CFB open thread & week 3 watch list

by 3k on Sep 16, 2010 6:00 PM CDT in 2011 NFL Draft

Thursdays are kind of weird in the football season.

Every Thursday, I'm still thinking about the game from last weekend while going over the upcoming one. By Friday morning, the previous weekend has faded out, filed away in my brain's football archives for later use. Gladly, college football usually takes over on Thursdays and I'm digging through my notes on prospects, scouring for more information about guys, especially those beyond the first two rounds, and putting together my list of prospects to check out. So tonight, I say goodbye to Thursday. It's been real.

The slate of college games this weekend doesn't have the powerhouse matchups we had last weekend, although that certainly didn't produce as many fireworks as one might have hoped, outside of Denard Robinson. But that's ok. There's still plenty to enjoy, starting with tonight's Cincy-North Carolina St. game. And besides, next weekend is STACKED with great college games, so here's your one off.

Here's my watch list, and as always, for NFL Draft notes, head to Mocking the Draft. Holler.

Poll

What position on the Rams' roster do you think most deserves a 1st round talent from the 2011 Draft?

RB - Steven's not gettin any younger

81 votes

WR - Bradford needs a better option, and someone he can develop with over the next 5 years

260 votes

DT - We've got to get someone more talented on the interior of our D-line

26 votes

DE - Chris Long can't go it alone, and the rest of the depth chart is just that: depth

67 votes

Other (explain in comments)

12 votes

446 votes | Poll has closed

Tweet Comment 24 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

I voted other

I think they should draft the best player in the draft available.
They do need a WR, but I haven’t even started looking at the prospects, the draft is too far away.

"Twin-headed infinite swirling vortex of grotesque suckitude known as Tony Clark and Eric Byrnes"

by sergey606 on Sep 16, 2010 6:38 PM CDT reply actions

Too far away?

Brother, I could drop a four round mock of the 2013 Draft on command…

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 Sep 16, 2010 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions

I think so

Who knows what can happen during the season? Injuries, under-performances, overachievers, opting to stay another year in college, etc.

Personally (i’m not a scout or the FO), I pay attention to certain players, but mock drafts start way too early.

"Twin-headed infinite swirling vortex of grotesque suckitude known as Tony Clark and Eric Byrnes"

by sergey606 on Sep 16, 2010 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions

T J Barnes

DT from Georgia Tech in 2013 baby.

by dbcouver on Sep 16, 2010 9:36 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

He's interesting

He actually looks to me like he could gain more weight. If that’s the case, he’s only useful as a 3-4 NT. Still, he could be a franchise changer on the right team. Of course, we’re three weeks into his sophomore season, so…

by 3k on Sep 16, 2010 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions

+1000

c’mon, 3k. We’ve got a long way to go. Stop over here (I’m in GA). Let’s have a few cold ones and talk about now.

by Brawnwitch on Sep 17, 2010 12:06 AM CDT up reply actions

Holt was a second round pick

Lets get book end DE

by Rams311 on Sep 16, 2010 7:17 PM CDT reply actions

Torry Holt was the Rams

pick in the 1st round, #6 overall and the first WR taken in 1999.

by andyhawk on Sep 16, 2010 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions

+1 lol

nice making up facts to back up your point :D lol

Bradford to Onobun!

by Infemous on Sep 17, 2010 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions

btw

you need a kicker/punter option.
can’t pass up on a good one in the first round.

We trade it away…since we can’t afford a top 2 pick again (hope not though)…

"Twin-headed infinite swirling vortex of grotesque suckitude known as Tony Clark and Eric Byrnes"

by sergey606 on Sep 16, 2010 7:20 PM CDT reply actions

lots of top wrs this year, maybe we can trade down or we will get a mid round 1st?

other positions easier to fill through free agency

Sam the MAN!

by loyal2therams on Sep 16, 2010 8:42 PM CDT reply actions

, and trades.

Sam the MAN!

by loyal2therams on Sep 16, 2010 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions

and sorry for triple post. but we've got to get Vincent Jackson

if it’s not too much (3rd or lower maybe? two 3rds even?)

Our top day 2 pick will be valuable

Sam the MAN!

by loyal2therams on Sep 16, 2010 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Wr.... and more

     There are a lot of impressive wrs coming out of the draft this year but I like Julio Jones the most. It seems like espn is all about AJ Green but I have and still do think Julio Jones will be a beast in the NFL , but with all the depth this year in the position, hopefully we won’t be the team forced to take the first one off the board.
     Also other players that I have seen play lately and I would love to get given they somehow get overlooked or slip through in the next few drafts. Noel Devine, if he went as a second rounder would be a player I would love for the Rams to get. I find it hard to believe he’ll fall out of the first though. Also Robert Quinn (could maybe slip due to ineligibility) and Greg Romeus (could slip because he recently was hurt for the season).
     Some players that have seen over the past few weeks that have me excited already are Miami’s Ray Ray Armstrong. I love a big safety that can lay a big hit and get to the ball (we saw first hand how valuable that can be with Adrian Wilson) and can’t imagine how nice it would be to have him with Atogwe at safety. Also, Oregon has a sophomore corner named Cliff Harris, who I had never heard of before, that i’m still excited about after watching him play against tennessee almost a week ago. Both of those guys, along with Kevin Reddick, a lb from UNC, have me looking anxiously towards the future.

by NCRam55 on Sep 16, 2010 9:27 PM CDT reply actions

TE

I’d love to see Bradford have not just a security-blanket type tight end (e.g. Jay Novacek, Jason Witten), but a real game-changer. The kind of guy too fast for linebackers to cover and too big for safeties (Tony Gonzalez, Antonio Gates).

by mikemcd41 on Sep 16, 2010 9:34 PM CDT reply actions

onobun?

"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall." - Vince Lombardi

by VTramsFan on Sep 16, 2010 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions

i was thinking the same thing...lol... it is his exaxt description

by stlfan2004 on Sep 16, 2010 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Of course I considered our rookies

…but in looking at the top 10 TE leaders in receiving yards, you don’t see many “diamond in the rough” players. Obviously, there’s the undrafted Antonio Gates, and 5th-rounder Brent Celek. But after that you’ve got 1st-rounders in Dallas Clark, Vernon Davis, Tony Gonzalez, Kellen Winslow, and Heath Miller; 2nd-round Zach Miller; and 3rd-rounders in Jason Witten and Jermichael Finley. Even if you throw in the next 4 guys, you’re including Greg Olsen, Todd Heap, and Jeremy Shockey (all 1st rounders) and John Carlson (2nd).

Generally speaking, the TEs who are going to be game-changers get identified coming out of college and get drafted early. I truly hope for the Rams sake that Onobun is an exception, but you’d think another team would have spotted him.

by mikemcd41 on Sep 17, 2010 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions

If we traded for VJax

As CBs generally contribute sooner I’d like CB Patrick Peterson in round one and then make a splash and pick up a starting quality DE and DT in FA.

Then use picks 3, 4 & 5 for OLB, RB & OL.

by RamintheUK on Sep 17, 2010 12:28 AM CDT reply actions

I'm Surprised

That there were so many votes for WR. Even though there is no true #1 WR, I see more of a need to have a top tier back-up for SJax. I don’t follow college FB, but unless there’s someone out there that would step in right away and be the #1 WR, the need to draft a back shoud be more important. He’s not getting any younger and by the end of the season Bradford will have a much better repore with the receivers that are here now (barring anymore injuries). And the chances of picking up a veteran receiver next year have to better than the aging talent at RB in the NFL.
You know that management will make good choices in the draft, but until someone shows me one player that would be too good to pass up at WR, the need should out weigh the want in the first round.

by Taosman on Sep 17, 2010 11:22 AM CDT reply actions