The famously went "all-in" during the 2018 offseason by trading for and , and signing and .For as much star power as Los Angeles has imported from other teams, GM Les Snead has done a remarkable job hitting on early draft picks while finding key value pieces later in the draft.On Monday we looked at how the , no let's examine the Rams' vital, homegrown talent.2016, Round 1: Quarterback The Rams went from arguably the worst coach in the in Jeff Fisher to arguably the best offensive mind in football in Sean McVay, and Goff's three years have been indicative of the quality of coach he's had on the sideline. As a rookie in 2016, Goff started seven games, completed 54.6% of his pa ses at a scary low 5.
Dwayne Sutton Jersey 3 yards-per-attempt average and a quarterback rating of 63.8. In the last two regular seasons under McVay, Goff's completion percentage is 63.8. He's averaged an outstanding 8.2 yards per attempt, and his quarterback rating is 100.8. Goff played on bad teams at California but threw 96 touchdowns to just 30 picks in Sonny Dykes' Air Raid system. His senior year was littered with unbelievable throws downfield but an occasional bad outing. 2015, Round 1: Running back Gurley too has significantly benefited from the Rams' coaching change. After an explosive but injury-riddled career at Georgia, Gurley went top 10 in the 2015 draft. After a sizzling start to his pro career, he had a disappointing end to his rookie year then averaged 3.2 yards per carry in 2016. With McVay, Gurley led the NFL with 2,093 yards from scrimmage in 2017, won the Offensive Player of the Year award, and led the league with 21 total touchdowns in 2018. The dynamic linear back with plus receiving ability faced a stacked box on just during the regular season, according to Next Gen Stats, the third-lowest figure among qualifying backs. McVay has schemed fantastic opportunities for Gurley, and the former first-round pick has taken full advantage, although four carries for 10 yards in the NFC title game is a strange way for him to head into the .2015, Round 2: Offensive tackle Havenstein is one of the more underrated blockers from Wisconsin, the NFL's offensive line farm team.
Andrew Wiggins Jersey Then again, aren't all Badgers blockers underrated? Basically, yeah. He was about as cla sic of a Wisconsin offensive lineman as po sible. Super-experienced, fundamentally sound, and somewhat of a stiff athlete. With the Rams, Havenstein has been a rock-solid right tackle, elite as a run-blocker and well above-average blocking for the pa s. This was a tremendous find for Snead and Co., as he was the sixth offensive tackle selected in the 2015 draft, and he's outplayed everyone picked in front of him at the position.2010, Round 2: Offensive guard In one of the most loaded, top-heavy offensive line draft cla ses in recent memory that featured , , , , , and before him, Saffold has proven himself as a nice value selection in the second round after dealing with injuries early in his pro career. At 6-foot-5 and 325 pounds, Saffold is a ma sive guard who played tackle at Indiana and had a strong showing at the combine in 2010. Thanks to his time on the edge, he's a well-balanced pa s-protector and moves efficiently to the second level to open large lanes for Gurley and C.J
Golden State Warriors T-Shirts . Anderson. TakeawayWhile McVay deserves all the praise he receives, it's not as if the took over a replica of the Jeff Fisher-led Rams. Snead worked aggre sively to bring in veterans like superstar left tackle , underrated center , and receivers and Cooks on the offensive side of the ball. Goff (and Gurley) are in the ideal environment to succeed, and they've certainly played to the potential they showed in college. The selection of Saffold was made by a different regime, but Snead's early-round selections (Donald, Gurley, Goff, Havenstein) have been integral pieces to this Super Bowl team.2017, Round 4: Outside linebacker Coming out of Eastern Washington, to many the fourth-round selection of Ebukam was puzzling. He was a relative unknown who played home games on red turf at the FCS level. But there was nothing FCS about Ebukam's athletic prowe s. At just under 6-2 and 240 pounds at his pro day, Ebukam ran 4.50, jumped 39 inches in the vertical and had a 130-inch broad jump. None of those figures are lower than the 89th percentile among linebackers at the combine starting in 1999. While he hasn't emerged as a star just yet, Ebukam has played traditional off-ball linebacker and moved to more of a edge-rusher role in his sophomore NFL season with adequate results. 2017: Round 3: Linebacker Another solid athlete for his position, Johnson was a hybrid safety/linebacker at Boston College and had 77 tackles, three picks, and nine pa s breakups in his final season for the . His 4.61 second time in the 40 places him in the 35th percentile among safeties, but it's in the 81st percentile among linebackers. He also had a 37-inch vertical and a super-quick 6.72 time in the three-cone drill, the ultimate test of the speed at which a player can change directions. He's been an underrated member of the Rams' star-studded defense with 22 pa s breakups in his first two years (11 in each season), and he snagged four interceptions during the regular season. 2014, Round 1: Defensive tackle What is there to really say about Donald that hasn't been mentioned countle s times already? He's a first-ball Hall of Famer in waiting and has re-defined
Juan Toscano-Anderson Jersey thoughts on requisite size for the defensive tackle position. I gue s I can go with the story of his astronomical (and justified) rise during the pre-draft proce s in 2014. At the Senior Bowl that year, there was plenty of buzz about him, but he was widely considered a second-or third-round pick. After he demolished everything in sight in Mobile, late first seemed like a po sibility. After Donald's bananas combine, in which he had the same three-cone time (7.11 seconds) as , just about everyone was on board with him going in the top half of Round 1. At Pittsburgh, Donald not only utilized his freakish athleticism often, but his hand work remains the gold standard at the position. He's been the NFL's best defensive player for years now.2014, Round 4: Safety Hailing from an unfairly talented national title winning Florida State team, because Joyner was only 5-8 and 181 pounds in college, many thought a move to cornerback made sense for him, but he was as well-rounded of a player as it gets at the safety spot with the Seminoles. In his final collegiate season, Joyner had 69 tackles, seven tackles for lo s, two interceptions,
Glenn Robinson III Jersey four pa s breakups, and 5.5 sacks. In 2017, when McVay and Wade Phillips were hired, Joyner moved from corner (where he struggled), to his natural position of safety, and he blo somed with three interceptions and nine pa s breakups. Despite his size, Joyner is a twitchy, hard-hitter with reliable ta
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