Rams add Alabama CB Marquis Johnson with the first pick of the seventh round

by Ryan Van Bibber on Apr 24, 2010 2:41 PM CDT in 2010 NFL Draft

The St. Louis Rams picked Alabama DB Marquis Johnson with their first of three seventh round picks. It's the second DB the Rams have selected during the 2010 NFL Draft.

Johnson was BAMA's nickel back during their 2009 championship run. Starting for Javier Arenas against South Carolina this year, Johnson broke up six passes, three in the end zone, as Spurrier's offense kept targeting him.

He's a character guy by all accounts.

The six pass breakups were a school record. Not bad for the third CB. Be sure to read to read that article because it talks about how Bama's corners play.

This is a nice pick.

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George Selvie

another good pick.

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by Toddius on Apr 24, 2010 3:05 PM CDT reply actions

Lots of competition at the DE rotation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSsiQ-FRiBA

We’ll see who rises to the top.

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by Toddius on Apr 24, 2010 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions

I’d rate this the worse Rams pick personally. Not good enough to be a starter in college doesn’t bode well for the NFL. Slower than I’d like to see for a CB, especially one under 6’0".

Six pass breakups were because he was picked out as the weakest link. It’s a nice sequence but one good game doesn’t make a player.

by Scato on Apr 24, 2010 3:21 PM CDT reply actions

Small, but quick

Interesting CB pick, mainly because it’s so different from where the FO has gone for CBs in the last two drafts. I’m just surprised at how much effort this management team has put into revamping the secondary, and how little we heard about their obvious displeasure with the depth chart as it existed.

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.

by 3k on Apr 24, 2010 4:02 PM CDT reply actions