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Colt McCoy a viable alternative for the Rams

Josh — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:06:37 +0000

The general consensus is that the St Louis Rams will pick Sam Bradford with their number one pick in the draft. All of the denials coming out of St Louis were generally regarded as predictable smoke coming from their management.

Now news comes that the Rams are scheduling a private workout with Colt McCoy after McCoy’s pro-day improving the odds of the Rams picking Ndamukong Suh or Gerald McCoy with the first pick.

Currently you can some pretty good money betting on Suh (+170) if he does end up as the first pick.

Betting on Ndamukong Suh Going First at Draft

Josh — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:46:02 +0000

Ndamukong Suh is widely considered to be the top player in the draft, but he isn’t getting good odds to be the first selection in the draft.

Currently you get +145 if you bet on Suh to be the number one draft pick, while you get -185 if you bet against Suh being the number one pick.

The reason for this is quarterback Sam Bradford and the St Louis Rams.

The Rams have needed a quarterback prospect for years, but they keep picking the best player they can get at the draft. Finally their lack of a quality quarterback prospect has them desperate to draft one so they can start developing him.

Even though Suh could help the Rams tremendously and even though it is a bad draft for quarterbacks, the Rams look like they are seriously considering Bradford.

With all of the Bradford to Rams hype surrounding the draft, betting on Suh being the number one pick is a good value.

The Rams might simply decide that Bradford isn’t worth a number-one overall pick and go with Suh who also fills a need. They can then wait for next year’s draft that has many more quality quarterbacking prospects.

The Case for Gerald McCoy: Number One Ahead of Ndamukong Suh

Josh — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:44:45 +0000

Defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh is the consensus number one draft pick, but another tackle Gerald McCoy could steal his thunder and be number one. The St Louis Rams hold the number one pick and will get their pick of the two.

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Suh is a more complete player. He can stop the pass. He can stop the run. He collapses pockets and beats double teams.

But McCoy can completely disrupt an opponent’s backfield and it makes sense for teams that run the right system to pick him ahead of Suh.

The St Louis Rams have the number one pick this year and a pass rusher like McCoy would suddenly make the Rams solid secondary look a whole lot better.

With a little more pressure on opposing quarterbacks, you’ll start to see some more interceptions from a Rams secondary that isn’t athletic enough to create those opportunities on its own.

Another concern about Suh is his injury history. He’s already had a couple of knee surgeries. Life in the trenches is only going to put more stress on those knees. Suh will definitely give whoever picks him a few good years, but McCoy is going to be productive for much longer.

As much as I like Suh and think he’s a more versatile player, McCoy fills a need for the Rams better than Suh.

Whoever they pick, the St Louis Rams are going to need more help. No team has longer odds to win the Super Bowl than St Louis who are at +20000.