Probably about time to get a thread going about the April NFL draft coming up.
And what a way to kick it off but with the big Redskins-Rams news out tonight that the two teams have struck a deal over the second pick in this year's NFL draft. The 'skins, long in need of a franchise-level QB (for at least a decade or so), are sending this year's #1 (6th overall), their #2 this year (about 36th overall), plus their #1's in 2013 and 2014, in return for the Rams' #1 pick (#2 overall) in this year's draft.
The expectation is that the Redskins will use the pick to select whichever top QB the (#1 overall) Colts don't pick. In other words, after the Colts likely take Stanford's Luck, the Redskins expect to pick Robert Griffin III out of Baylor. Of course RG3 won the Heisman this year, and set some impressive records at the recent NFL combine for his physical abilities, such as the top QB speed ever in the 40-yard dash (WR type speeds).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...1Q2R_blog.html
What do you think? Did they give the Rams too much? If I'm a Rams fan, with holes everywhere, I'd have to be very happy, as they already have a young franchise QB... Supposedly the Clev. Browns were ready to offer something very similar to move up from 4th to 2nd themselves.
As a 'skins season ticket holder I am excited about this. It makes next year suddenly much more interesting, and the fact that the Browns were offering something very similar argues for this not being an unreasonable price. BUT, they do still have some real holes to fill in the O-line and at WR. Of course, they are well under the cap, and can therefore pick up some quality hole-fillers too... Time will tell.