01-23-2019, 01:10 AM
I_C_DeadPeople Wrote:Good article on how the Rams were built and how they changed after some draft busts:I like Snead admitting to his mistakes but a lot of his team was built through free agency with guys like Whitworth, Suh ,Talib, Woods and trading for guys like Peterson, Cooks, Fowler ect. Some of his trades were risky he traded two 1st round picks two 2nd round picks and two 3rd round picks to move up and draft Goff at number one overall. They also traded a 1st round pick for Brandon Cooks who is ok. Plus when Goff's rookie deal is up it will be impossible to keep all these guys together. My point is I'm not sure this is a formula the Bengals can follow or will. I'm all for the Bengals packaging picks to move up in later rounds of the draft and being more aggressive in free agency with quality players who aren't bums. Were heading in the right direction tho with hiring Taylor and making moves like the Glenn trade last season. We need to address the offensive line and linebacker early in the draft and free agency and i think we will be moving in the right direction.
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.
