He who has the most picks wins

by Ryan Van Bibber on Dec 2, 2009 4:17 PM CST in 2010 NFL Draft

Here's a random draft thought for you as you wind down your afternoon. Besides, if you're watching the St. Louis Rams it's officially time to start thinking about the draft.

Anyway, last Friday ESPN's Mike Sando talked QBs in the 2010 draft class with Steve Muench of Scouts Inc. The big names were all there, but the most interesting tidbit was this:

They are talking about redoing the early picks and the pay grade. I think you will see a lot of kids come out. This will be a heavy junior class this year.

Not the first time we've heard this mentioned (they were talking specifically about Washington QB Jake Locker and whether or not he would enter the draft when this came up). If that is the case and juniors flood the draft ranks, it sets up a very special draft this year, one deep with talent.

The notion of the Rams trading down keeps coming up in the comments and elsewhere around the net, but reading this again made me think that trading down from a top three pick, already a difficult proposition, would be especially tough in a deep draft class.

Teams usually want to get to those picks because there's a special, one-of-a-kind talent available. It doesn't look that's the case this year. I think that might change, maybe, if Sam Bradford's shoulder looks good because if that issue is settled he has the potential to be a nice franchise cornerstone. But that's a big if.

A rich and meaty draft means that you could get just as good a player in picks 5-10 as the top three, and a better spot to trade to down...because a deep draft also means that he who has the most picks wins. If that's not incentive to win a couple more games, I don't know what is.

I'm sure we'll talk draft tonight on Turf Show Radio...

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We still need to get a DT with the top pick (Suh). If Lockler goes into the draft this year, We should consider him, I think he is the better Qb out all of them.

by jesus72 on Dec 2, 2009 5:01 PM CST reply actions

Getting his name right we be a start.

by njd.aitken on Dec 2, 2009 8:56 PM CST up reply actions

What's wrong with Heather?

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Dec 2, 2009 9:51 PM CST up reply actions

nothing at all.....

Free Brandon Wood!

by gorams77 on Dec 3, 2009 12:56 AM CST up reply actions

Bradford is the real deal...

…and he is still the best QB in the 2010 draft.

by ZamRam on Dec 2, 2009 5:55 PM CST reply actions

except

bradford doesnt know how to fall, and just remember how many draft busts have come from D line 1st round picks

Pujols takes out "I" in BIG and "A" in MAC, previously considered to be an unyielding, consonant threat

by DESTROYER on Dec 2, 2009 6:21 PM CST up reply actions

This is why I want to trade down

In essence there will be first rounders available for most of 2 rounds and second rounders available in the 4th and probably the 5th rounds. It is probably a good time to trade next years picks for picks in this years draft. 1-2 anyway.

by dbcouver on Dec 2, 2009 6:46 PM CST reply actions

Everything i've read says Locker will probably stay

He’s had a rough year at washington

How shitty would it be if the Rams had the #2 picks in the last three years of super-overpriced NFL draft picks. Both years before this I’ve wanted to trade down, and the money makes that impossible in this format.

by hisTALLness on Dec 2, 2009 9:46 PM CST reply actions