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Originally Posted by radjohns
No question, late rounders can be a success in the NFL. However, I don't understand how someone can say that the rams are taking the TE/FB positions seriously. Certainly, taking this area seriously doesn't mean addressing it in the 7th round of the draft, re-signing one of the worst players on the rams offense last season (manumaleuna) and then converting an UFA RB to FB and say that he only has to an "adequate" blocker. Like I said, I see no sign of the rams taking the TE/FB positions seriously this year. Seems to me that they are taking it as lightly as ever.
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I tend to agree, at least in terms of this team not focusing in on either of those two problem areas. Not only was Jensen a seventh round pick -- one of the last picks in the draft itself -- but he only has one year as a starter in college.
I would have liked to have seen the Rams go after Mike Karney as a possible answer for our fullback problems. Karney seems to be a terrific blocker and might have filled the void left by the Hammer's move to Arizona.
I was very impressed with and wouldn't change a thing about the Rams first day draft tactics. However, I might have tried to make a move on Karney in the fourth round and passed on Chillar if only because we already had decent depth at linebacker. I hope Chillar makes me regret saying that by proving himself, but I would have valued TE or FB as a bigger need than LB at that point.
I'm not convinced there was a Day Two tight end that we should have drafted instead of someone else, but I think we could have been more aggressive in pursuing a veteran free agent tight end or perhaps trying to make a trade happen.