Why did the Rams hit rock bottom in 2009?

[Bosna-Ram]

List of guys we drafted since 2001:


2001
Selections
Round 1 (12th Overall): Damione Lewis, DT, Miami (FL)
1 (20): Adam Archuleta, SS, Arizona State
1 (29): Ryan Pickett, DT, Ohio State
2 (42): Tommy Polley, OLB, Florida State
3 (83): Brian Allen, OLB, Florida State
4 (116): Milton Wynn, WR, Washington State
4 (129): Brandon Manumaleuna, FB, Arizona
5 (145): Jerametrius Butler, CB, Kansas State
6 (197): Francis St. Paul, WR, Northern Arizona
2002
SelectionsRound 1 (31st Overall): Robert Thomas, LB, UCLA
2 (64): Travis Fisher, CB, Central Florida
3 (84): Lamar Gordon, FB, North Dakota State
3 (95): Eric Crouch, WR, Nebraska
4 (130): Travis Scott, G, Arizona State
5 (167): Courtland Bullard, LB, Ohio State
6 (205): Steve Bellisari, QB, Ohio State
7 (243): Chris Massey, FB, Marshall
2003
Selections
Round 1 (12th Overall): Jimmy Kennedy, DT, Ohio State
2 (43): Pisa Tinoisamoa,LB, Hawaii
3 (74): Kevin Curtis, WR, Ohio State
4 (106): Shaun McDonald, WR, Arizona State
4 (107): DeJaun Groce, CB, Nebraska
5 (148): Dan Curley, TE, Eastern Washington
5 (170): Shane Walton, S, Notre Dame
5 (172): Kevin Garrett, CB, Southern Methodist
6 (184): Scott Tercero, G, Cal
7 (251): Scott Shanle, LB, Nebraska
7 (254): Richard Angulo, TE, Western New Mexico
2004
Selections
Round 1 (24th Overall): Steven Jackson, RB, Oregon State
3 (91): Anthony Hargrove, DE, Georgia Tech
4 (130): Brandon Chillar, LB, UCLA
5 (158): Jason Shivers, S, Arizona State
6 (201): Jeff Smoker, QB, Michigan State
7 (237): Erik Jensen, TE, Iowa
7 (238): Larry Turner, G, Eastern Kentucky
2005
Selections
Round 1 (19th Overall): Alex Barron, T, Florida State
2 (50): Ron Bartell, CB, Howard
3 (65): OJ Atogwe, S, Stanford
3 (81): Richie Incognito, C, Nebraska
4 (117): Jerome Carter, S, Florida State
4 (134): Claude Terrell, G, New Mexico
5 (144): Jerome Collins, TE, Notre Dam
6 (192): Dante Ridgeway, WR, Ball State
6 (210): Reggie Hodges, P, Ball State
7 (250): Ryan Fitzpatrick, QB, Harvard
7 (251): Madison Hedgecock, FB, North Carolina
2006
Selections
Round 1 (16th Overall): Tye Hill, CB, Clemson
2 (46): Joe Klopfenstein, TE, Colorado
3 (68): Claude Wroten, DT, LSU
3 (77): Jon Alston, LB, Stanford
3 (93): Dominique Byrd, TE, USC
4 (113): Victor Adeyanju, DE, Indiana
5 (144): Marques Hagans, WR, Virginia
7 (221): Tim McGarigle, LB, Northwestern
7 (242): Mark Setterstrom, G, Minnesota
7 (243): Tony Palmer, G, Missouri
2007
Selections
Round 1 (13th Overall): Adam Carriker, DT, Nebraska
2 (52): Brian Leonard, RB, Rutgers
3 (84): Jonathan Wade, CB, Tennessee
5 (139): Dustin Fry, C, Clemson
5 (154): Clifton Ryan, DT, Michigan State
6 (190): Ken Shackleford, OT, Georgia
7 (248): Keith Jackson Jr., DT, Arkansas
7 (249): Derek Stanley, WR, Wisconsin-Whitewater
2008
Selections
Round 1 (Second Overall): Chris Long, DE, Virginia
2 (33): Donnie Avery, WR, Houston
3 (65): John Greco, T, Toledo
4 (101): Justin King, CB, Penn State
4 (128): Keenan Burton, WR, Kentucky
5 (157): Roy Schuening, OG, Oregon State
7 (228): Chris Chamberlain, LB, Tulsa
7 (252): David Vobora, LB, Idaho
2009
Selections
Round 1 (Second Overall): Jason Smith, OT, Baylor
2 (35): James Laurinaitis, LB, Ohio State
3 (66): Bradley Fletcher, CB, Iowa
4 (103): Darell Scott, DT, Clemson
5 (160): Brooks Foster, WR, North Carolina
6 (196): Keith Null, QB, West Texas A&M
7 (211): Chris Ogbonnaya, RB, Texas
2010
Selections
Round 1 (First Overall): Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma
2 (33): Roger Saffold, OT, Indiana
3 (65): Jerome Murphy, CB, South Florida
4 (99): Mardy Gilyard, WR, Cincinnati
5 (132): Michael Hoomanawanui, TE, Illinois
5 (149): Hall Davis, DE, Louisiana-Lafayette
6 (170): Fendi Onobun, TE, Houston
6 (189): Eugene Sims, DE, West Texas A&M
7 (211): Marquis Johnson, CB, Alabama
7 (226): George Selvie, DE, South Florida
7 (254): Josh Hull, LB, Penn State

[ZiaRam]

I think you answered your own question. Look at our drafts......

[thermobee]

Exactly! 06, 07 sucked and that reflects in our record 08, 09.

[Trevor]

Not sure how it can be anymore obvious

[BarronWade]

lol in the 2004 draft we took Chillar, Shivers, than smoker

What a combo of names

[39WillRunYaOva]

Yea this info answers the question on its own.We rlly failed at drafting 06,07,and we got a little better 08 and then 09 and 10 we hit with our first 2 picks of each draft.We need to continue on this path with our first 2 picks at least and we should improve this season.Plz god let Julio fall i would be soooo happy.

[Trevor]

I would probably place a little blame on coaching for failing to utilize the new players correctly.

[GROUND DOG 39]

No doubt I see an upswing the last few years. Mike Martz and his staff were a joke. I hope the new regime can finally hit on a reciever this year?

[berg8309]

That was a lot of work when all you had to say was "years of poor management and bad drafting"

Are the guys in red players in the league but not on the rams? and if that is the case, why are gilyard and onobun in red?

[HUbison]

Would you let a plumber and a kindergarten teacher do open heart surgery?

Would you let a banker and a carpenter conduct rocket science?

Then why would anyone think letting an accountant and a lawyer run an NFL draft is a good idea?

[VegasRam]

Got me. Call NASA.

(Or ask a chorus girl).

[live4ramin]

I'd like to hear it told how we let Shanle get away. Was it Lovie?

[AvengerRam]

I'd like to hear it told how we let Shanle get away. Was it Lovie?

As I recall it, he tested positive for steroids and we let him go.

[sosa39rams]

Looking back at these drafts is quite embarrassing.

[Dwight Frye]

Wow. I guess I've never seen it all laid out so ... blatantly. Aside from the rare gem (and I do believe all the 'gems' are in purple) .... it's really quite sad. I want my decade back.