2011 NFL Draft Grades: Fans evaluate the St. Louis Rams' draft

by Ryan Van Bibber on May 2, 2011 8:05 AM CDT in 2011 NFL Draft

The most important draft grades for the St. Louis Rams are right, from the fans. Big props is due to the family of Rams fans here at TST. All through the draft, thoughtful, amusing and thorough discussion was the rule here at TST, and the number of excellent fan posts astounded me. Since we're still talking draft grades, I rounded up some of the fanposts to try and capture the wide variety of feelings coming from fans about the draft.

AmpLified Draft Reaction - Turf Show Times
AmpLee gives us his draft reaction. It took some adjustments but the long-time TSTer likes the tight end pick, and reminds us how Detroit thrashed the Rams last season with double TEs when the Rams shut down Calvin Johnson.

Response to Rams Draft Critics: - Turf Show Times
Jigzsaw weighs in on the draft. Naturally, Quinn gets an A, and it's a solid group of B-students after that. It was interesting to hear one person who was pulling for the Rams to pick South Florida DT Terrell McClain in round two.

Draft Grades: Rams - Turf Show Times
Infemous expresses some concern over going off the board with McDaniels' wishes to draft a tight end...as well as some concern about how the Rams will look should McDaniels leave in two years as many expect when he gets tapped for a head coaching job.

How quickly we forget (the TE problem) - Turf Show Times
Marmie is the best reminds us of the last time the Rams had two tight ends...Joe Klopfenstein and Dominique Byrd. Both of those players were a little different than the current top two TEs, I will say. Byrd had big time character issues. Hoomanawanui has already shown that he can be what Klop wasn't...if he can stay healthy.

2011 Draft: Rounds 1-3 A Respectful Antithesis - Turf Show Times
The title from Zoo says it all. Great and thorough analysis of each pick.

Another Absurdly Early Depth Chart - Turf Show Times
DekaJ projects the depth chart. Goodbye Fendi Onobun and Daniel Fells. I think keeping 7 WRs might be a stretch, but it's going to be an interesting battle to sort those spots out this year.

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by stlcardsfan4 on May 2, 2011 8:11 AM CDT reply actions

i agreed with yours the most

but it looks like only the good grades made the cut

by NICKSC on May 2, 2011 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions

Aye. Same here. TST staff is going to overplay the positives while downplaying the many negatives.

by RamChop on May 2, 2011 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions

Me too

Wolf. Wolfgang Wolf

by dbcouver on May 2, 2011 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions

They're not stylish picks, but...

…this fall there will be plenty many regrets that our offense has to rely on OG’s like Goldberg, Bell or even the missing-in-action never-was Greco. I couldn’t stand nut case Incognito. But it looks like he got the last laugh. Maybe his many penalties were worth it since he apparently could help open a running lane?

by RamChop on May 2, 2011 10:36 AM CDT reply actions

I'm ok with the 1st 3rd and 4th picks #2 is iffy

but damn an OG would of been good

by chndlr54 on May 2, 2011 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions

I have to hope that I am also wrong in being critical of the Rams draft selections.

The Rams seem to always go off the rails after the first or second round. As fans, we always seem to have to do research after the draft to rationalize many of the later picks. I know there wasn’t a single Rams fan or analyst that thought the Rams should have selected a tight end in the second round.

I believe that Evan Silva said it best, "Devaney addressed his weakest spots by tossing multiple uninspiring picks at the positions. The Rams got one good pass rusher. We’re not sure they improved in any other area".

http://drafthq.nbcsports.com/team_picks.aspx

by RamFan876 on May 2, 2011 2:51 PM CDT reply actions