Sources: Rams, Bradford agree on $78M deal

[Warner2BruceTD]

Cool. Whaddayu think the chances of them surviving the injury bug are this year?

I'm surprised Avery & Robinson haven't been injured already. Avery is like Samuel L Jackson in Unbreakable.

 

[citizenerased]

Stick to Dolphins football man.

If you want to make the case that he's a bust in the making, he's much more similar to Alex Smith than Jamarcus Russell.

Bradford actually..
- Is accurate
- Is in shape
- Has shown that he cares about football, given he fought like hell to come back early from a shoulder injury and then do so once again to recover and be the top pick
- Is coach-able

And so on.

I don't understand the hate for this guy? Yeah he hurt his shoulder in college. That's what happens when a 270 pound linebacker drives you into the ground. Yes, he got $50M guaranteed - that's not his fault though, that's the broken rookie scale that could literally cause the NFL to stop playing for an entire year.

In my opinion, and I feel very good about this, Sam Bradford will not be a bust at the NFL level. He's a legit prospect with pinpoint accuracy seldom seen in young prospects. Sure he has his flaws and question marks, but all of that is correctable.

I think Bradford will be in that Matt Ryan/Joe Flacco/Mark Sanchez class of young, talented QB's in no time.

Remember, you are arguing with a guy who thinks Chad Henne has been the best QB to come from his draft class here.

 

[stevsta]

hassel you cant just say injuries in college aren't a factor in the NFL yes sometimes they don't show up but there are plenty of cases that do prove to be injury plagued

and to say it happens that you hurt your shoulder when 270 pound linemen fall on you how come colt mccoy, tebow who took way more punishment didn't get for as long as bradford did

also if he got hurt in college due to 270 pd linemen falling him how is he going to fair against 270 pound pro defensive linemen falling on him


I mean I really do hope the kid lives up to expectations and doesnt get hurt but he does have that injury sticker on him with a warning imo

 

[mcstl25]

The Rams have three young WR's who are all very different, but all pretty good.

-Donnie Avery is the guy everyone knows about, but like i've been saying for three years now, he's a #3/slot WR. If he's a starter for you, your team doesnt have very good WR's. But he's a very good #3, because he's fast and can run deep routes to keep Safeties busy. His negative, is he's incredibly brittle and gets hurt if you breathe on him.

-Laurent Robinson was on his way to a big year before he got hurt Week 2. He had a great preseason, and was the clear cut #1 WR. He would have caught 70+ balls easily, even with punch drunk Bulger and Kyle f'n Boller throwing to him. His drawback is his hands. He will drop easy ones. He's alos always been injury prone. To me, he's a perfect #2.

-Brandon Gibson really came on at the end of the season and will eventually be the best of the group. He's a future Pro Bowler with tremendous hands (makes one highlight catch per game), good speed, and appears to run good routes. His drawback is experience, he really didn't play until Week 9 or 10.

Throw in Danny Amendola, who really excelled all year coming out of the slot as a pest, Mardy Gilyard from Cincinnati, Keenan Burton who looks like a good possession guy, and a few others, and the Rams have a deep group of young dudes competing for jobs. I'm a glass half empty guy, but even I concede that WR won't be much of an issue. The team is in much worse shape in other areas.

This may be the first time you've ever been more optimistic on something Rams related than me. It would be nice if one of these guys stepped up to be a #1 type receiver.