2011 Draft: It's time to put on the brass ones and tell it like it is...

No need to pussyfoot around it.

At first i was steaming but after calming down we got what we needed in a way.
We needed a TE that was reliable and could catch in traffic and that’s what we got.
We needed a WR that could catch the ball, stay on the field and fight for position and that’s what we got.
I don’t agree with you comparison with Gilyard seeing as they’re two different types of players, Gilyard more of a burner.

The Quinn medcial thing isn’t an issue, he’s had it since high school and it hasn’t hurt him since.

The TE could have been a reach, but Spags is a great defense minded guy. If he didn’t like the DT’s then I’m good with the it. Plus he doesn’t have durability concerns, and was said to be the 2nd best TE, according to some people.

Austin Pettis I don’t know much about him, but he is a WR that Mcdaniels likes. He has been producing for years, he has size and uses it. He could develop into a good weapon.

But I honestly think Pettis is what we were missing at receiver last year. Not necessarily a #1 receiver, just one who can make the 3rd downs and catch the ball when the game is on the line. He has great hands, and from the Boise State games I watched, was pretty adept at catching the ball in traffic.

The Kendricks pick shocked me, and it does mean one of the TE picks last year was unnecessary. Probably Onobun. It seems that the focus of the draft has been about giving Sam the best shot at improvement.When you think about it, we rely on this happening to have any shot at a success. Much more than anything else.

Out of everything, our safeties are worrying me the most at the moment. But I’ll hold my accusations until we’re done with the rest of the draft and especially free agency. I’m not saying I totally agree with the direction they’ve taken, just that I can see where they’re coming from, and they’re probably not as stupid as you think.

These weren’t the best needs, but the Rams do need talent. I’m sure we can all agree on that. Do we have bigger needs at DT OLB and OG of course.

However, FA or a trade would help the DT situation (Coefield.) Spags never draft high on OLB’s, but I think we will get one round 4.

At guard Billy D said Greco will see more, so hopefully he starts over Goldberg. If not, oh well we can do that next year.

either it turns out great and we have a hell of a season, either it doesn’t turn out at all and we get to pick early next year and Justin Blackmon will be there up for grabs…

Reading a few posts on the NFL draft page and come across a golden nugget. It makes sense to me.
noc10 says:
Baker….on the WR pick…We all assume that we need a #1 reciever. but at this point I don’t think that the Rams will be using that standard model…I thin k we willnot be lining up with 2 WR and a RB very often….From what I’ve seen of McD, and judging from the picks, McD is going to go for something like a spread offence…I think he will be putting out 5 reciever sets with a RB….for that, you don’t need a deep threat, just people who are good at catching the ball, because the D will be so spread out and disorganized that any catch could well go for major YAC……We’;ve been thinking inside the box and McD doesn’t.

I had OG, and DT as our biggest need. Arkansas OG, and Marcus Cannon could be good picks. I hope we do draft a OLB.

A,B, B, A
Obviously this isn’t a perfect gauge for draft success (we won’t know that for a few years down the road), but the point is, Walter Cherepinsky is a pretty sharp draft expert, and if his opinion is so far off from yours, perhaps that says something about you. You certainly have the right to “put on the brass knuckles” and “tell it like it is” and be the big tough guy cynic around here, but really, I really think you’d rip the front office no matter what they did.

I know you’re a veteran on this blog, and i’m just a nobody, but come on. Put the brass knuckles away. To tell it like it is, what you say actually has to be how it really is.

I think everything you’ve said on this post is wayyy too much of an overreaction. Any reasonable person can notice that. I think this draft, while not exactly the direction I expected the FO to go in, is going to have its own separate set of benefits. The G and DT position do still need to be upgraded, as does the OLB position at some point, but just because they haven’t yet in April isn’t the end of the world. TRam, Jigzaw, RG31 and guys like that are trying to be reasonable and, more importantly, act like adults. Whether or not this draft is awesome or sucks (i repeat, we won’t know for a few years), you could really take a hint from them.

Umm… yeah I hated the Rams draft and I’m with you (Yikes!). We addressed two minor needs and ignored the five biggest so I find it hard to like the draft at all.

Then we can say how bad are needs are.

But we can still get an undrafted guy like Locke has the Mark who had cancer been drafted?

Spags scheme made our defense good last season, so I’m not going to judge the defense. The defense wasn’t the best but we didn’t allow a lot of redzone TD’s.

I say the number 1 thing that we need is a good DT. If we get that in the draft, and our offense plays better, then I am good.

but then I watched film on the WR’s and changed my mind. You have to remember that McDaniels is changing the offense and has a plan of his own. I think its going to be okay, hell the lockout might not be over anyway.

No one can judge a draft pick until they play in the system. You’ve been around long enough to know that.

If and when they fail, then holler.
If and when they turn out to be valuable picks, then holler.

Until then, its all speculation, which you’re perfectly entitled to do (and its fun), but I really don’t know why you would close your mind to the possibility these guys can be valuable contributors in the Rams system, and believe with such prejudice that there is failure afoot.

Blind belief — you rail against it. Remember? So why engage in it?