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Originally Posted by Pagal4321
I'm pretty sure they are targeting Goff, California poster child for the new LA market. Makes WAY too much sense.
And I'm not entirely sure they overpaid THAT much, they just moved up FOURTEEN SPOTS in the draft, you need to put together a pretty substantial package to do that.
The Redskins moved up from 6 to 2 for three first round picks and a second.
In 2004, the Giants essentially moved from 4 to 1 for two first round picks, a third and a fifth.
So in comparison, the deal looks pretty standard to me. They paid less to achieve more than the Redskins did.
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Right, but the major difference is none of these QBs projects as being great. elite QBs. They are all average QB prospects at best, and the Rams are paying the price for a QB they hope becomes top 10. I strongly suspect that first round pick next year will be top 10 (Keenum or a rookie led team, coached by Jeff "Mediocre" Fisher, is going to struggle), so the Titans will probably still end up netting a top 10 pick here. Trading up for RGIII, who some thought was better than the once-in-a-generation Luck, was more understandable (and shows how insane people were to think he could be better than Luck). Trading up for Eli too makes sense, he had a very high ceiling.
The QBs in this draft all are development QBs who will need time before playing. If they were in last years draft they'd go in the bottom of the first round at best. Timing matters. Remember coming into this year Christian Hackenberg was viewed as the likely first QB selected. Now he's probably falling into the mid rounds. This is a very weak QB class, and the Rams are simply desperate for an average QB like so many others.