I normally won’t post articles behind a paywall out of respect to that organizations and best business practices. In this case, I found something very interesting about the guy Groman who held the yardage record Puka just broke. He was a scout with the Falcons and Les plus two other current Rams personnel people learned under Groman in the scouting department.
https://theathletic.com/5184707/2024/01 ... ed_articleThere’s another interesting layer to Nacua’s milestone. Some senior members of the Rams’ scouting department, plus general manager Les Snead, once worked with Groman after his playing days in Atlanta.
Snead and senior personnel executives Brian Xanders and Taylor Morton learned from Groman in the Falcons scouting department and Morton ultimately was promoted to Southwest area scout upon Groman’s retirement in 2003. Groman was deeply admired by the three younger scouts.
Twenty years later, Snead, Morton and Xanders were among those with the Rams who scouted and drafted the player who broke Groman’s record. (Jourdan Rodrique, The Athletic)
