"Here's to the future!"
Hey guys- I know we're all itching for the draft and free agency to get here, and the ennui is starting to set in- but I still can't help but find myself fantasizing about 2010 Opening Day.
I personally believe that our (limited) options, and moves in FA will dictate our draft strategy. If we stage a coup and land a guy like Kampman or trade for Osi- then I think we should go all offense in the early rounds (Bradford, Best, etc). If we get a serviceable QB or WR then go with D (Suh, Muckleroy). Anything could happen at this point, I suppose. Trades, trading down, weird combine drama...
So, I put it to you TSTers: I want to crank up the DeLorean and go into the future. I want to see predictions for Opening Day starters. Take into account any variable you want (trades, draft, injuries) and give me something to mull over in my excited brain. The only rule- if you get called out on it, be able to defend your picks. Who knows? Maybe someone will get it (close to) right, and the very least, we might be able to have a good laugh come August.
If you have a prediction on who might own our beloved Rams come fall, then feel free to throw that in for good measure.
Let's see some starting lineups!
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QB: Bulger
RB: SJax
WR: Brandon Marshall, Laurent robinson, Donnie Avery
OL: J.Smith, J. Bell, J. Brown, Setterstorm, Barron
TE: Gresham*
DL: C. Long, Cliff Ryan, Jared Odrick*, John Fletcher*
LB: J. Laurinaitis, D. Vobora, Roderick Muckelroy*
DB: Atogwe, J. Butler, B. Fletcher, R. Bartell
We trade our 1st, 4th, and maybe a Dline for Brandon Marshall and their 1st. Draft goes something like this 1st-Gresham, 2nd-Jared Odrick, 3rd- Muckelroy, 5th-Fletcher and 6th/7th no one relevant. Gresham might be a reach here, but going QB would be stupid and I’m not sure if anyone else gives us better value. Probably locks us in for a 3 win season but it sounds like Devaney doesn’t mind Bulger.
i'll have
to watch some tape on this Gresham cat. Then I might drink your kool-aid.
by mooseknuckles41 on Feb 5, 2010 11:30 PM CST up reply actions
I love
Gresham, but I really don’t know if we’ll be able trade out of #1. We’ll see. Definitely intriguing possibilities here. Odrick & J. Fletcher, especially.
please, don't eat my potato chips.
by CrazyEyesKilla on Feb 6, 2010 3:12 AM CST up reply actions
The more I see things on Gresham, the more I think he won't drop out of the first round
He’s been good for a long time.
i'll play
QB: Kevin Kolb (trade 2010 3rd rounder, 2011 2nd rounder)
RB. Jackson
WR: Robinson, Avery, Gibson
OL: J Smith, Bell, Brown, Setterstrom, Barron
TE: Fells
DL: Long, Ryan, Suh*, Little
LB: Animal Jr, Vobora, Spikes*
DB: Atogwe, Butler, Fletcher, Bartell
key backups: RB Stefan Johnson, DE Carriker, CB Dre Bly, WR Foster
by mooseknuckles41 on Feb 6, 2010 12:48 AM CST reply actions
I like this
But still lacking #1wr and bu to sjax.. but can’t fill em’ all i suppose
"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall." - Vince Lombardi
Only two picks as starters??
Wonder who the backups would be? I’d imagine more help from the draft, thus my question on BU’s.
we only had 2 Draft Picks starting opening day 2009 (Lauranitis, Smith) although Fletcher, Scott and Gibson found their way into the lineup eventually. I like the Stefan Johnson pick (where’s he projected these days? 5-6?), although Best is the sexier choice to compliment Jackson.
please, don't eat my potato chips.
by CrazyEyesKilla on Feb 7, 2010 10:29 PM CST up reply actions
oh and, I forgot Captain Keith.
please, don't eat my potato chips.
by CrazyEyesKilla on Feb 8, 2010 1:06 AM CST up reply actions
Here goes my 2 cents...
QB – Dan LeFevour (Central Michigan) 4th rd,
RB – Steven Jackson, LeGarrette Blount (Oregon) 5th rd
WR – Donnie Avery, Laurent Robinson, Jeremy Williams (Tulane) 5th rd
OT – Jason Smith, Sam Young (Notre Dame) 3rd rd, Alex Barron, John Greco
OG – Mike Iupati (Idaho) 2nd Rd, Jacob Bell, Mark Setterstrom
C – Jason Brown
DE – Chris Long, Leonard Little, Brandon Lang (Troy) 6th rd
DT – Clifton Ryan, Ndamukong Suh (Nebraska) 1st rd
OLB – Larry Grant, Dexter Davis (Arizona St.) 7th rd
ILB – James Laurinaitis
CB – Ron Bartell, Justin King, Alterraun Verner (UCLA) 7th rd
S – Osh Atogwe, James Butler
Why is nobody mentioning Adam Goldberg on the OLine?
I think he is clearly better than either Setterstrom or Greco, whether they are playing guard or tackle.
Goldberg is def. more versatile
and worth his weight in gold as a backup, but Im not sure if he has more command on the OG position than the others.
by mooseknuckles41 on Feb 8, 2010 11:04 PM CST up reply actions
2010 lineup
QB- Bulger, Null
WR- Robinson, Avery, Gibson
RB-SJ
TE- Fells
OL-Smith, Brown, Bell, Setterstrom, Barron
DL-Long, Carriker,Suh,Ryan
LB-JL, Vorba, 2nd rd draft (Spikes, Witherspoon?)
DB-OJ,Butler, Fletcher, Bartell
Most likely very few FA this year; hopefully, a Scheffler at TE can be added.
I think draft will go 1-Suh, 2-OLB, 3-OT, 4-RB, 5-WR;OLB/DL, 6-best of DB/DL/OLB 7-RB.
The future will look good,
once we get a good offensive and defensive line. No team can be good unless you have at least one line that can perform well and you won’t win a Super Bowl unless you got both. I don’t want to put Bradford or Clausen behind our current line only if our line gets upgraded. But if our line does get better then we should just stick with Bulger for another year, since we have seen what he can do when he’s got time.
I think we should take Suh and get another solid DE, like Osi or Kampman. Bring in that CFL guy to play linebacker, can’t be worse then what we got on the outside right now right? Secondary actually has some players in it, so I would leave that. Trading up from our second round pick to get Gresham to play TE would be nice, but if not, I would WR or outside linebacker. I really like Best, but I think taking Stefan Johnson in a late round would be a nice pick, remember he was the starting RB at USC over McKnight before he went down.
I got baseball, basketball, and football. Why do I need anything else in my life?

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