Rams on the Clock Final Results

[12intheBox]

Final Results:

Two forums got the same mock (we had to improvise a bit when the teams went in different directions with trade downs - but the two forums generally had the same choices to make at the same spots).

Which forum had the better draft?

RamsonDemand:

ROD opted to take the Cleveland trade down from #2. (2 and 75 for 4 and 26)

At #4, they declined to trade down again and selected Greg Robinson

They declined the remainder of their trade down options and took:

13. Ha Ha Clinton-Dix

26. Anthony Barr

44. Jordan Matthews

106. Aaron Murray

107. EJ Gaines

(And yes, ROD got a better deal in Snead's drunken unilateral move up - chalk that up to my laziness)

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RAMS TALK did a lot more moving around the board. They also took the Cleveland trade (2 and 75 for 4 and 26)

At 4, they moved down the board again to 8 nabbing Minnesota's 2015 First Round pick.

Then they jumped up to #5 from the 13 spot (giving up pick #44).

It ended up looking like this:

5. Sammy Watkins

8. Taylor Lewan

At 26, the Rams traded down again (#33 and #97 for #26)

33. Ryan Shazier

97. EJ Gaines - pictured earlier.

98. Travis Swanson

Who had the better draft?

 

[mr.stlouis]

No question we did.

 

[Rams and Gators]

Taylor Lewan :double:.

 

[bluecoconuts]

Love Watkins, eh on Lewan. From top to bottom I think our draft helps the team more next year.

 

[iced]

I liked ROD's better, but only because they got an extra 3rd pick and used it for center/guard depth. although I don't think they needed to trade up to get Lewan.

Did not like the linebacker picks for either draft - think its wayy too high for a position thats on the field 40% of the team (nickel packages are 60%).

Not a fan of the Robinson pick at all - don't like a project that high. I'd rather have a polished product or the closest thing to it with my first pick (Matthews)

 

[NJRamsFan]

Thats a tough one honestly

 

[FRO]

ROD much better. Although I like Watkins more than Robinson, getting Dix, Barr, and Matthews is excellent. The problem with RamsTalk is people blindly follow theHammer. That forum has become terrible. Most of my favorite posters are on here. A lot of defectors.

 

[fearsomefour]

I like Barr.
Overall I like theirs better.

 

[CGI_Ram]

I would LOVE the ROD draft!

 

[Rams and Gators]

Pick by pick:
Robinson=Matthews
Dix>>>Lewan
Barr>Shazier
Matthews>Gaines
Murray>Swanson
Gaines>>>___

 

[12intheBox]

Plenty of problems at Rams Talk - but that's beside the point.

Personally, I thought Rams Talk had a much better draft but that is mainly because I don't think nearly as much of Barr and Matthews as the rest of the world seems to. Plus - getting the 2015 #1 pick from Minnesota was pretty big.

Thank you everyone for indulging me with these monumental wastes of time - if there is interest, we will run another one in a week or two.

 

[DR RAM]

Ours is better, but could have been much better if we hadn't have made a couple moves, or we would have traded with New England when that came up to recoup a couple players that really could have solidified units. That's my honest opinion, I don't mean to be a poo poo.