2010 NFL Draft: Who could the Rams pick in the second round?
by Ryan Van Bibber on Apr 22, 2010 10:07 PM CDT
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PrintThe first round of the 2010 NFL Draft is winding down. The St. Louis Rams start the day tomorrow with a very valuable piece of real estate on their hands with the first pick of the second round. The first question, of course, is what kind of offers the team can choose from as the day closes. Keeping the pick might not be a bad idea. It looks like there will be some good talent available. Some possibilities:
TE Jermaine Gresham - D'oh!
DE Everson Griffen - The USC pass rusher really put it together his senior year. He could be a fit on the other side of Chris Long.
WR Golden Tate - Considered the second best receiver in the draft, after Bryant. It would give the Rams another player who can do things with the ball.
OLB Sergio Kindle - He can play in a 3-4 or a 4-3. Might also get the Rams some trade interest.
S Taylor Mays - He could give the Rams an upgrade at S, and still come cheaper than OJ Atogwe next season.
Who else could/should be the pick?
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by Ryan Van Bibber on Apr 22, 2010 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm voting Gresham too. But not till tomorrow morning.
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by CoachConnors on Apr 23, 2010 12:17 AM CDT up reply actions
I picked other
Because I feel we should move down. I would love to see a team in the 10-20 range give us their 2nd, 3rd and 4th for that pick
Sam Bradford
i'm sure
someone would be willing to trade up for clausen in case they think the vikings will take him with the 34th pick.
by douchiedude on Apr 22, 2010 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions
How about this
The vikings are after the rams, so that means any team that wants Mccoy/Clausen are going to OVERPAY!
Sam Bradford
I'm pretty sure we're gonna trade down
The vikings, the browns and bills are looking for QB and I wouldn’t be surprise if Weis is lobbying for Clausen in KC.
I really like our position right now. There’s some interesting guy available and we’ll still be able to pick up a good player even if we trade down.
maybe
he’s saying we should kidnap jermaine.
by douchiedude on Apr 22, 2010 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions
I think the pick...
Will be UCLA DT Brian Price. We get the DT we need and we still have ammo to possibly pick-up Osi.
oh yeah
i forgot about the osi situation! since the giants picked pierre-paul, they HAVE to trade osi and the rams would be the best place for him with spags. i’m actually open to picking brian price too if that were to happen but we can probably trade down for that.
by douchiedude on Apr 22, 2010 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Why do you think they HAVE to do anything?
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by CoachConnors on Apr 23, 2010 1:05 AM CDT up reply actions
the rams absolutely have to dump this pick.
there is a ton of value to be had via trade, and lots of teams will be asking overnight.
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by stlcardinalsfang on Apr 22, 2010 10:28 PM CDT reply actions
I like
Kindle or Griffen with this pick or even a trade is possible.
I'd love to trade down and maybe get some multiple picks
This draft is deep. But everybody says that so I doubt it’ll happen.
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My guess
is that they’ll trade down to the highest bidder for Clausen/McCoy or take Golden Tate to give Bradford someone to throw to.
I'm hatin' the Bradford pick, especially with Claussen and McCoy still on the board.
Suh’s going to be the best player in the first round come this fall, but maybe the Rams can redeem themselves and trade down to get more picks. Thats the only way in my mind that going QB with the 1st overall pick will be worth it. Nothing like grabbing an offensive skill player in a draft dominated by stellar defensive candidates at the very top. The rest of the whole league virtually drafted defense in the 1st round.
there's a reason
other teams didn’t pick them in the first round…
and i guess the rams should have sued their crystal ball…
probably the same reason those teams didn't take any QB at all
If you don’t need a QB, you don’t take one in the first round.
don’t tell me about Tebow, that’s rediculous.
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 Apr 23, 2010 12:21 AM CDT up reply actions
i was thinking the same thing
rams could have easily picked suh and got clausen in the second, but looking at it know i like our position. There are teams that are gonna be reaching for the 33rd pick today to grab one of those top players, if we can swap thirds and get a fourth then we can do damage. Hey why shouldnt the rams take A. Benn a big possession wr. to go with a speedy donnie avery
i say trade down
pick up a wr, but then bundle all the fiifths and fourths for another 2nd round pick. RB?
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maybe mccluster
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by loyal2therams on Apr 22, 2010 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions
sorry for triple post, maybe gerhart?
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by loyal2therams on Apr 22, 2010 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions
hmm
when i saw mccluster’s i thought “no way” but i forgot that it would just be as a 3rd back, he’d definitely be a great home run threat behind jackson… i’m not doing to trade fourths and fifths for a second rounder though unless it’s 1 of each for a high second pick.
by douchiedude on Apr 22, 2010 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Carlos Dunlap??
Why isn’t anyone talking about Carlos Dunlap??? That should be the pick as far as I’m concerned
Trade down
There are terms that will give the left part of their male anatomy for Jimmy Clausen. I say let the bidding begin.
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by CoachConnors on Apr 23, 2010 12:22 AM CDT up reply actions
cleveland might
holmgren didn’t want clausen in the first, maybe he’s open to taking him in the second, who wouldn’t be? and with the vikings picking second… i’m sure we can easily get A LOT of picks for our 33rd pick.
by douchiedude on Apr 22, 2010 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Trade down, plenty of talent available a few picks later
If no trade, Kindle is bpa. Gotta take him. Shocked that he’s still available.
Griffen, Price, Cody on a trade down.
i still think
mays is the bpa but i’d rather see us pick someone like kindle since he’d fill a huge need.
by douchiedude on Apr 22, 2010 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Let's hope there really are some solid trade offers.
There weren’t any for the first round pick, in spite of what Holmgren was claiming.
wasn't that rumors?
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by stlcardsfan4 on Apr 22, 2010 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Options
After seeing how the Draft has played out so far, I think that the best strategy, like I stated in my post, that they should DEFINITELY try packaging this for a later 2nd rounder and a 1st rounder next year. Like someone said before, teams will be willing to overpay big time for Clausen, especially at the deal he will have to take for being a 2nd round QB.
The two players I would want most out of this pick is either Kindle which would fit perfectly beside JL, or Golden Tate, who was seen as maybe the best WR prospect by some in the draft. If the Rams somehow could work out a deal and still draft one of these guys, we would already be looking at a very productive draft just in the first 2 rounds, and clearly from our last few drafts, this front office is much better at finding good talent at the later rounds of the draft than the ones before it.
yeah a 2011 first rounder would be amazing
do it in a heart beat.
Get a later 2nd, 3rd, and a 2011 first rounder and we will give up our 2nd and 4th
Sam Bradford
How the heck are we gonna do that?
Draft Kindle, AND trade for a later 2nd rounder and a 1st rounder next year? Is that what you mean?
I think its draft Kindle OR trade down. I would prefer to trade down.
What I meant was...
Say we trade with KC for their pick which would be the 5th pick in the second round if I am correct. We could trade our pick, demand that we swap 2nd rounders and grab their first for next year seeing as we are handing them a QB that is extremely likely to be their future QB. I know that it is a stretch, but if you play Cleveland and KC against each other, you never know how high one of them may bid for that pick for Clausen, especially with the talk that the Vikings are going QB at 34th. In that scenario, we may have to package something else, i’m not real sure how it would work, but it’s all in a perfect dream. To finish out my thought, I meant that we could still possibly get Tate or Kindle may fall further back down to us, which would give us the player we wanted, and an extra 1st next year.
one of these 4
charles brown, everson griffen, golden tate or sergio kindle. i’d actually also be open to taking damian williams, the guy has all of the tools necessary to be an elite receiver in the league. if he were to fall out of the second and we don’t take tate, we have to grab him in the third. i’d say griffen would be the best choice since he’d be able to start right away opposite of long. i would also be open to taking someone like brian price in the third so we can have a young and potentially good defensive line in the future with griffen, price, ryan and long.
The rest of the league did a pretty good of clearing the cupboard..
I was hoping either Gresham or Weatherspoon would be available at this slot for us. I think we have enough picks and should start picking up the talent while it’s still there. Even though we probably really don’t need one, we can get a reciever later on in the draft. There are plenty of those still on the board. OLB is a major need and it’s a major surprise that Kindle is still sitting there. TAKE KINDLE!
Yep
I was really hoping that we would be able to grab Weatherspoon, Gresham, or D. Thomas with that 2nd round pick. The one that I was hoping for the most was Weatherspoon, but then again, Kindle fell in our laps, which was a big surprise as well. The best case scenario that I could think of is to trade that pick to someone close to us, get what we can out of them and the still select Kindle when it comes back down to us. But, if we can’t work anything out to guarantee ourselves one of the 5 awesome prospects that fell to us, I say we take the talent while it’s there and get JL some help with Kindle.
just got back
I think it’s really down to DE or WR right now. I know Sergio Kindle is great value here but for me he really is a luxury pick, an awkward/developmental prospect at 4-3 SLB or an undersized DE, when you could get a solid+ DE (in Griffen/others) or a solid+ WR (in Tate/Benn/Lafell). Charles Brown is also great value but again he’s a luxury for me when we have a pretty strong Oline outside of Barron. If I was to pick I’d think Griffen was higher on the board than Tate so Griffen would be it.
F NO. No on Kindle
This is a 3-4 guy converting to a 4-3 defense. No way should the Rams take him. I am not opposed to trading down in the draft. As far as our impact players are concerned I have to think that Curran at WLB and Pitta at TE remain high priorities. After we trade, we pick up someone deep in the 2nd round with a 3rd this year or a late 1st next year.
I really think the Rams could go deep into the 2nd and get Hardy, Curran in 3rd, and if we do not trade for Osi, then grab Pitta.
oh man
not once did i even consider pitta as a tight end pick, i completely forgot about him! i wouldn’t mind taking him in the 3rd or maybe the fourth if he’s available.
Dickson > Pitta
IMO
Baseball season is back - Go Halos!
AND McCoy in the 3rd!!!!
Rams pwn the whole QB market for years
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 Apr 23, 2010 12:25 AM CDT up reply actions
can someone say GUARANTEE
That way, we are Guaranteed to have selected the best QB in the draft, no matter which one of the 3 it happens to be 5 years from now.
Ram's curse
let’s just stop talking about it before it F’s around and happens and i have no choice but to violently kill myself..
you can get your D later in a defensively deep draft
isn’t that obvious? and you need an QB, you’d have to take him early or not at all…
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 Apr 23, 2010 12:24 AM CDT up reply actions
+1
Everyone loves to criticize the Rams, and they’ve been easy to criticize. Just b/c they’ve made mistakes in the past, under other regimes, doesn’t mean that everything they do going forward is a mistake.
The truth is, no one knows who will be a great QB going forward. Bradford very well may bust. They had him rated as one of the 3 best players on their board, and went with a QB b/c (1) they need one, and (2) QBs are more valuable in the NFL than DTs – this isn’t the en vogue thing to say – but that doesn’t make it any less true.
The Rams are trying to do things right. Last year they got their OT to protect the blind side. This year they got their developmental QB with lots of upside. I’m an optimist as long as there is something to be optimistic about. They’ve been drafting in accordance with the positional value chart.
No one else loves . . .
ARRELIOUS BENN ?!
This kid has the size and speed to be a perfect compliment to Avery
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by QUINTEN DALEY on Apr 2, 2010 12:38 PM PDT
bradford can wait one year
jonathan baldwin, julio jones, a.j. green and michael floyd will all be juniors next year and you can bet that at least 2 of them will go pro. any of them can be elite receivers at the next level, i’d be fine with waiting for a true 1 receiver while filling other needs this draft.
That's what i'm thinking too
And I think a TE is more important than WR this year.
I wouldn’t be surprise if Gronkowski is the pick at 30 something (we’ll trade down I have no doubt about that)
DT or DE
IMO
You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.
That's what I think
Griffen, Price, Dunlap (if we trade down). That gives us the best value and improves our defense right away. It’s someone that can step in and start right away. The most important thing is to add a starter.
I do think it’s necessary to give Bradford the tools to succeed, so if there’s an offensive player they like, I won’t be upset with that, either.
It would be nice to have an explosive, every down DE, though.
if they keep the pick
they shouldn’t reach for a WR or DT. kindle seems like he’d be amazing value and fills need. TE in the 3rd?
*it killed me to be at work watching you guys converse all evening. i had net access but no ability to log on w/ username. i hope a good time was had by all, and i hope MidasKnight doesn’t cry himself to sleep on a huge pillow over the Clausen fall.
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by mooseknuckles41 on Apr 23, 2010 1:09 AM CDT reply actions
Denver thinks they're run by Al Davis
who’d a thought
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!
Bruce Campbell and Charles Brown are still on the board...
…think the Rams might pluck one of those guys to protect their first round investment? I’m not saying I favor that option but what do you think?
Somehow we all knew that....
Everson Griffen, Carlos Dunlap and Corey Wooton would all be there for the second round. Everyone is clamoring for a DT and Brian Price, Terrance Cody and Lamarr Houston are all sitting there too. Depth at DE is a concern and we all know Chris Long needs a running mate to get to the QB. What is more important to you a DE or a DT at this point?
de
or dt rotation is set while we still need someone to play opposite long. if he can trade for osi then i say just draft a linebacker or an offensive lineman. preferably linebacker since the second round still has first round defensive talent.
What time does rd 2 start?
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by johnniewarthawg on Apr 23, 2010 7:40 AM CDT reply actions
I think you are right sir 6 pm eastern.
by bobhugehands on Apr 23, 2010 8:58 AM CDT up reply actions
Huge Hands
Please tell me you are not a proctologist!!!
by Brendan W on Apr 23, 2010 9:04 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Griffen is one that kept me up last night...
What to do here, this guy has top 5 potential. Freaky fast and explosive that takes over some games and dissapears in other games. Athletic enough to play RE so that we may leave Long at his position in LE. If anyone can put his mark on Griffen its Spags, No matter who we get, im sure ill be happy, but my god ill have a soft spot for what could have been in Griffen…
I really agree the only thing that would take me away from Griffen is if the Rams can trade for Osi and use this pick on someone else.
by bobhugehands on Apr 23, 2010 9:00 AM CDT up reply actions
Clausen
Screw it! Let’s smoke it up and go for Clausen. Then trade his ass! Send him to the tundra with a pick for Percy Harvin any one? Or maybe Rice plus picks from Vikes?
They will notice and they will giggle.
next choice
Trading Down would be the best move we could make.
I truly believe a RB is one of our biggest needs. SJ CANNOT carry the load by himself.
If we should keep the pick, then Kindle is the logical choice.
by ZamRam on Apr 23, 2010 8:59 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
I like Tate but...
I’m not sure I want to see another average height WR.
I think we need to trade down, accumulate as many picks out this gold mine of a pick, and see what falls our way. I think since we took Sam the Ram we have to give him as many weapons as a $50 million man can get! I’m not sold on Benn at all, maybe Lafell in the second.
What will probably happen is that teams are going to look at how deep the draft is on D and start plucking offensive players with the mind set that there will be plenty of D to be had later on. We will probably trade down so somebody can come up for Mr. Pickle (Claussen), and I think there is a very real chance that we could trade down again for somebody wanting McCoy. This puts us in maybe the middle of the second where we could still get either a WR (Lafell), TE (Gronkowski), or RB (Gerhardt) while we’ve amassed numerous picks this year and next.
by Brendan W on Apr 23, 2010 9:02 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Kindle needs surgery
According to Adam Schefter, Sergio will require microfracture knee surgery costing him his rookie year.
by Brendan W on Apr 23, 2010 1:44 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
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