2010 Draft Redux-A Different Route

No I don’t believe taking Suh and Colt would have helped this team anymore than Sam is right now because you assume that Colt could have done the same work Sam did and we don’t know if he could have. Colt nor Suh would have made the impact that Sam did and probably would have been picking in the top 10 again this year and probably take a first round QB in my opinion. Then you bring up Defenses winning in the playoffs and while that is true look at the QB from last year… Mr. Rodgers who isn’t just a pushover and then the year before that there was Drew Brees and another year before that it was Big Ben and last time I checked all of those QBs are top flight. My bottom line here is you need a above average QB to win not just a great defense and a mediocre Qb and to suggest that that’s all you need is just ridiculous. Sam will eventually be a top flight QB when he gets the needed help and make a bigger impact than Suh and Colt. If the Rams had passed on Bradford they would have been laughed at by many…

i remember ppl on stltoday site saying they wont be fans if vick was on the team lol. if i was gm we would made the playoffs last year and been a contender this year. then we couldakept lewis and seen what he could have turned into when vick left. vick SJ39 Avery = sick fast offense , suh long JL andf kept Oj on D that would have been my team but u know spags loves those slow 4 pillar guys

I myself have always been under the impression that a good Defense will normally beat a good Offense. in football, Offenses are more scripted and Defenses are more reactionary. So if you can get a group of 11 guys together that are exceptionally good at reacting to what ever an offense throws at you, well, that’s special.
That being said, and I know this sounds somewhat contradictory to the above… The QB position is without a doubt the most important position in football. Whether or not you find that statement to be debatable, well, that’s up to you. I believe it to be true and enough so that it takes precedence. Bradford’s talents were above and beyond any QB that came out of that draft. And any QB prior to it. Yes…I believe him to be better than Stafford, Ryan or Sanchez. How we utilize those talent’s and what we surround him with will make the difference.
Yes, Suh is a talented DT and I’d love to have him. But everything being considered, especially that timing factor of these to player coming out in the same draft and us needing both… I’d still take Bradford.

So whats the point of talking about “What If”?

and more to do with the positional value. Bradford is a really good QB, approaching his potential. Suh is a really good DT. Was the problem with our team, pre-Bradford, our inability to stop the run and rush the passer? To an extent, yes, but you acknowledge our D wasn’t all that bad. Did we have a problem with our QB position? Hell yes.

I also think you’re way clouded in thinking we just sit until McCoy hits the 3rd. Hypothetically, if we picked Suh, we’d probably either immediately address the QB spot (w/Clausen) or not at all (Feely becomes the guy). Then, being pessimistic, no one else we grab works out (assuming you think Murphy’s a bust), then our only contribution to the team is a good DT. And again, good DT’s don’t win games, QB’s do. Suh is lucky to have Stafford on his team, and even so, they went 8-24 their 1st 2 years with Stafford (the second one including Suh) before this emergence (curiously coinciding with Stafford’s 3rd year at QB…hmm, surprisingly predictable).

0-3, without an extremely promising young QB who—given some time, some protection, and some WRs who aren’t abject laughable rejects—will likely rise into the top echelon of NFL QBs.

I don’t doubt Sam’s ability to do that. I do doubt this organization’s ability to accommodate those other ingredients essential to Sam’s success.

Colt McCoy was a 4 year starter at Texas. His lowest completion percentage was 65.1%. I thought McCoy was a great value pick in the draft. McCoy has the pedigree to become every bit as elite as Bradford.

It is amazing that we are debating the 2 strongest aspects of the Rams…The D-Line and the QB. As of right now, you would have an even better D-Line…with a secondary that still sucks, and Colt McCoy MIGHT have one or two less sacks, but that would only be because he runs better than Sam. No better than the receivers were in last years draft, they should have taken a corner and continued to build the O-Line.