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Xavier Rhodes is likely a contingency plan
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Was it built through the draft? How many first round picks have the Rams had in the last 5 years?
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Who were the decisive players on those teams, and how were they acquired?
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That would be a great get. I’d go after Toney. Change his scenery and QB.
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That’s just it: the Rams didn’t build a majority of their team through FA. They did it through the draft. They had solid drafts with lots of mid to late round picks to get solid contributors and then added key pieces of proven talent by trading top picks.
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Guess what! I don't even use twitter! So you have me mistaken for someone else.Yet another over sensitive moron that blocked me on Twitter.
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Was referring to the guy you were commenting about…. Not you.
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I will rip all of your dicks off if we take Pierce that high. Not sold on him at all.
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Yes, i understand your point, the point I was making is the rams were built trading away draft capital for proven talent, not trading draft capital (to trade up) for unproven talent.
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Ever heard of Donald or Kupp?
The fact is the Rams used ALL avenues to build their team. Bargain picks in the lower rounds. A HOF player in the first. The leagues #1 WR (in yards) in the draft. Big trades for a QB, CB and others. But even those trades I would consider building through the draft because it’s a successful usage of a teams draft picks.
Whereas the Bears have obviously not been successful using their draft capital.
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The one time they did use draft capital to "tradeup" it didn't work out so well for them, IIRC.
Kupp is a bit of an outlier, 4.62 40 time, and picked in the third round.
Sometimes teams just get lucky.
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Looks like he is working on ways to get a high ankle sprain or torn acl. Some of these plyometric exercises are getting fucking ridiculous.
"OK JJ jump sideways onto this 4 ft platform, pivot on your left leg, jump down onto this rolling balance board, then sprint across this field of marbles while juggling those 5lb kettle bells."
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Pierce at 48 seems high to me. 71 I'm fine.
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Honestly I don’t even like it at 71. But I’d let y’all keep your dicks if that happened.
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So you agree with me that the statement, "Winning franchises build through the draft, not free agency" is false.
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I think the foundation of a winning franchise is the draft. Then you use free agency and trades to fill out the roster.
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Why would you go add a beast like D.Adams and then turn around and trade your beast of a TE in D.Waller? You need him to have any chance in the AFC West.
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