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Bill Polian's Pre-War Room Questions

I was listening to The Herd with Colin Cowherd today, and he brought Bill Polian in to talk about the draft. He talked about how he managed the process of analyzing prospects. It was pretty insightful when he talked about how the day leading up to the draft went down:

... We would bring the senior scouts back in, and show them the board and say 'Who's up there that you don't like, that you hate... and who should be up there? And then third, who do you want on this football team? You have one choice, who do you want on this football team." So we'd go back around again and let them have the last word just so to be sure that the head coach and I and the assistant GM aren't being carried away by our own voices...

So let's try this out, shall we? He asks 3 questions, and we can use the list of prospects that have visited with the Rams, via WalterFootball. (Although I hate crediting him with anything). Here's the list, and the 3 questions are down below as a reminder:

St. Louis Rams:
Oday Aboushi, OL, Virginia (PRI)
Keenan Allen, WR, California (PRI)
Ezekiel Ansah, DL, BYU (SR)
Terron Armstead, OL, Arkansas-Pine Bluff (PRI)
Tavon Austin, WR, West Virginia (PRI)
David Bass, DL, Missouri Western (PRI)
Xavier Brewer, CB, Clemson (EW)
Arthur Brown, LB, Kansas State (PRI)
Tank Carradine, DL, Florida State (VINT)
Sanders Commings, DB, Georgia (VINT)
Aaron Dobson, WR, Marshall (SR)
Jack Doyle, TE, Western Kentucky (SR)
Andre Ellington, RB, Clemson (SR)
Johnathan Franklin, RB, UCLA (PRI)
D.J. Fluker%, OT, Alabama (PRI) (COM)
Mike Gillislee, RB, Florida (PRI)
Khaseem Greene, LB, Rutgers (PRI)
Terry Hawthorne, DB, Illinois (PRO)
Gerald Hodges, LB, Penn State (PRI)
DeAndre Hopkins%, WR, Clemson (PRI%)
Justin Hunter, WR, Tennessee (PRI)
Micah Hyde, CB, Iowa (EW)
Josh Johnson, CB, Purdue (EW)
Lane Johnson, OT, Oklahoma (COM)
Jarvis Jones, OLB, Georgia (COM)
Travis Kelce, TE, Cincinnati (COM)
Eddie Lacy, RB, Alabama (PRI)
Marcus Lattimore, RB, South Carolina (PRI)
Robert Lester, DB, Alabama (SR#)
Kyle Long, OL, Oregon (PRI)
Vance McDonald, TE, Rice (SR)
T.J. Moe, WR, Missouri (PRO)
Sio Moore, LB, Connecticut (PRI)
Xavier Nixon, OL, Florida (SR)
Alec Ogletree, LB, Georgia (PRI)
Toben Opurum, FB, Kansas (INT)
Cordarrelle Patterson, WR, Tennessee (PRI)
Quinton Patton, WR, Louisiana Tech (PRI)
Will Pericak, DL, Colorado (EW)
Keith Pough, LB, Howard (INT)
Bacarri Rambo, DB, Georgia (SR)
Kevin Reddick, LB, North Carolina (SR)
Sheldon Richardson, DT, Missouri (COM)
Ace Sanders, WR, South Carolina (PRI)
Shamarko Thomas, DB, Syracuse (PRI)
Hugh Thornton, OL, Illinois (PRI)
Desmond Trufant, DB, Washington (SR)
Conner Vernon, WR, Duke (SR#)
Spencer Ware, RB, Rams (PRI)
Larry Warford, OL, Kentucky (PRI)
Earl Watford%, OL, James Madison (PRI) (EW)
Menelik Watson%, OT, Florida State (PRI) (COM)
Melvin White, CB, Louisiana Lafayette (EW)
Brandon Williams, DL, Missouri Southern (PRI)
Nathan Williams, LB, Ohio State (EW)
Sylvester Williams, DL, North Carolina (SR)
Terrance Williams, WR, Baylor (PRI)
Blidi Wreh-Wilson, DB, Connecticut (SR)

  • Who do you hate on this board?
  • Who do you think should be added?
  • You have one choice, who needs to be on this team?

Speak your mind below!