Scout(s) Business as Usual

[*SHRacerX*]

(01-22-2019, 05:13 PM)I_C_DeadPeople Wrote: Good article on how the Rams were built and how they changed after some draft busts:

https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/01/22/rams-saints-les-snead-stan-kroenke-nfc-championship-super-bowl-nfl-playoffs

Snead is a man who embraces his failures head-on. When Robinson flopped, he reevaluated the way he scouts tackles (he won’t divulge how), and that made him an asset when Kroenke replaced Fisher with McVay but kept Snead in the front office. Everyone agreed they needed an established left tackle to support Goff, who was entering his second season in 2017. Snead targeted free agent Andrew Whitworth, who had been with the Bengals for 11 seasons and was being seriously courted by three teams that March.

I am pulling for the Rams and think McVeigh has done a tremendous job as HC that calls the plays. 

That being said, the Rams put ALL their chips on the table for THIS YEAR.  They signed a talented, yet very troubled Marcus Peters.  It panned out.  He could have just as easily been suspended or become a cancer on the team.  Ditto Suh.  The Whit signing was awesome for them because it gave them stability at LT and a veteran leader.  They gave up quite a bit for Brandon Cooks, but they couldn't wait for a rookie to develop.  All of this takes guts, and as a Bengals fan I am a little envious.  However, a small part of me thinks if they don't win the Super Bowl this year, they could come crashing back to earth and have a very different team next season.  

Praising the GM for getting up off the mat after a huge draft bust is fine, but any GM could have put everything on this one season and taken risks on guys like Peters.  Whether they end up with a sustained success is another matter.