Rams trade Tye Hill to Atlanta
by Ryan Van Bibber on Sep 1, 2009 11:40 AM CDT
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PrintAnd so the Tye Hill saga enters a second chapter somewhere else.
It's being reported that the Rams have traded CB Tye Hill, the team's 2006 first round pick, to the Atlanta Falcons for a seventh round pick in the 2010 draft.
...a seventh round pick, which should tell you much about how the new coaching staff saw Hill in their plans. More reaction to come. Hat tip to Rams Gab.
That's the fifth roster spot for today's cut down. It also means that the Rams will not put fifth round draft pick WR Brooks Foster on IR, not yet anyway.
Hill was due to make just over a million bucks this season. He might have gotten the axe anyway, so a 7th round pick is actually a decent return, in a perverse sort of way. Also makes me wonder, given a pretty green group of cornerbacks, if the Rams won't add another CB as rosters get trimmed between now and the Sep. 5 deadline for winnowing it down to a 53-man unit.
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The most interest they could get is a 7th round pick…people think highly of him…
Spagamania is in full bloom
I guess we're both happy with this trade
We need the help at corner, and I still like the kid if he can stay healthy. You’ve seen him play, though, so maybe I’m talking nonsense.
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Not to piss on your gift, but...
Although he MAY be the fastest corner in the NFL, he gets beaten at the last second. I.E. He doesn’t turn his head around and square his body to compete for the ball. He lacks that last second acceleration or athleticism to make that play.
He was currently slotted as a nickel CB. May be too small to be physical with a TE or a slot receiver with size. The Rams passing defense focuses on being aggressive at the line of scrimmage to give our D a better chance at pressuring the QB. Hill doesn’t fit into our plans.
He has problems against the run too: He doesn’t take proper angles when a running play heads in his direction, gets swallowed up in blocks, etc. Bartell, Wade, (our current starting CBs) and King are much better at shedding blocks and attacking the run.
He’s injury prone as you pointed out and may not be 100%.
Wish you the best of luck Dave, hope he turns it around for your Falcons.
That doesn't sound promising
The problems against the run in particular worry me, because we like to have well-rounded corners. Uh oh.
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You traded a 7th round draft pick for a first rounder a few years removed.
Don’t expect greatness.
Spagamania is in full bloom
Domonique Foxworth spoiled me last year
Really, if he plays even remotely well and cracks our rotation, it’ll be worth a seventh round pick this year.
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BUT A
7th…..
Really….
Not even a 5th or a 6th, but rather a 7th.
I’ll never forget that draft or the following years. Talk about 2 wasted years of our future. I’m still convinced they threw darts at a draft board and went with whatever got hit. F__king idiots.
Atl have fun with that guy, but if a light goes on and he all of a sudden remembers how to play football…I’ll be a little bitter.
Kind of shocked
I have to say, Im kind of shocked. I guess our staff wasnt impressed, but then again Tye Hill wasn’t that impressive. So now its Bartell, Wade, King, Butler, and Bradley. I have to say, this coach has balls.
I always hated the Hill pick...
It was like AL Davis was drafting that pick for us. He small/undersized – BUT HES FAST!! Ugh…
Free Brandon Wood!
Does this mean...
that I can finally have a little hope that the opposing team’s wide recievers might not be able to make the catch because of our defense?
THIS year's the year. I hope....
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