Rams 53 Man ROSTER - 2012 NFL Draft & Free Agency

I know a lot of things must fall in place perfectly for any of this to happen, but it all starts with a trade in the draft. If we acquired the picks below, I believe each of these draft prospects should be available at the given pick, and that each player is the best at their position or overall according to the times we're on the clock. I would love to see these picks as well as our first successful draft in all rounds.

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NFL DRAFT

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Trade back with Washington for much needed picks and depth.

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Early Round Must Haves (positions at least)

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1.6 : Riley Reiff OT, Iowa

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2.1 : Lavonte David SLB, Nebraska

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2.7 : Brandon Thompson DT, Clemson

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3.2 : Cyrus Gray RB, Texas A&M (Great change of pace back for SJAX, really possesses Balance, Speed, High-Motor, nearly always falls forward for that extra yard or two. Always keeps legs thrusting, perfect size with thickness that won't allow you to arm-tackle or tackle up high.)

Coach Sherman referred to Gray as a "guy you want to marry your daughter" because of his attitude and work ethic on and off the field. Accepts whatever role he is given on the team, supports teammates who may get more touches. "We" player, deflects praise to teammates.

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-Talent in Later Rounds-

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4.1 : Joe Adams WR/KR/PR, Arkansas (Total package as a mid-round receiver, and fastest receiver overall. Can't see what would go wrong if he was put into the mix with Lloyd, Amendola, Salas and maybe Alexander etc...)

I know yall remember these:

#1 Top Plays: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6guAgMRP_c

Cotton Bowl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M8sU8f_Aes

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4.7 : Jerry Franklin SLB, Arkansas (Best looking NFL prospect from the Hogs since McFadden and most under appreciated LB in college and this draft IMO. Built at 6-1, 245 lb, Franklin was born into fire freshman year where he thrived and later became leading tackler at Arkansas all 4 of his years, he's expected to play 4-3 Sam LB in the league. Known for never allowing broken tackles, Jerry (4.60 forty) is the fastest of all linebackers going in the first 6 rounds. I think its only fair I show this dudes numbers...)

Vs. Ranked Teams - Tackles

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Freshman- 81 total tackles

#1 Florida- 9 (Nat'l Champs, Tebow)

#2 Texas- 6 (beat Sam's OU, got screwed out of title game)

#6 Alabama- 6

#14 Ole Miss- 8

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Sophomore- 94 tackles

#1 Florida- 5 (5 solo tackles)

#3 Alabama- 10 (Nat'l Champs, Ingram, Richardson)

#15 LSU- 13

#20 Ole Miss- 8

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Junior- 100 tackles

#1 Alabama- 11

#5 LSU- 3

#5 Ohio St- 7 (Sugar Bowl)

#7 Auburn- 10 & 2 sacks on Cam (Nat'l Champs, Newton)

#15 Miss St- 20

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Senior- 101 tackles

#1 LSU- 6

#2 Alabama- 2..meh (Nat'l Champs)

#8 Kansas St- 8 (Cotton Bowl)

#14 Texas A&M- 11

#15 Auburn- 15

I think its safe to say i like Jerry and his consistency a whole lot.

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6.1 : Brad Smelley FB/TE, Alabama (Have only heard and seen good things especially from the Shrine game. I think most would agree with drafting someone in the 6th that plays two positions while actually staying past training camp plus as a potential starter.)

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7.2 : Charles Mitchell SS, Mississippi St (What a steal this could be. Another greatly under appreciated SEC defender with rich history. As captain of the defense he lead Miss St to hold Alabama and LSU to their lowest outputs of the season in scoring besides the two times playing each other. Charles had 16 tackles against #1 LSU earlier this year. Mitchell has consistently been a top overall safety in the SEC in the last 2 years; only behind Max Barron and maybe last year's Ahmad Black (Florida) and this year's Brandon Taylor (LSU) who has bust written all over him IMO.

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Free Agency & Signings

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Definitely Re-Sign these boys:

Brandon Lloyd

Danny Amendola

Chris Chamberlain

Adam Goldberg

Tony Wragge

Rod Hood

Mark LeVoir

Kellen Clemens

Stephen Spach

Gary Gibson

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I think these guys are absolute musts: (6/7)

Cortland Finnegan CB

Ben Grubbs OG

Manny Lawson SLB

Jason Jones DT

And address atleast some of these:

Solid backup OC

Solid backup FS

Solid backup DE

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Longshot options, hopefully we could snatch up one:

Pierre Garcon WR

Rocky McIntosh WLB

Michael Griffin FS

Jo-Lunn Dunbar SLB

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Rams 53-Man Roster - Depth Chart

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QB

Sam Bradford

Kellen Clemens

RB

Steven Jackson

*Cyrus Gray

WR

Brandon Lloyd...(Pierre Garcon?)

Danny Amendola

*Joe Adams...Brandon Gibson $

Greg Salas

Austin Pettis

Danario Alexander?

FB

*Brad Smelley (FB/TE)

TE

Lance Kendricks

Mike Hoomanawanui

Stephen Spach

OT

*Riley Reiff

Rodger Saffold...Jason Smith $

Mark LeVoir

*Jovan Olafioye (newly acquired)

Thomas Welch

OG

*Ben Grubbs

Harvey Dahl...Jacob Bell $

Adam Goldberg

Bryan Mattison

OC

Tony Wragge

*Backup Free Agent*...Jason Brown $

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DE

Chris Long

Robert Quinn

James Hall

*Backup Free Agent*...Eugene Sims or C.J. Ah You??

DT

*Jason Jones...Fred Robbins? $

*Brandon Thompson

Justin Bannan

Gary Gibson

Jermelle Cudjo?

WLB

*Lavonte David

Chris Chamberlain

MLB

James Laurinaitis

Josh Hull

SLB

*Manny Lawson

*Jerry Franklin (SLB/MLB)

CB

*Cortland Finnegan…Ron Bartell? $

Bradley Fletcher

Jerome Murphy

Josh Gordy

Rod Hood

Justin King??? (Nickel)

SS

Darian Stewart

*Charles Mitchell...Craig Dahl??

FS

Quentin Mikell

*Backup Free Agent*

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May seem a bit hopeful getting the likes of Finnegan, Grubbs, Lawson, Jones and either Lloyd or Garcon. But I see a possibility if we were to release/ cut Jason Smith, Jason Brown, Bartell, Jacob Bell, Josh Brown, Robbins, C Dahl, B Gibson, Clayton, Butler and Feeley. What do you guys think