Psycho_X said:

Unless the new CBA changed the language I know before a team had to give it's original first round pick (or whatever round pick the tender is) and if they do not have their original pick for the round needed they can not put an offer in. Only exception is if they traded for another teams pick in that round and it is better than the original pick received.

So for reference, if Miami traded their original 1st rounder pick 18 they could still use the pick from Houston at #4 to put an offer sheet on a 1st round RFA. But if the Jets traded the #2 overall and got no other picks back they couldn't then use the #23 from Seattle to put a first round tender on a 1st round tender RFA.

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That would make sense. Thanks for the clarification.
Team has 15th pick in draft and wants to sign a 1st round tender player, in theory could trade the #15 for the #32 and receive multiple picks to move down. Then only lose the #32. That CBA rule would totally prevent that.

I watched the first Gatti vs Ward fight live. It was on HBO Boxing After Dark and it was supposed to be a tune up fight for Gatti.

Well, Gatti breaks his right hand in the 2nd round and Ward fought the fight of his life and it turned into a war. Most entertaining fight I've ever seen.

Problem was that I was watching after everyone went to sleep and I was whisper-shouting at the top of my lungs at the end of each round and by the middle of the fight, knew it was the most entertaining fight I'd ever see.

Rams43 said:

Don’t be surprised to see a raised offseason priority on ILB by Rams braintrust.

Could be trade, FA, or draft. I dunno, but I do expect something there. Almost seems too obvious, huh?

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Why do I have a feeling that we restructure a ton and go after Lavonte David? Tampa Bay has champagne problems in that they have too many good players to sign. They drafted a player they really like behind David and we REALLY need a stud at ILB.

I dunno. I've just felt for quite awhile that while I might like for us to make moves on the OL, I think we'll focus on the draft and maybe sign Mack... but we'll focus more on shoring up the D.

AD will go down as the best interior lineman to play the game.

UFA: Fox, Rivers, McQuaide
DRAFT: Eskridge, Kindley
VET: T Karras, N Hewitt, Clowney

OldSchool said:

You did notice that /s in my post you quoted right it's the last 2 symbols in the post.

Fact is there is always some truth in sarcasm. I think Stafford is a good QB and hope for the best moving forward. But he's got a lot to prove to live up to this trade. I am honest though about him in saying 6 months ago the general opinion of him was he's an adequate aging QB who's never done much in the league. People forgive him his failings because he failed for another team. As I've said before. One of my favorite rumors going around here was people critical of Jared with no evidence that he wasn't taking things seriously and he and his pretty girlfriend were more interested in partying than anything and it affected his game. Again with no evidence yet we just traded for a guy that at the same age earned the nickname "Frat Stafford" by Lions fans. His other famous nickname is "Stat Padford" though that generally comes from NFCN non Lions fans.

There are in fact people here who won't tolerate anybody with a different opinion and do their best to attack and degrade people who are willing to express a counter point but those are a minority of posters. As we've seen in many topics.

McVay has made a lot of mistakes IMO (and in others opinions it seems) and is very very rarely held accountable or criticized for them. We all hope for the best we almost all disagree with Sneads drafting and he and McVay's decisions on free agents coming and going. But to some we're all expected to fall in line and be good little lemmings and ignore those mistakes going forward. It's tiring reading people who think the only issues the last couple years and why we haven't won a SB yet was Jared Goff.

Personally I have less of a desire to participate in the circle jerks that are going around, I'm sure they'll calm down eventually hopefully before the draft. Right now I have more fun spending time doing things other than participating on this board.

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Mea culpa. I legit didn’t see the /s.

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den-the-coach said:

Preach it Brother....Back then I was able to get Ram news two ways, going to a Library to read out of town newspapers the LA Herald back then, the LA Times and so forth, plus the Sporting News as during the offseason they had one paragraph about the Rams, but that was it back then.

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i remember the rampages. i think it only came out every 2 weeks during the off season. it seemed to have a couple of articles on players and mostly advertisements but we could not wait to get it because it was the only news we got on the rams.

Here's a good one guys. What's that about $1.3 million for 5th-8th place?

It's so much easier to just add speed to the slot in the draft. Amari Rodgers is what I'd like to see. That would change the look of this whole unit.

Then you restructure/move one of Kupp/Woods. Keeping both would be nice for the depth and then maybe we get Kupp healthy in the playoffs. But the slot types are plentiful in this draft and we could add that speed round 3ish.

Gerald Everett provides big-play ability in passing game | Free Agent Spotlight

Anytime Rams tight end Gerald Everett was on the field over the last four seasons, one could never rule out the possibility of an explosive pass play.

Of the 2017 second-round draft pick's 127 career receptions, 17 went for 20 or more yards. His 41 receptions for 417 yards in 2020 allowed him to maintain his double-digit career yards per reception average (10.9). And while Everett didn't take handoffs on jet sweeps often, that he was used in such a way spoke to his athleticism and explosiveness; he did average 6.2 yards per attempt across five attempts.

However, with Everett's rookie contract expiring, he is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent when the new league year begins on March 17.

So what's next for the Rams and Everett?

The Rams have the option of re-signing Everett. In doing so, they would bring back a player who played in 61 out of 64 regular season games in his first four seasons; the three he missed all came during the 2019 season, in addition to providing the aforementioned value to the offense.

Everett has said before that he's willing to do whatever he's asked – whether that's run-blocking, pass-protection or pass-catching. Experience in all of those roles in Rams head coach Sean McVay's offense would also justify bringing him back.

If Los Angeles and Everett go in a different direction, they could look internally to fill his vacated role through second-year tight end Brycen Hopkins. While the 2020 fourth-round pick out of Purdue played sparingly as a rookie, he offers a skillset similar to Everett's and still gained experience learning the offense as well as the technique tight ends coach Wes Phillips asks of his players.

The Rams could also look to the draft or free agency for Everett's replacement.

RamDino said:

Sure... everyone wants another megatron, but I don't see how getting rid of a receiver who catches 80 balls for 1000 yards, 6-8 TD's, and blocks on every single play, is a good idea. Especially if they are traded for a draft pick. Then again... who knows what happens next with Snead in charge.

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I’m not saying a negation but we have all possession receivers I think VJ can be what Kupp/woods is I think one of the 2 should get traded and I pick Kupp cause he gets injured every year

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That said I'm a huge proponent of either vaccine. There is only one way for us as a nation to put down this pandemic and it's via vaccinations. I've lost too many friends and family members to his horrific illness and I've seen the suffering first hand. I find it incomprehensible that people balk at the only protection against it.

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I have lost no one and know no one that has. And in my circle that is not unusual.

I respect everyones opinion with the vaccine. We are a divided nation right now because of this lack of respect.

That is all I want to say about that.

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You're a pilot. You trained and have expertise. You know that anecdotal evidence is just that...anecdotal. And no amount of anecdotes should change your mind regarding the aeronautics, physics, chemistry, electronics, or metallurgy regarding flight, modern aircraft or how they fly.

I mean, I could tell you that it's my opinion that jets should run on cow farts and I shouldn't listen to big oil because they're just trying to sell me something.

But you'd know how jets work, why using methane would be a bad idea and why AVGAS or aviation fuel which is a kerosene mix is the preferred fuel.

And just because neither I nor anyone I know has been involved in a plane crash doesn't mean my opinions about flight operations or safety should hold any weight and certainly shouldn't hold more weight than the folks who design, build and fly the planes, right?

It's no different in medicine. Moreover, these vaccines are without a doubt the most transparently developed in literally the history of medicine. And it's not close. The peer review process was more public than ever. It's actually shocking. They also have the least amount of ingredients. It's kind of a wake up call for how vaccines can be developed quickly in the future.

And, I'll repeat... as someone who lost a child to an interaction with a vaccine, if anyone has a reason to be skeptical, it's me. So I've spent a TON of time looking into this.

Honestly, I miss the days when we at least respected expertise over opinion... hard earned knowledge and continuing education to ensure mastery of a subject was highly regarded and respected.

Flight? Damn right I want an expert pilot.

Surgery? Not getting it without one.

Anesthesia? Michael Jackson found out the hard way that you NEED one.

Lawyer? Not having a really good lawyer is like fighting a battleship with a feather duster.

Pandemic? Experts. NO question. Why would I listen to Facebook and people who know so little about science that they don't even know the fields that would study viruses, track their spread or develop a vaccine over the people who have devoted decades to this very task?

I think we're divided because at one point without the transparency and access to raw information like we have now, we were gatekept and gaslit and it was healthy to be skeptical. It's still healthy to be skeptical, but most either forgot how to do it properly or never learned...and simply not believing is not the same as being a skeptic.

People are gonna do what they're gonna do and believe what they believe and I do respect that people have opinions. But whether it's the water in Flint, the power grid in Texas, or vaccine creation and distribution... we doom ourselves to an idiocracy if we don't foster subject mastery aka expertise even as we insist on transparency and constant vigilance.

I don't think we're divided because people don't respect others opinions (they don't, but I don't think that's the reason). I think we're divided because we're a nation of 330M people all with different opinions and we've come to elevate opinions over objective fact, science, evidence, reason, logic, knowledge and subject mastery.

If the scale is Spock to Kirk, we went from a medium Spock to ULTRA KIRK, only augmented and then further magnified by social media in the last 50 years. I like Kirk... a lot... but honestly... we need more Spock right now. Less opinion, less "my gut says", fewer anecdotes and more fact, more science and more logic.

Just to find a balance, at least.

I mean... I want EVERYONE to be around when we win the Super Bowl at home this season!!! Who'd wanna miss that?

Rams secondary could get tagged, one way or another

If the Rams didn’t already know the value of John Johnson and Troy Hill, they got a hint last month from that other star of the NFL’s best defensive secondary.

All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey told writers his finest season yet wouldn’t have been possible without Hill flashing versatility from the opposite corner and Johnson running the defense from the safety position.

Aware the Rams could lose Johnson and Hill to free agency, Ramsey said: “Hopefully they can figure something out.”

The next two weeks could reveal just how much the Rams value Johnson, Hill and outside linebacker Leonard Floyd, the most important of the team’s 12 unrestricted free agents.

Tuesday marks the opening of the NFL’s 14-day franchise-tag window, when a team can opt to lock in one of its free agents to a one-year contract at a league-prescribed salary and thus keep the player off the open market.

The Rams already made the biggest move of their offseason when they agreed Jan. 30 to trade quarterbacks with the Detroit Lions, giving up Jared Goff and draft picks to get the prolific Matthew Stafford.

Now, whether or how they use the franchise tag will offer clues to what else general manager Les Snead has in mind when the trading and free-agent signing period officially opens March 17 and the NFL draft rolls around April 29-May 1.

Improving on a 10-6 record and second-round playoff exit might require all of Snead’s tricks. The Rams are one of the teams that must do the most cutting to get under the salary cap, which will be lower for everybody after the league’s COVID-19-year revenue declines. The Rams don’t have a first-round draft pick for the fifth year in a row, having given up their 2020 and 2021 first-rounders in the 2019 Ramsey trade.

The sports payroll monitor Spotrac.com figures the Rams are $34.6 million over the cap right now – assuming the cap is about $185 million – the third-reddest ink in the league.

Once the NFL sets the salary cap, it also can set the salary figures for franchise tags, which bind a player to a team for one more season, and transition tags, which give teams the right to match other teams’ offers.

Overthecap.com, a font of salary-cap analysis, projects franchise-tags figures running from $24.1 million for quarterbacks down to $4.8 million for special-teams players. Perhaps most relevant to the Rams’ needs, according to Overthecap.com’s projections, a team would have to pay about $11.2 million to keep a safety for one year, $15.3 million for a cornerback and $15.6 million for a linebacker.

The Rams haven’t used a franchise or transition tag since 2018, and have used one three times in Snead’s nine years as GM. Snead, afraid of “bad karma,” said a year ago he likes to make the unilateral move only if it’s a “win-win” for team and player.

A franchise tag doesn’t make obvious sense for the Rams’ top free agents on offense – wide receiver Josh Reynolds and tight end Gerald Everett, with the team grooming replacements in 2020 draft picks Van Jefferson and Brycen Hopkins.

It might make more sense to use the franchise tag to hold onto Floyd, never mind the karma implications for a player looking for a big multi-year contract after taking a one-year deal to join the Rams and exploding for 10-1/2 sacks alongside Aaron Donald.

Tagging Johnson or Hill and re-signing the other would keep together a secondary that led the NFL in many pass-coverage stats. Johnson, 25, led the Rams in tackles and developed into a heady, personable team captain; younger safeties Taylor Rapp, Jordan Fuller and Terrell Burgess haven’t looked ready for that role. Hill, 29 and out of St. Bonaventure High in Ventura, started 16 games for the first time and ran back three turnovers for touchdowns in the last six weeks of the regular season.

Ramsey called Johnson “the most complete safety that I’ve played with,” and said of Hill, “Without him, and his versatility, him being able to play inside and outside, I wouldn’t have been able to be who I was this year.”

Something to consider as the Rams decide who to spend scarce money on, perhaps starting this week.

RAMS FREE AGENTS

Rams free agents are listed in order of the average annual value of contracts that expire March 17. Asterisks mark restricted free agents; double asterisks mark exclusive-rights free agents.

Offense: C Austin Blythe ($3.9 million), RB Malcolm Brown ($1.65 million), TE Gerald Everett ($1.5 million), QB Blake Bortles ($1.05 million), WR Josh Reynolds ($762,005), TE Johnny Mundt* ($750,000), C Coleman Shelton** ($675,000)

Defense: OLB Leonard Floyd ($10 million), CB Troy Hill ($1.6 million), OLB Derek Rivers ($826,224), DE Morgan Fox ($825,000), S John Johnson ($814,688), OLB Samson Ebukam ($753,271), CB Darious Williams* ($570,000), OLB Travin Howard** ($540,000)

Special teams: LS Jake McQuaide ($1.175 million)

RamFan503 said:

I believe he was let go. Is he still with the team?

And the Rams and Kromer mutually decided to part ways? This sounds a lot like a rebuilding - but not of the team - but of the coaching staff. I think it is clear that McVay wasn't happy with the offense in probably every aspect - especially line play. We may just see his stamp showing up on the whole team. Shit could get interesting quick.

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He’s now a consultant

Gone yet not forgotten from our eyes on ROD. This was very interesting.
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NFC West 2021 offseason needs: Playoff-caliber teams battle to win free agency in NFL's toughest division

The NFC West lived up to its reputation as the best division in football last season, with all four teams beating each other up throughout the regular season. The defending NFC champions, the San Francisco 49ers, missed the playoffs as a result of the loaded NFC West -- while the Arizona Cardinals were eliminated from the postseason race on the final day of the regular season (with Kyler Murray getting injured).

Two teams ended up making the playoffs in the NFC West, the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams. The Seahawks won the division, but were bounced out of the playoffs by the Rams in the wild-card round. Los Angeles ended up getting eliminated by the Green Bay Packers the next week, a product of going through the gauntlet of the NFC West.

The Rams already made the biggest offseason splash by acquiring Matthew Stafford and trading Jared Goff, which could instantly make them a Super Bowl contender. Russell Wilson has forced the Seahawks' hand by asking them to improve their roster or else he may want out. The 49ers will be much better after being ravaged by injuries in 2002, and the Cardinals are still one of the rising young teams in the league with Kyler Murray as their quarterback.

With the offseason in full swing, let's break down each team in the NFC West and what they need to do to improve their rosters in 2021 -- and make a run at the postseason. Let's face it, all these teams are playoff caliber.

Seattle Seahawks

Needs: CB, OL, LB, RB

The Seahawks have some work to do in order to retain some key players this offseason, especially at running back. While former first-round pick Rashaad Penny deserves a chance at a starting job, it will be hard for Seattle to not re-sign Chris Carson or Carlos Hyde. Carson is 10th in the NFL in rushing yards (3,270) with 1,000-yard rushing seasons in 2018 and 2019 -- so a pay raise is coming.

Allowing Shaquill Griffin to walk will be tough for the Seahawks to recover from, so re-signing him should be a top priority. A Pro Bowler in 2019, opposing quarterbacks had a 93.3 passer rating when targeting Griffin, who had three interceptions and 12 passes defensed last season. Keeping Griffin in the fold is vital for a Seahawks defense that allowed just 19.1 points per game and an 87.4 passer rating to opposing quarterbacks over the final nine games of the year.

Russell Wilson is tired of getting sacked, so the Seahawks have to make sure to keep him happy. Using that available cap space to sign a free agent offensive lineman and prioritizing the line in the draft could be enough to keep the quarterback satisfied. The Seahawks had 46 sacks last season (seventh in the NFL), and 182 pressures (third in the NFL) -- but the pass rush was aided by the presence of K.J. Wright (who is also a free agent). Not re-signing Wright could be devastating for the Seahawks.

CBS draft projections: No first-round pick. Seattle traded its first-round pick to the New York Jets in the Jamal Adams trade. Ryan Wilson, Josh Edwards, and Chris Trapasso don't have the Seahawks trading up and making a first-round pick.

Projected cap space (via Over The Cap): $4,391,354 under the cap (No. 17 in the NFL)

Los Angeles Rams

Needs: OLB, DE, C, T

The Rams already filled their biggest need by acquiring Matthew Stafford from the Detroit Lions, giving up two first-round picks to Detroit to take Jared Goff off their hands. Los Angeles is paying $22.2 million in dead cap for Goff to not be on the roster, but received a significant upgrade in Stafford.

Now comes filling out the rest of the roster. John Johnson III is a free agent and Los Angeles is going to have a difficult time re-signing him. The Rams will also have to decide if Leonard Floyd is worth bringing back, but he's one of the premier pass rushers on the market after a career year with the Rams. Los Angeles has proven pass rushing linebackers have immense success in its defense -- with Floyd and Dante Fowler Jr. There will be cheaper options if the Rams decide not to go with Floyd.

The Rams tied for 14th in the NFL in pressures (147) last season, but finished second in the league with 53 sacks. Those numbers will be hard for the Rams to top again, no matter how well their defensive line played in 2020 (especially with the departure of defensive coordinator Brandon Staley). Adding another pass rusher will be beneficial toward the defense in 2021.

Austin Blythe is a free agent, but center is a position the Rams can upgrade if they choose to. The Rams don't exactly downgrade if they bring Blythe back, even with better options available. Andrew Whitworth will be 40 in December, so the Rams will have to look at selecting his potential replacement at tackle.

CBS draft projections: No first-round pick. The Rams haven't had a first-round pick since 2016 and won't have one until 2024 as a result of several trades. This one is a result of the Jalen Ramsey deal as the Jacksonville Jaguars hold the Rams' pick. Ryan Wilson, Josh Edwards, and Chris Trapasso don't have the Rams trading up and making a first-round pick.

Projected cap space (via Over The Cap): $33,986,331 over the cap (No. 30 in the NFL)

Arizona Cardinals

Needs: WR, CB, TE, RB

The Cardinals have their franchise quarterback in Kyler Murray. Now they need to put some more players around him. Larry Fitzgerald may decide to retire, which will give Arizona a need at wide receiver to replace him in the slot -- even though head coach Kliff Kingsbury mixes and matches players there. Having more depth at the position wouldn't hurt either, especially since former second-round pick Andy Isabella hasn't developed as well as the organization thought over the past year.

Kenyan Drake rushed for 955 yards and 10 touchdowns, but only finished with 4.0 yards per carry. The Cardinals will have to decide if giving Drake a long-term deal is worth the price or allow Chase Edmonds to become the No. 1 back. There are plenty of free agent options available for whatever Arizona decides to do, as the Cardinals will need depth at running back regardless.

Defensive coordinator Vance Joseph prefers man cover cornerbacks, so the Cardinals will need to upgrade at cornerback if their defense wants to get to the next level. Patrick Peterson can still play at high level, but he's not the All-Pro cornerback he once was. The Cardinals will need to find better man-cover corners to help Peterson out if they choose to re-sign him.

The Cardinals haven't had a good tight end in the Kingsbury era, so an upgrade is needed there. Dan Arnold is a perfect pass catcher in the red zone, but Arizona could use an all-around tight end in its offense as a security blanket for Murray. Signing a starting tight end is paramount for the Cardinals.

CBS draft projections: Ryan Wilson and Chris Trapasso have the Cardinals taking South Carolina cornerback Jaycee Horn. Josh Edwards has Arizona taking USC offensive lineman Alijah Vera-Tucker.

Projected cap space (via Over The Cap): $11,833,440 under the cap (No. 16 in the NFL)

San Francisco 49ers

Needs: DE, CB, QB, RB

The 49ers don't have a single cornerback under contract for 2021, so revamping the cornerback position should be a top priority in free agency and the draft. Re-signing Ahkello Witherspoon would be a wise decision, but it's hard to see Richard Sherman returning after the former All-Pro cornerback said a split was coming.

San Francisco has Nick Bosa returning at defensive end, but Solomon Thomas and Kerry Hyder are set to hit free agency. The 49ers are stuck with Dee Ford and his contract (even though he has been a backup since signing that five-year deal) and Ford is basically set to miss the start of the 2021 season. San Francisco needs some pass rushing help in order to make another run at the Super Bowl, especially with former defensive coordinator Robert Saleh now with the New York Jets.

The 49ers can save $23.6 million by cutting Jimmy Garoppolo, but is it the worst thing for head coach Kyle Shanahan to keep him around another season? If there isn't an improvement to be had at quarterback, there's no sense revamping the position in 2021. Maybe Deshaun Watson enters the picture.

Raheem Mostert is the only 49ers running back in the rotation under contract, as Jerick McKinnon, Tevin Coleman, and Jeff Wilson will be free agents. The 49ers haven't drafted a running back since 2017, so this year may be a good one to break that trend. Re-signing Wilson would be a smart move by general manager John Lynch and the front office.

CBS draft projections: Ryan Wilson has the 49ers taking Alabama cornerback Patrick Surtain II. Chris Trapasso has San Francisco taking North Dakota State quarterback Trey Lance. Josh Edwards has the 49ers taking Northwestern offensive lineman Rashawn Slater.

Projected cap space (via Over The Cap): $13,359,654 under the cap (No. 15 in the NFL)

What are the deepest positions in the 2021 NFL Draft?

The LA Rams, like every other NFL team, enters the NFL offseason with a shopping list of positions to restock on the team’s roster. The problem is that the NCAA does not produce seniors likely to hear their names called in the NFL Draft each year to order. Colleges nationwide recruit their own recruits from high schools nationwide based on their own team’s needs.

So that level of talent and skill set that arrives hopeful to each year’s draft class is not generated by the expected needs of NFL teams but is rather random in nature. The NFL teams themselves own a bit of the responsibility, as teams create their own NFL Draft shopping list on the positions that they were either unable to address the previous year, or unable to afford to retain in the current year.

So it’s a bit of a mish-mash. An unreliable supply of talent hoping to fill the unpredictable needs of talent. Thankfully NFL teams keep one eye trained on the future and have a sense of what their own team may need then, and what the NFL Draft will deliver in the future.

That’s why the LA Rams were so strongly committed to retaining three defensive linemen who were signed after the 2020 NFL Draft. This year’s crop of defensive linemen is thin indeed. That raises the question, which positions are the deepest in the 2021 NFL Draft? If you recall, the 2020 NFL Draft was particularly deep in wide receivers, defensive backs, running backs, and there was an unusually high number of top-tier offensive tackles.

2021 Draft depth

We tackled the topic before, using both our own draft expert John Vogel’s Big Board as well as The Draft Network’s own big board. You can find those results in this article. But time passes, scouting reports are updated, so what changes have occurred? Well, revisiting The Draft Network’s prospect ranking shows a shift of sorts:



Using this information, we can see that the two areas that the LA Rams chose to address in the 2020 NFL Draft that generated mild confusion – tight end and safety – are two positions that are very light indeed in the 2021 NFL Draft. Meanwhile, some areas of need such as linebacker, cornerback, Edge rushers, and offensive tackles seem to be in ample supply. Of course, each NFL team has scouted prospects and has their own ‘Big Board’ of players who they feel are valued for their perceived fit.

But wouldn’t it be nice to get a second opinion? Thanks to Yahoo Sports Eric Edholm, we have a sense of the deep positions and the shallow ones. Let’s see how we line up. According to Yahoo Sports, the 2021 NFL Draft’s strongest to weakest positions are as follows:

1 – WR
2 – Edge rusher
3 – OT
4 – CB
5 – QB
6 – LB
7 – IOL
8 – S
9 – RB
10- TE
11 – IDL

We only seem to disagree on the quarterback position. Our analysis has cornerbacks much deeper than offensive tackles. But overall, they are similar enough to reinforce our conclusions. So what positions will the LA Rams target in the 2021 NFL Draft?

They have followed a pattern of using the following year’s projected free agents as a template in the past. So that would place the following positions in the sights of the LA Rams this year:

IOL – 3
ILB – 3
S – 2
IDL – 2
Edge -1
OT – 1
QB – 1
RB – 1
WR – 1
K – 1

Of course, the LA Rams do not have 16 NFL draft picks, so they’ll need to narrow the search. The Rams seem to need a center. linebacker, and Edge rusher in this draft. If an offensive tackle drops to them, that would be a very wise investment.

What do you see as needs for the Rams in the 2021 NFL Draft? Will six picks be enough? Or are you hoping that the Rams trade back or trade players for more picks in the draft this year?

I believe this was posted inside another thread, but probably good to bump it again for visibility.

I think it gets better the longer it goes. He does a good job.

jrry32 said:

I was referring to him medically retiring at UCLA due to concussions (I believe).

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I was aware of just one concussion. I see now that an SI article lists "multiple" concussions. As far as I knew, the accident on his Moped is what did most of the damage (wrist).

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I think as much as anything McVay simply had enough of this poaching of his staff. I also think Sean was more than upset that a basically unknown coach he elevated in LA stayed one year and jumped ship and in doing so also tried to take the OC with him. Personally, I think it's BS and a classless thing for both O'Connell and Staley to do after McVay gives them their shot at being in a big-time organization. It also shows that there's more going on between O'Connell and McVay behind the scene.

I think Morris is a good coach who will have no excuses if this team's defense isn't in the top 5. DeCamillis is an unknown factor to me. His background looks okay and his interviews have been interesting. Kromer's departure IMO is addition by subtraction, enough said.