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Rams to deal No. 2 pick?
Perhaps wary of the risk in having to fork over such a large chunk of financial resources to one player, the St. Louis Rams are taking offers for the No. 2 overall draft pick, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
As the Post-Dispatch's Jim Thomas notes, the team is in a rebuilding mode so it might make sense to try to stockpile draft picks in later rounds and for 2010. Another factor is the growing suspicion that none of the players who are slated to be drafted at the top of the first round are of the caliber that is worthy of such a large contract.
Although the Rams have had some spotty luck with their first-round selections overall, over the past 14 seasons when they've had a top-10 pick, that player has gone on to make a big impact one way or another. In 1995 and 1998, the Rams took defensive ends Kevin Carter and Grant Wistrom, respectively, and in 1999 they selected wide receiver Torry Holt. All three players were key members of the team's Super Bowl XXXIV championship team, as was Orlando Pace, the No. 1 overall pick from 1997 who will be enshrined in Canton when he's through playing. The only real bust was 1996, as Lawrence Phillips has had a much more decorated career on the police blotter than wearing an NFL uniform. The jury is still out on last year's No. 2 overall pick, Chris Long, but the Rams are certainly hoping that one of this year's tackle prospects can turn into the second coming of Pace.
It's too early to tell who would be a likely trade partner for the Rams, but teams who are looking strongly at USC quarterback Mark Sanchez could be looking to jump the Seattle Seahawks, who are emerging as a likely selector of Sanchez at No. 4. It's possible that a certain team that just sent its disgruntled franchise quarterback away - and now possesses five picks in the first three rounds - might be very interested in adding Sanchez to the impending competition for starting quarterback in spite of the fact that this team's coach was impressed with film of the quarterback he just acquired. Furthermore, with a wealth of picks available, this team might be able to give Rams general manager Billy Devaney an offer he can't refuse.
Perhaps wary of the risk in having to fork over such a large chunk of financial resources to one player, the St. Louis Rams are taking offers for the No. 2 overall draft pick, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
As the Post-Dispatch's Jim Thomas notes, the team is in a rebuilding mode so it might make sense to try to stockpile draft picks in later rounds and for 2010. Another factor is the growing suspicion that none of the players who are slated to be drafted at the top of the first round are of the caliber that is worthy of such a large contract.
Although the Rams have had some spotty luck with their first-round selections overall, over the past 14 seasons when they've had a top-10 pick, that player has gone on to make a big impact one way or another. In 1995 and 1998, the Rams took defensive ends Kevin Carter and Grant Wistrom, respectively, and in 1999 they selected wide receiver Torry Holt. All three players were key members of the team's Super Bowl XXXIV championship team, as was Orlando Pace, the No. 1 overall pick from 1997 who will be enshrined in Canton when he's through playing. The only real bust was 1996, as Lawrence Phillips has had a much more decorated career on the police blotter than wearing an NFL uniform. The jury is still out on last year's No. 2 overall pick, Chris Long, but the Rams are certainly hoping that one of this year's tackle prospects can turn into the second coming of Pace.
It's too early to tell who would be a likely trade partner for the Rams, but teams who are looking strongly at USC quarterback Mark Sanchez could be looking to jump the Seattle Seahawks, who are emerging as a likely selector of Sanchez at No. 4. It's possible that a certain team that just sent its disgruntled franchise quarterback away - and now possesses five picks in the first three rounds - might be very interested in adding Sanchez to the impending competition for starting quarterback in spite of the fact that this team's coach was impressed with film of the quarterback he just acquired. Furthermore, with a wealth of picks available, this team might be able to give Rams general manager Billy Devaney an offer he can't refuse.
I wonder how much they can get for it.
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