

LDE) Brockers, Easley, Fox
NT) Ellis, Walker
RDE) Donald, Westbrooks, Fox
LOLB) Ebukam, Sickels
ILB) Davis, Hager
ILB) Ogletree, Littleton, Lynch
ROLB) Edmonds, Longacre
FS) Joyner, Watts
SS) John Johnson, Isaiah Johnson
CB) Amukamara, Webster, Robey-Coleman, Hill, Facyson

Special Teams (3)

K) Zuerlein
P) Hekker
LS) McQuaide

Edit : Had to remove Roby at CB as he was wisely given his 5'th year option.
The three draftees from VTech was accidental.

[Hacksaw_64]

river = FoH

Friends of the Hokies..

[river]

My final mock until the Combine, I promise.

OK, I decided to flip this next mock on its backside with something a bit more unexpected, a free agency which is dominated with defensive pick-ups and another draft leaning heavily towards the offense. Yup, you heard that right. I've also included two trades, something which I hadn't added previously. 1) The Jets are a rebuilding team and will likely draft a QB with their first pick, but they also need OG's for protection and run blocking while getting the poor guy up and going before he gets himself killed. As jrry mentioned earlier, they also have little in the way of an edge rush, so I offer both Quinn & Brown for N.Y.'s 2'nd & 3'rd round draft picks. 2) The Rams are looking for an eventual potential LT that hopefully may someday be able to occupy Whitworth's shoes, so we trade both our new picks from the Jets (#37 & # 72) in order to move up into Buffalo's second 1'st round pick at #22. This trade works out quite fairly with the NFL Trade Value Chart. This mock allows us to strengthen our OL depth and prepare for the eventual departure of Whitworth, it replaces our primary need at #1 CB with what I believe is a better player, and quite possibly puts our defense in the 5 - 10 rank.

CAP cutting Austin, Barron & trading Quinn adds over $21mil. to our already previously scheduled $45mil. of available CAP, and all three of these positions can be improved upon for far less money. Extending Saffold now also saves CAP in 2018 as well as preserves a top Lineman for our team's future as we look towards 2019 when both Havenstein & Brown could enter free agency. Finally, Tremaine Edmunds looks like the prototypical pass rushing OLB college prospect we all covet with excellent speed and great length. I added Rogers to the 53 for his additional pass catching skills and would love to see strengthened blocking for our RB's & QB. Butler will sign for less than TruJo has been costing us and Norwell will essentially be taking the CAP space of Watkins had I instead chosen to re-sign him. With approximately $66.mil in available CAP space, signing the 4 new free agents and re-signing the players we want to keep shouldn't be all that difficult, so I present you with the team which will take us to next years Super Bowl ...

Traded : Robert Quinn & Jamon Brown to the Jets
CAP Cut : Austin, Barron.
Extend : Donald & Saffold.
Re-sign : Joyner, Sullivan, Robey-Coleman, Easley (if healthy), Cody Davis & McQuaide.
Re-sign : vet minimum and possible camp cuts Tyrunn Walker, Cornelious Lucas
Tender all RFA's (Longacre, Hill, D.Williams, M. Brown, Lynch)

Let walk - Sammy Watkins, Tru Johnson, Connor Barwin, Lance Dunbar, Derek Carrier

Free agency signings (4) :

CB - Malcolm Butler (N.E.) - 27
RG - Andrew Norwell (Carolina) - 26
ILB - Todd Davis (Denver) - 25
NT - Justin Ellis (Oakland) - 27

2018 Draft :

1-22) OLB - Tremaine Edmonds, VTech
1-23) OT - Orlando Brown, Ok.
2) Received from NYJ - Traded to Buffalo
3a) Received from NYJ - Traded to Buffalo
3b) WR - DJ Chark, LSU (Outstanding Senior Bowl game)
4) RB - Mark Walton, Miami (change of pace outside threat, Austin replacement)
5) C/OG - Austin Corbett, Nv.
6a) QB - Kurt Benkert, Va.
6b) CB - Brandon Facyson, VTech
6c) OT - Alex Cappa, Hum.St. (to the practice squad)


The 53 :

Offense (25) :

QB) Goff, Mannion, Benkert
RB) Gurley, M. Brown, Walton
FB) Rogers
WR) Reynolds, Woods, Kupp, Cooper, Chark, Thomas
TE) Higbee, Everett, Hemingway
LT) Whitworth, O.Brown, Lucas
LG) Saffold, Blythe, Corbett
C) Sullivan, Corbett, Blythe
RG) Norwell, Corbett
RT) Havenstein, Lucas, O.Brown

Defense (25) :

LDE) Brockers, Easley, Fox
NT) Ellis, Walker, Westbrooks
RDE) Donald, Westbrooks, Fox
LOLB) Ebukam, Sickels
ILB) Davis, Hager
ILB) Ogletree, Littleton, Lynch
ROLB) Edmonds, Longacre
FS) Joyner, Davis
SS) John Johnson, Isaiah Johnson
CB) Butler, Webster, Robey-Coleman, Hill, Facyson

Special Teams (3)

K) Zuerlein
P) Hekker
LS) McQuaide


jmo.

[safer]

I like most of it but don't see the Jets trading for Quinn with his high salary and injury history; Jamon Brown, IMHO, wouldn't get us a 3rd rounder either. Interesting stuff to play with, huh?

[ramsman34]

1 - Harold Landry, Edge, Boston College
3 - Michael Gallup, WR Colorado State
4 - Kendrick Norton, DT Miami
4 - Sean Welsh, G/C Iowa
6 - Micha Kiser, LB, Virginia
6 - TreQuan Smith, WR Central Florida
6 - Cole Madison, G Washington State
6 - Jeff Holland, OLB Auburn
6 - Quenton Meeks, CB Stanford

Have seen limited film on these guys with the exception of Landry and Gallup. I am using mocks and graded ratings here, FYI, the reason for 2 WRs is special teams in the short term and depth development in the long term - let Reynolds and Thomas compete with the rooks to see who shakes out as the best 2.

[Pete Nank]

With the latest trade acquisitions how does this start to effect our draft needs ? I'm getting pretty excited for the season already - would still like to see some string up of our OL

[Hacksaw_64]

With the latest trade acquisitions how does this start to effect our draft needs ? I'm getting pretty excited for the season already - would still like to see some string up of our OL

were gonna draft some later round talent and coach em up!

I like rounds 3-6 for next tier OL value this year

[RamsFanSince82]

Buster Hyman