Unlikely, But Anything Can Happen
by GreatestShowOnTurf on Mar 20, 2010 5:58 PM CDT
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Despite the apparent interest, however, ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter doesn't think the Browns have the will or the way to trade up to the No. 1 overall pick, where Bradford is likely to be taken:
Adam Schefter
Trade with Rams seems unlikely
"The cost of going up is going to be prohibitive, and while Cleveland would love a chance to get Bradford, it's going to be awfully hard to pull it off. It would probably take next year's No. 1 pick as well as this year's No. 1 pick -- and maybe some other goodies -- to be able to trade up to get Bradford."
With all of the needs the Rams have, with Sam Bradford's shoulder, with Jimmy Clausen's foot, and with the problem of not wanting to give a DT first pick money, I am all in favor of trading the first pick. We have seen many teams trade up on draft day to get their franchise QB and hopefully the same thing happens this year. The Seahawks could be a nice trade partner with 2 first round picks and the Browns are always an option with new management. The 1st Overall pick would just be too much money for the Rams to handle. With a the 6th or the 7th pick, I would hope that Russell Okung would drop to us. With the Seahawks first 2 picks and later picks, I would take either an OT (Okung) and then either a DE or Spiller. Spiller would add another dimension to the Rams. Jackson and Spiller together would be by far the best tandem in the league. Then in 2011, our Franchise QB. With the Browns picks (read below). This year LT (Okung) and next year our QB and with the Browns pick a WR (AJ Green, Michael Floyd, Julio Jones). Okung at RT or LT, Jason Brown at C, and Jason Smith at RT or LT would become a great young offensive line. Hopefully this year Gresham falls to us in the second round. If not Sergio Kindle sounds like a great pick. I think that for a trade to happen we would also get the teams 3rd round pick. I would use this on a d lineman.
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I don't know if this years swap and next
years number 1 is fair to the Browns. I’d rather have their draft picks this year. They are likely to improve and it would be beneficial to grab the early picks this year. Maybe a different combo and a player to fill a need?
Love the idea of Okung
Okung and Smith would be great bookends on our OL for a decade and we could trade down a few spots to save money and hopefully add a pick or two. No shame in starting a rebuild with a solid O-line. Then when we are finally ready for a franchise QB, we won’t shellshock and ruin him, which I fear will happen with Bradford.
My life's unique distinction is being one of the twenty sorry fans who bought Rams season tickets in Anaheim from '86 to '94!
But who to get them from?
Not our divisional rivals for sure.
IMO the only teams with enough valuable picks this year to make it worth while would be the Buccs, Chiefs, Browns or Patriots.
The Buccs will take one of the two potentially eilte DT’s. The Chiefs need an OT (Okung or Buluga). The Pats aren’t going to want anything we can offer them (or we would be willing to part with). The Browns have QB starter and back-up for this year and could take a project in the 3rd round.
I think the best bet is for Bradford to look like a sure fire and get the Redskins intersted, but they don’t have picks to spare unfortunately.
I’d love to trade our pick, more than once, but IMO trading picks in a seemingly deep draft isn’t going to happen, so we can all just go an pre-order our Bradford shirts. But we can hope.
Well, we've got one more...
Even if it is is second last from the compensatory picks. Feels like like a sympathy pick from the league, but it’s one more nonetheless.
The Browns are bringing in Colt McCoy for a 2 day long visit
so it looks like Cleveland is seriously exploring other options and not preparing to even try to move up to 1. Two days? That’s fairly in depth.
The blind stares of a million pairs of eyes, lookin hard but won't realize, that they'll never see the C. And when I'm rollin by, you can't see me!
So you would be happy using last years # 2 on a Right Tackle???
Can’t believe Rams fans are bailing on Jason Smith already. WOW.
It isn't Smith, it's Barron.
Smith should be good for a long time, but Barron is an uninterested underachiever. We move Smith to LT and bring in a new RT and we’re good.
It seemed there were a few of you who wanted to pick Okung if you dropped down, andy.
Well, at least one. I have also read other comments that indicate Rams fans are not happy with Jason Smith. Hopefully you guys show some patience and let him show you what he can do.
I don't think anyone who really studied Jason Smith on film is unhappy with his play
but there are people who will say things that don’t have basis in fact. Such as “he’s injury prone” because he had a cucussion last year. Smith played hard and smart.
The blind stares of a million pairs of eyes, lookin hard but won't realize, that they'll never see the C. And when I'm rollin by, you can't see me!
by CoachConnors on Mar 26, 2010 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions
I think a lot of Rams fans
are drooling at the thought of Okung and Smith as bookend tackles for the next 10 years. Some who see the glass as half empty (or really completely empty) like to point to Smith’s concussion and say he will always have these problems and is therefore useless. There are always a few guys like that. Most of us know that isn’t the case.
I like these bookends you speak of
and pick up our QB in next yrs draft.
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