Rams work out Colt McCoy today, Clausen tomorrow

by Ryan Van Bibber on Apr 8, 2010 1:58 PM CDT in 2010 NFL Draft

Just because everyone else has already made the Bradford to the St. Louis Rams connection in their draft predictions is not going to stop Billy Devaney from considering all of his options. And it shouldn't either. Rams' personnel are in Austin today for a private workout with Texas QB Colt McCoy.

Here's Devaney on McCoy's workout:

He was extremely impressive. He made all the throws and his arm strength was good enough.

"Good enough" is kind of damning with faint praise.

Tomorrow, they'll be in South Bend, IN for Jimmy Clausen's pro day workout.

Some other draft-related items of interest...

Rob Rang looks at a few names making a late surge up draft boards. One of those names is Tim Tebow, who seems to be splitting the opinions of coaches and scouts. One name on that list that could be of interest to the Rams is Utah FS Robert Johnson. His game sounds very similar to Oshiomogho Atogwe, and could be a much cheaper alternative.

The Rams will have their private visit with Gerald McCoy in the very near future as well.

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Big difference

Why I feel Devaney will make the best choice, because he’s doing some thorough home work on this draft. Unlike Zygmunt ever did. Old Zygy only brought in Tye Hill, Carriker, and Barron for visits and drafted them. That was it. He liked a player and went for him that was it. And he didn’t listen to his scouts. This shows Devaney is strongly considering either going with Gerald McCoy or Suh with the top pick and going after a QB in the Second (McCoy) or he still might go QB 1st with either Bradfod or Clausen. Keep your all options open that’s a good GM.

by RJM473 on Apr 8, 2010 7:04 PM CDT reply actions

Or creating (or at least trying to) a market for the #1 pick

Baseball season is back - Go Halos!

by gorams77 on Apr 8, 2010 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Just curious

Is it an actual fact that he didn’t bring in anyone else and didn’t listen to his scouts or are you just making that up out of nowhere?

by Carneros on Apr 8, 2010 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes Devaney and Zygmunt are night a day

Zygmunt and Linehan made there picks wearing a blind fold and just hoped some thing good will happen lol Billy Devaney realy works hard and makes the smart choice ,i trust Devaney 100%

by Ram-on on Apr 9, 2010 6:07 AM CDT up reply actions

Arm Strength should means very little.

I would love to see how McCoy’s arm stacks up to Brees, Brady and Pennington’s arms. They all had sub par arms coming into the NFL but have quite obviously been superb passers. I remember watching Brady throw a "hail mary" this year and he was about 5 yards short of the end zone, which was 60 yards away. So I think Devaney saying that Colt’s arm was good enough means that he can make the throws needed. I hope that he is not looking for Ryan Leaf again because Ryan had a stronger arm than Peyton Manning and that is noted.

by Everett 11 on Apr 8, 2010 10:23 PM CDT reply actions

Jamarcus Russell is a perfect example of why arm strength is so important.

Because Al Davis will draft you very high in the draft and for no other reason. I mean arm strength is important to an extent but you don’t need to be able to throw the ball 60 yards on a rope to succeed in the NFL. Arm strength is helpful in squeezing the ball into tight windows, but the brain and the accuracy are by far the two most important qualities. If they can see the right throw to make and make it accurately you don’t need to throw it 100 MPH.

by Carneros on Apr 8, 2010 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions

To compare Peyton M. to Ryan L. is like comparing SECRETARIAT to a MULE

Sure I get your point about arm strength because its not the only thing we should look for in a QB ,but if the all around ability is the close or at the same level ,then I will look to see who has the stronger arm and I think that is Bradford from this years prospects,and i can name a few great QBs that had rifle arms and it sure did not hurt lol

by Ram-on on Apr 9, 2010 6:19 AM CDT up reply actions

I wonder how many QBs have tried used Peyton Manning's line

“If you don’t pick me, I’m gonna kick your butt for the next 15 years.” It seems like a good thing to say, but it would seem stupid since everyone knows its Peyton’s line.

by Carneros on Apr 8, 2010 10:46 PM CDT reply actions

I bet many have put it in their own words because

They know “competitiveness” is something teams are actively looking for. No secret there. And these guys have all been coached by their agents, so some will try to say it whether they mean it or not.

One of the interesting parts of the combine (for me) was the reporting of how coaches would say things to the guys who were not working out, just to gauge their reaction.

“Since you’re not working out today, we have to wonder — if this was a game, would we have to sit you? Maybe we’re looking for someone who’s a little more competitive.”

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 13, 2010 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions

This from Washington about Bradford visit

In addition to Bradford’s visit, the team also hosted Colt McCoy on Monday and Tim Tebow on Thursday. It’s believed that Bradford had an enjoyable visit. He had dinner with Mike and Kyle Shanahan, Bruce Allen and owner Daniel Snyder. It’s believed he’s the only quarterback prospect to have an audience with the owner over dinner thus far.
Dam that is showing a lot of interest for a team that just got Donavan M.

by Ram-on on Apr 9, 2010 6:01 AM CDT reply actions