Sorry, SuperJville..but for some reason my quote feature doesn't work when I am at my home computer.

 

Please bear with me, but you didn't answer my question.

 

Where would you play Clowney in St. Louis?

 

Whether you played him at RDE or LDE, you would end up playing him over a young DE who is capable of putting up double digit sacks.  Quinn has 18 sacks now and Long has had 32.5 sacks over the last three seasons.  If you set him up in a rotation where he's coming off the bench, you will limit his ability to become a pro bowl player and minimize his impact early on.

 

Meanwhile, you haven't helped the O-Line at all.

 

Jake Long has had numerous injury issues, including his current ACL injury which effects will likely linger into the first part of next year.  RT Saffold is a free agent after this season.

 

You need a balanced team to win.

 

Now I might be open to the argument that this is a deep T draft class and that a good pass blocking LT will be available with the second of the Rams two first round picks.

 

But given what they face in their division from other defenses, it makes more sense to draft a tackle who plays every down, can shut down opposing pass rushers like Aldon Smith and Bruce Irvin, and get a WR that will enable Austin to work from the slot than it does to draft a DE where you are already loaded at the position and neglect positions of dire need elsewhere.

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