RF4E's 7 Round Mock Draft

[RamsFan4ever]

Round 1 Patrick Willis, MLB, Ole Miss

Scouting Report:http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/sco...ickwillis.html

Round 2 Adam Carriker, DE, Nebraska

Scouting Report:http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/sco...mcarriker.html

Round 3 Kareem Brown, DT, Miami
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Scouting Report:http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/sco...reembrown.html

Round 4 Leroy Harris, C, NC State

Scouting Report:http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/sco...royharris.html

Round 5 Brian Smith, OLB/DE, Missouri

Scouting Report:http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings....php?pyid=8408

Round 5 Chris Denman, OT, Fresno State
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Round 6 Steve Breaston, WR/PR, Michigan

Scouting Report:http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings...php?pyid=10048

Round 7 Alvin Banks, HB, James Madison

Scouting Report:http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings...php?pyid=19380

Opinions?

[laram0]

I don't follow the college scene all that close. Seeing that 4 of your first 5 picks are on defensive players...I like it!

[Varg6]

I like your picks, but I'd like to see Garrett Wolfe as a backup HB for Jackson. I think he'd have the speed to do PR and KR as well. Steve Breaston is an interesting pick, would he be there that late?

[RamsFan4ever]

would he be there that late?

I was thinking the same thing as I was making this Draft, i think he probably should be a 5th round pick.

[Country]

The Rams do not need a 1st round LB they need a two down LB that stuffs the run. They need a moderate improvement not another big money guy.

If the Rams take Willis which LB comes off the field in the nickle package?

[RamsFan16]

NO! Willis can play SLB, and thats where he'd probrably play. No way in hell he's only a Nickel LB.

[Nick]

NO! Willis can play SLB, and thats where he'd probrably play. No way in hell he's only a Nickel LB.

I think you missed his point. In a standard base 4-3 defense you've got three linebackers on the field - the weak side guy, middle linebacker, and strong side linebacker. When you switch to a nickel, you take one of those linebackers off the field and replace him with a defensive back. Country's question is which of our hypothetical starting three linebackers (Pisa, Witherspoon, Willis) comes off the field in nickel situations, basically making them a two-down linebacker.

[RamsFan16]

I think you missed his point. In a standard base 4-3 defense you've got three linebackers on the field - the weak side guy, middle linebacker, and strong side linebacker. When you switch to a nickel, you take one of those linebackers off the field and replace him with a defensive back. Country's question is which of our hypothetical starting three linebackers (Pisa, Witherspoon, Willis) comes off the field in nickel situations, basically making them a two-down linebacker.

Oh! Ok, I thought he meant that we'd only bring him in on Nickel situations.

So, your reason for not wanting him is because we'd have to take him off the field during Nickel situations then?

[Nick]

So, your reason for not wanting him is because we'd have to take him off the field during Nickel situations then?

That seems to be the argument Country is making, and I think it's a fair point to make, though I'm not sure it's enough to warrant not taking Willis if he's there simply because I think the Rams could certainly rotate their nickel linebackers given the down and distance.

[RamsFan16]

That seems to be the argument Country is making, and I think it's a fair point to make, though I'm not sure it's enough to warrant not taking Willis if he's there simply because I think the Rams could certainly rotate their nickel linebackers given the down and distance.

So Country if indeed thats the argument your making, you'd rather have an Average LB in Chillar start at SLB, rather than draft a Great Young LB with unlimited potential in the First Round?

[HUbison]

I just hope we NEED a Nickel sometime next year. Not too many teams going into Nickel mode when the RB puts up 8 yards on the first down.

Third and long? Heck yea, bring out the nickel!
Third and inches? Hmm, not so much.

And to answer, Country's question.....whichever LB is weakest in coverage, yank him.