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Ramsfan22 · Joined: 27 Dec 2008 Posts: 193

There is an article On espn insider That says This would rain on the parade of several other teams, a new draft idea for St. Louis; Does Anyone know what idea this is???

http://insider.espn.go.com/insider/features/rumors/_/date/20120113

Jonezy · Joined: 14 Dec 2009 Posts: 2993

hmm , I'm interested to know as well. I'm asuming it has us drafting RG3
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Faulk · Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 53 Location: Sydney

New draft idea for St. Louis
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As NFL Draft season continues to get rolling, many have been going on the assumption that the Indianapolis Colts would keep Peyton Manning or draft Andrew Luck at No. 1 overall, and not both. The economics and personalities involved point to such a pairing not being feasible.

Similarly, many are assuming that the St. Louis Rams will keep Sam Bradford or draft Robert Griffin III (and trade Bradford) but not both. Going down either of those pathways, they'll have a young QB to develop into a franchise cornerstone, and a king's ransom of draft picks or players to help in the rebuild for their next head coach. While the Colts have some issues to sort out in order to deal Manning (primarily related to the cap hit they'd take), the Rams would be able to trade Bradford like any other player, so long as they could find a suitor.

But what if the unthinkable happens, and the Colts keep Manning and draft Luck, and the Rams keep Bradford and draft Griffin? That would be the "Doomsday scenario" for other QB-needy teams, as Dan Daly of the Washington Times writes, and at least for the Rams, there's precedent for walking down that path.

After Jimmy Johnson took over as Dallas Cowboys coach in 1989, the team drafted UCLA's Troy Aikman as their QB of the future. But then Johnson's former charge, U. of Miami passer Steve Walsh, became available in the supplemental draft, and the Cowboys grabbed him, too, bidding a first-round pick in order to nab him. The Cowboys had expended significant draft capital on two players at the same position -- especially because that first-rounder in 1990 would've been the first overall selection -- but three Super Bowl wins later, things worked out for Aikman and Dallas. (Not to mention that they were able to get a first-, second- and third-rounder in return for Walsh).

Though the Rams do need significant help to fill the roster -- a process that would be greatly aided by the big package of picks that could come their way in trade -- staging a competition between Bradford and Griffin makes some sense as well. And there's nothing stopping them from trading the loser of this competition at a later date, for only slightly less than what they could've gotten this spring.

- Tim Kavanagh

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nodefense · Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Posts: 550

I said in another thread that "if" the Rams hold onto the 2nd pick, it should be Griffin. That would force Cleveland, Miami, Kansas Cty and Washington to start the bidding. Alot of Rams fans are seeing the need at WR and are content to just take Blackmon at #2.

It would'nt bother me if they held onto Griffin and traded Bradford or vice versa.....

kgarrett12486 · Joined: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 7641 Location: Busch III

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