Rams grab a DE and LB to close out the seventh round
by Ryan Van Bibber on Apr 24, 2010 3:14 PM CDT
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PrintThe St. Louis Rams selected George Selvie, DE, from South Florida...their second South Florida draft pick and third DE of the 2010 NFL Draft.
Selvie is a pass rushing specialist. Here's his CBS scouting report:
Pass rush: Tall and thin-hipped with exceptional quickness off the snap. Turns the corner in a hurry against lesser tackles. Typically lines up wide to keep tackles from latching on early. Can be a one-trick pony with the outside rush, so tackles easily push him around the pocket. Will occasionally fake outside and head inside to keep tackle off balance -- but should do that more often. Tries to bull rush occasionally, but it's not his strength. Splits double teams to pressure the quarterback, and can keep running backs off his knees. Quick leaping ability and good awareness to knock down passes thrown in his direction. Stiff hips prevent him from being as effective as he could be on inside moves and twists.
Explosion: Can be very quick off the snap, combining get-off and length to gain the edge. Also owns excellent closing speed, making him a very good chase player. Fires into a blocker quickly against the run or on a bull rush but has only average pop.
This is solid seventh round pick. The Rams have quietly added a nice collection of late round picks to bolster their defensive line.
Rams pick Penn State LB Josh Hull with pick #254
Having had considerable luck with their last seventh round LB, David Vobora, the Rams used the second to last pick of the draft on Penn State LB Josh Hull.
Hull was a two-year starter at Linebacker U, er, Penn State. You'll be surprised to learn that he's considered a high effort guy. He ran a 4.76 in the 40 as one of Penn State's top pro day performers. Here's some insight on him from a scouting report on the Eagles official site. He's a run stopper and probably a special teams contributor.
We'll have lots more draft coverage tonight, tomorrow, Monday and beyond...including the Rams 2010 draft grades.
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Sounds promising
I don’t know anything about this guy other than what Van posted, but I like the sound of this guy. Let Spags work on this guy, get some more strength and technique, and we may have found a real gem to help Long.
This is a good value
I knew he’d drop, but not to us in 7! I’m thinking this is one of the best drafts we’ve had in a long time [Cpt Obvious I know!].
Really?
If anything, I give us a B- so far
A lot of the picks seem to be based on potential. They’ve filled a lot of their needs but it seems to me that the only guy they drafted that’s ready to contribute is Saffold and I really didn’t think OT was more pressing than our other needs.
They did get some great athletes and lots of potential but with a team that’s only won 6 games over three years, I would hope we get guys that are actually contributing now than hopefully the future
Really, a "B"?
This guy fellllllllllllll farther than I thought he would!
This is the best pick of the draft for the Rams by virtue of luck!!!!!!
If not for Bradford, I'd give us an F-
We badly needed help on the D-Line and on both sides of JL at LB. So what do we do? Wait till the last rounds to try to find anybody for these critical positions. So once again we’ll start the season with a subpar defense and a hoard of 6-7th round picks, undrafted players, and declining cast offs from the NYG’s and Eagles. 2010 has got 4-12 written all over it, even with our easy schedule. Enjoy it now Spags, Shurmur and co., cause odds are you’ll be outta here like crap through a goose after this season.
That's not quite fair
Bradford and Safford (who improved my opinion of the Bradford selection) and were good, if not great picks.
Rounds 3, 4 and 5 were questionable (my diplomatic way of saying I hate these picks; 4 and 5 were total wastes compared to what was available), but picks 6 to 10 look very good. I especially like picks 6, 7 and 9.
What makes the draft worse is that the 49ers and Seahawks have, in fairness, had dream drafts and will pound on us next year.
no offense man but you wanna know why Paul-Pierre was drafted 15 by the Giants, because selvie was getting double teamed leaving him to run to the QB. I know its the Big East but still im thinking the Rams may try and transition him to a OLB because of his size and have him rush the passer with a little 3-4 D. Personally i got faith back in Devany when he took Gilyard the only WR left that might be an impact guy and then he took Selvie.
Yeah, because you can never have too many #2 wr's
Yes, I actually wore a watermelon on my head during the Rams SuperBowl victory in 2000.
Yeah, Gilyard is a slot receiver and return man.
Hmm, didn’t the Rams already have one of those in Amendola?
You don't think
that Sam Bradford is better than AJ Feeley right now? He’ll definitely need to put some time in, and they may choose not to start him right away, but he’s already the best, most talented QB on our depth chart.
That's not saying much
Don’t get me wrong, as long as he stays healthy and has some solid protection, he’ll be fine. You could have put any of the top 4 QB’s in the draft ahead of Feeley in terms of talent.
I’m just saying that Saffold is the only one I don’t have to use the word “if”.
I’m not dogging this pick btw. I actually think Selvie is a steal at this point in the draft.
I was just responding to this quote . . .
I’m thinking this is one of the best drafts we’ve had in a long time
OT is not a pressing need?
do you want alex barron to start for us? smith, bell, brown, goldberg and saffold… our starting line just got that much better with saffold in and barron will make a good backup for depth, just not a good starter.
There's probably very little chance a rookie will start ahead of Barron
I love your optimism. But rookies take a while to get up to speed. Last year’s number 2 overall was not better than Barron. More talented, yes….much more promising, yes….but they put the best tackle on the left, and that was Barron. Even though Barron has been playing right side, and was skilled and experienced at the right side, they had to move him out because the rook couldn’t step in and play on the left. I think this year’s 2nd rounder would have to seriously play outta his mind to move Barron to the bench.
If they keep Barron, I think Saffold may be a Guard for now.
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by CoachConnors on Apr 24, 2010 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
safford will probably take a while
but he will replace barron in the future and it will pay off big time. i think smith is ready to take on the left tackle job this year too.
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with reference to just a non-mortal dumbass? Is it something I can use in a sig? Because obviously I need a sig
That's my favorite pick
He should be a great edge rusher a la Justin Tuck when the giants won the SB
Agreed
The best pick since our first 2 anyway
Next best pick - I would say Gilyard or the 3rd rd. pick
other than that, not one impact player did the Rams draft – more like youthful depth AT A MAJOR MONEY SAVINGS DUE TO OWNERSHIP B.S.!
i like the marquis jackson pick
better than the murphy one. i think both will be solid contributors but this is a tough kid out of alabama. gilyard will be an impact in the return game from the start but will need plenty of work at receiver.
Great pick, very good draft (with the excpetion of the tight ends).
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Really? I like the sound of the kid from Houston.
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by Joey Kaufman on Apr 24, 2010 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
so do i.
a basketball player transitioning to tight end. gates and gonzalez anyone? this kid will be an important weapon for bradford. i would have preferred pitta in the 4th over the illinois dude though. i also would have liked dekoda watson in the 7th…. that would have been a steal for an important need.
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so was hardy, and snead is the no. 1 prospect...
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by loyal2therams on Apr 24, 2010 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions
i like how our draft panned out
the picks might not have been what us, the fans, wanted. But the guys in that room know waaay more than we do. don’t forget, just because we didn’t address a need during the draft, there will be cuts, free agent pickups and trades after the draft and into the season. and then another draft next year. give it time, have faith. GO RAMS!
lol really? we addressed plenty of needs...
qb, ot, de and te were all needs… the defensive backs and wide receiver weren’t needs.
TE has not been addressed
Onobun looks like a great gamble. I really like that pick, but he won’t be starting anytime soon, so that does not address anything.
As for Hoomanawani, WTF! What does he address? FFS, where does he fit in to our offense? Are going to get him to add 50 pounds and play right guard, because otherwise, I simply cannot fathom what we want him on the team for (to be clear I think he is/will be a good player by why have we picked him? Nonsensical).
If that's gonna be your final outlook for this draft, then you might as well give all their drafts A's
But the guys in that room know waaay more than we do
dbacks wasn't a need?
all im saying is, dont be upset we didnt go get a highly graded olb or dt; we can get them in free agency, or trades. or next year in the draft. we got our franchise qb of the future and made some picks to help him help us not have the worst offense in the league
I agree
And then to get 2 and no OLB’s seems strange IMO, but in Sapgs we trust.
Finally a LB
But he is a MLB. I know we wanted help for JL55, but this isn’t quite what I expected.
Maybe one of these smallish DE's will be an OLB.
… and maybe we can pick up our 2nd RB as a rookie free agent.
Yes, I actually wore a watermelon on my head during the Rams SuperBowl victory in 2000.
And maybe
If we wanted a player for a position we should have picked one who knows how to play there already.
The sadest thing about the draft; Robbins, Diggs and Hall will be starters. What’s that, a combined age of about 100?
olb
i wish we would have picked norwood from SC. Feneca is a free agent now. think the rams would get him?
I give this draft an A.
We got a good QB, gave him a weapon and some protection. We bolstered our defense with some good corners, linebackers, and defensive lineman. I wish we’d have not wasted a couple of picks on those two TEs, but they could end up being good.
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He has a strong mind,
He is totally not blind.
He can stand real tall,
When he's hit he knows to fall.
by StopSpe on Apr 24, 2010 4:51 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I think our offense could be good this year, definitely much improved
At least once Sam starts playing. Our defense won’t be a whole lot better but will be slightly improved. I think both TEs could be good players. I wish we didn’t waste a pick on the second CB. I say our offense would be middle of the pack if Sam plays all year. Gilyard will probably be our new go to guy. My prediction is he is the teams leader in catches at the end of they year. Either him or Robinson will be if they’re healthy all year. Hoomanwanui will be Bajema with a little better receiving skills. Onubon could develop into a real offensive threat. I wouldn’t give it an A, I think a B- would be more appropriate.
A weapon?
We will pick our actual #1 WR in next years draft. Picking another slot receiver with the same look as 3 other players we already have is difficult to fathom. Unless you were referring to Onobun, who looks to have massive potential, but is not even near to being ready to start.
I like the 2 DE’s, okay I’ll give you that.
Where are the OLB’s? I can’t see a single one. That means Diggs and Vorbora start. O Joy!
Other than Hoomanawani and possibly Gilyard, I don’t think we’ve wasted picks. I just wanted different positions to be picked but I see greater need there.
PS. who is the DT that Robbins was brought in to mentor, or do you think we signed him to be a starter?
Maybe we could wait...
a year or two to see how these actually play in real NFL games, before we are too high or low on the draft..just a thought.
i was disappointed that the team
didn’t get a high-profile wr. while i like the mardy gilyard pick, i wish they got another wr instead of 2 te’s.
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I wish they had taken a real OLB
instead of another CB and two project TEs.
I thought a lot
of the players we wanted, griffin, benn, etc. may have been overrated by the media and weren’t the right fits for us. Also, we can’t have 4-5 players with character issues and no experience starting (And they would have needed to for us). Pretty perplexed by the two tight ends, but we’ll see. Also, I don’t understand why we aren’t in any trades. And basically everyone filled a need. DB was almost as crucial as OLB, remember last year we had a crippled bartell starting with johnathan wade and justin king. It is also unacceptable to have the league leader in holding penalties starting.
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If you can't stop the run
and you can’t get any push up the middle against the passer, it doesn’t matter how many defensive backs you have. They can’t cover the receivers forever, and that’s how long the QB will have against us, and you can’t expect them to make tackles at the line on running plays. We badly needed OLBs and didn’t take any.
Currently the St. Louis newspaper
is reporting the Rams have signed two free agents. One is the star running back from Northern Arizona who rushed for over 1,100 yards this year – including over 100 against Mississippi – and also can catch passes. They also picked up the captain of Minnesota Univ. who is an outside LB and is expected to play WLB in the pros. So they finally address a couple of positions of need after the draft is over. Hard to tell if either of these guys will be any good.
Meanwhile apparently the Niners have added Blount to Gore and Dixon who they drafted.
Lawrence looks decent
I can’t find anything on Henderson.
Lawrence is 6-0 230 lbs. Runs a below 4.6 40 and has a 40" vertical. 21 bench press reps. That’s all I can find on him. Good athlete and solid tackler. Hopefully he can be coached into a starting LB in the near future.
they should sign johnson from southern cal right now, that kid has talent and a heart that is enormous
If practice makes perfect....
Yet nobodies perfect.....
Then why practice ???
We got a FB who's 5-9 240 lbs
And can run better than a 4.7 40
I’m still wanting that LeRon McClain/Leonard Weaver type FB, maybe he can be it.
What is up...
With this team and its 2-TE drafts? Doesn’t anyone remember the disasters that were Dominique Byrd and Joe Klopfenstein? It wasn’t so long ago that we made those egregious errors in drafting judgement. Why can’t we learn from previous mistakes?
thats what i thought at first, but its a different fo.
these two are different from klopfenstein and byrd.
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by loyal2therams on Apr 24, 2010 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions
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