[CanuckRightWinger]

The 2017 McSnead Draft was awesome....
2nd-#44 Gerald Everett...2022 COMP PICK
3rd-#69 Cooper Kupp...ALL PRO SUPERSTAR
3rd-#91 John Johnston III...2022 COMP PICK
4th-#117 Josh Reynolds....NO COMP PICK, BUT SOLID 4-YEAR RAM PERFORMER (NOW A LION)
4th-#125 Samson Ebukam....2022 COMP PICK

NOTE: Our fourth 2022 COMP PICK was due to Snisher's 2015 Waiver Wire pickup of Troy Hill from NE. Los Ramos also got a 5th Comp Pick for 2022 for the Brad Holmes, Lions GM hire.


That 2017 Draft was golden for McSnead.
Since that 2017 Draft....McSnead's picks have been not so hot, as max's analysis revealed.

I posted 3 seasons in, after the 2020 season, on the weakness of our 2018 Draft (and took some heat) because I suggested that out of 11 guys drafted in 2018 by McSnead (Eleven!!), that at that point in time, IE. prior to the start of the 2021 season, that only having SJD as a solid "starter" (even though spotrac.com SJD had fewer than 50% of Rams snaps played for 2020) indicated a shitty 2018 Ram Draft. Anyhoo, the point was that most of those other 2018 Ram Draft picks spent most of their Paid Ram Time in Reggie's hot tubs...Obo, Kiser, Travin Howard, Trevon Young, Demby , Justin Lawler et al, spent most of their time tubbing.

Today, McSnead's 2018 Draft yeilded Los Ramos two porcelain-doll OLinemen Noteboom and Allen who are not ProBowlers, appear overpaid IMO, and get IR'd alot. Plus the two Comp Picks for SJD (6th) and Obo (7th). Travin Howard is still on the roster, and made a helluva play in the 2021 NFCCG, but per spotrac, the oft-injured Howard has a total of 203 snaps played for Los Ramos since, the 5 seasons now, since 2018.

The upcoming 2023 Comp Picks for CB Darious Williams and OG Austin Corbett came from later pickups....IE. waiver wire for DWill in 2019 and Corbett (the 2018 #33 overall Browns pick) was obtained by McSnead for a 2020 5th Round Pick from Cleveland.....which was a helluva pickup by Les Snead.

BUT....other than the mega-trades for Ramsey & Stafford, there has been...
no such magic in McSnead's Bag-Of-Untraded-Draft-Tricks lately though.

Oh yeah, and about that logic of replacing poor Ram Draft Picks via brilliant UDFA pickups....
kinda like fucking up your Stock Portfolio, but hoping to make it up finding loose change in the sofa, no?

[MartzMadness]

The loss of Whit really hurt the team.

[ramsman34]

Have played 2 combos this game including starting a new RG yet again

[ramsman34]

I think we can debate Snead’s moves the past 4 years as far as where we are going. But for where we have been, it’s worked pretty well.

This off-season is the big one. He has to basically hit in everything in the draft and FA and those hits have to play immediately and upgrade the OL, Edge and WR - immediately, lest they waste the star power they have now. That is a tall order indeed and made taller by past whiffs for sure.

[ramsman34]

I think Edwards might be eligible this week to come off IR. Perhaps getting him in and Evans out can help this OL. But damn, the front office has work to do this off-season for sure.

[ramsman34]

Chandler Brewer your highest graded OL per PFF last week. Get Shelton back and Or Edwards and we might be lookin up.

[69RamFan]

Chandler Brewer your highest graded OL per PFF last week. Get Shelton back and Or Edwards and we might be lookin up.

Shelton should be able to come back if his ankle is healed.

Edwards still has some time before being eligible, not until week 11.


I would like to see this line up:

I like this line up:

LT/AJax 6-6/330, LG/Neskhe 6-8/325, C/Allen 6-2/305, RG/Brewer 6-6/320, RHav 6-8/330

Enough beef on both sides of the ball to open up holes in the run game,

and then use play action once we start eating up yards in the run game.

[ramsman34]

Shelton should be able to come back if his ankle is healed.

Edwards still has some time before being eligible, not until week 11.


I would like to see this line up:

I like this line up:

LT/AJax 6-6/330, LG/Neskhe 6-8/325, C/Allen 6-2/305, RG/Brewer 6-6/320, RHav 6-8/330

Enough beef on both sides of the ball to open up holes in the run game,

and then use play action once we start eating up yards in the run game.

MCV said Edwards eligible next week. And that Shelton is looking like a real possibility this week. If he isn’t, I actually like your new line. However, much to your chagrin about “beef”, if Shelton is a “go”, I think it will be:

Jax - Brewer - Allen - Shelton - Hav

[69RamFan]

MCV said Edwards eligible next week. And that Shelton is looking like a real possibility this week. If he isn’t, I actually like your new line. However, much to your chagrin about “beef”, if Shelton is a “go”, I think it will be:

Jax - Brewer - Allen - Shelton - Hav

I just hope McVay would go with a combo of Jax, Ty, Allen, Brewer RHav

And if they do good against AZ, then leave that combo together.

I'm still not a fan of Allen and Shelton playing next to each other. Too small IMO

[PARAM]

Jax - Brewer - Allen - Shelton - Hav

Whomever the 5 are vs Arizona they have to hope they play well and stay healthy so they can gain some continuity going forward.