Schefter: "There's no way" the Rams won't pick Sam Bradford at No. 1

CultBrennan59 no offense mAn but you don't know much about Sam bradfords capabilities. You watch "highlights" I watched his actual games on every snap. He has a cannon of an arm, is deadly accurate and is a great athlete. Did it ever cross your mind why this guy could be the number 1 player picked after he basically sat out a yr? There is a reason why most experts compare him to the likes of drew brees and Peyton manning. He has that "it" factor . I like clausen too and I wouldn't mind drafting him only if Sam is gone at 4.

When I watch this guy I see two QB's that he's capable of being:

Kurt Warner (Good)

and

Alex Smith (Bad)

And aren't highlights supposed to be all of his good plays/the best plays he's had? Isn't that the point of highlights? So you're saying I should watch game film, because I need to see how bad he can be as well? Thats not being very defensive of your QB in this argument.

Didn't Ryan Leaf get compared to Dan Marino? Did Joey Harrington get considered to be the best QB of that draft? Wasn't Big Ben considered overrated because of the easy conference he played in? You, nor I can definitively say what Sam Bradford will become in the NFL.

Do you know how many times I've heard some QB has the IT factor? A lot. I remember hearing Joe Theismann and Mike Patrick up in the both saying that our very own back up QB, Colt Brennan, has the IT factor. I believe that Clausen also has the IT factor, and hey maybe Tebow has IT as well.

Also I very very much disagree with the whole Bradford has a Cannon arm thing. I believe Peyton has a cannon arm, Matt Stafford has a cannon arm, McNabb, Favre, Cutler, Jamarcus Russell, Josh Freeman, and Flacco have Cannon arms. I don't understand how you can say that Bradford has a cannon arm, especially Right Now, after having shoulder surgery. But back to my point, even before he messed up his shoulder, the balls were coming out wobbly and somewhat slow at times. I'm watching Clausen throw a slant as well as a hitch route and that ball gets slung and gets there so fast, I watch Bradford do the same thing and the ball gets there, but slightly later than Clausen's. Bradford does have great awareness of when to get rid of the ball and move, which is far greater than Jason Campbell's, thats for sure. But the thing that I really want to see is how these QB's play against NFL defense, and audibling out of plays or certain protections. Clausen I know has gone against at least one definite NFL type Defense, and thats USC's. Bradford's defenses he has gone against are mostly college type defenses, maybe Texas's is considered a NFL defense but other than that, no not really any other schools. I would have really of wished that Sam had not of gotten injured because I wanted to see how he would do behind such a bad OL, much like ours.

When I watch this guy I see two QB's that he's capable of being:

Kurt Warner (Good)

and

Alex Smith (Bad)

And aren't highlights supposed to be all of his good plays/the best plays he's had? Isn't that the point of highlights? So you're saying I should watch game film, because I need to see how bad he can be as well? Thats not being very defensive of your QB in this argument.

Didn't Ryan Leaf get compared to Dan Marino? Did Joey Harrington get considered to be the best QB of that draft? Wasn't Big Ben considered overrated because of the easy conference he played in? You, nor I can definitively say what Sam Bradford will become in the NFL.

Do you know how many times I've heard some QB has the IT factor? A lot. I remember hearing Joe Theismann and Mike Patrick up in the both saying that our very own back up QB, Colt Brennan, has the IT factor. I believe that Clausen also has the IT factor, and hey maybe Tebow has IT as well.

Also I very very much disagree with the whole Bradford has a Cannon arm thing. I believe Peyton has a cannon arm, Matt Stafford has a cannon arm, McNabb, Favre, Cutler, Jamarcus Russell, Josh Freeman, and Flacco have Cannon arms. I don't understand how you can say that Bradford has a cannon arm, especially Right Now, after having shoulder surgery. But back to my point, even before he messed up his shoulder, the balls were coming out wobbly and somewhat slow at times. I'm watching Clausen throw a slant as well as a hitch route and that ball gets slung and gets there so fast, I watch Bradford do the same thing and the ball gets there, but slightly later than Clausen's. Bradford does have great awareness of when to get rid of the ball and move, which is far greater than Jason Campbell's, thats for sure. But the thing that I really want to see is how these QB's play against NFL defense, and audibling out of plays or certain protections. Clausen I know has gone against at least one definite NFL type Defense, and thats USC's. Bradford's defenses he has gone against are mostly college type defenses, maybe Texas's is considered a NFL defense but other than that, no not really any other schools. I would have really of wished that Sam had not of gotten injured because I wanted to see how he would do behind such a bad OL, much like ours.


Great post and I agree every year it is some QB that is the next best thing and then they fizzle out into nothing.

Cult59 I agree with you about young unproven qbs. I'm not saying Bradford is is going to be manning, but the kid Is smart and has all the tools to become that type of player. As for his arm I don't think it's as strong as te likes of Russell, or flacco but I've seen the guy throw the ball 60+ yards in the air on a rope. I hope he's our guy but the way it looks right now, I would say the rams will draft him.

As long as a QB's arm strength is not lolChadPenningtonlol weak, you can get by in this league if you have all your other skills well-developed. P. Manning and D. Brees both had "questionable" arm strength coming out of college and I guess that really didn't matter, didn't it?

That said, most fans probably couldn't tell "who has the stronger arm, Eli or Daunte Culpepper" since because Eli won a Super Bowl, he must have the stronger arm. NOT.

As long as a QB's arm strength is lolChadPenningtonlol weak, you can get by in this league if you have all your other skills well-developed. P. Manning and D. Brees both had "questionable" arm strength coming out of college and I guess that really didn't matter, didn't it?

That said, most fans probably couldn't tell "who has the stronger arm, Eli or Daunte Culpepper" since because Eli won a Super Bowl, he must have the stronger arm. NOT.

Brad Johnson was deemed to not have a strong enough arm either.

Bradford's defenses he has gone against are mostly college type defenses, maybe Texas's is considered a NFL defense but other than that, no not really any other schools.
Bradford did face an NFL level defense, Florida in the NCAA Championship.

Bradford did face an NFL level defense, Florida in the NCAA Championship.

Florida played multiple defenses that year they lined up in every thing from a 1-5-5 defense to a 5-2-4 defense, I still feel like Clausen played against more NFL defenses than Bradford, plus he played an NFL offense in college. But yes, Floridas defense was probably the toughest defense he played his college career, and he threw 2 TD's and 2 Int's, and was sacked twice from what I remember. So average at best stats against a good defense with a really good offense around him.
YouTube - Sam Bradford vs. Florida, 1st Half
YouTube - Sam Bradford vs. Florida, 2nd Half

Cult59 I agree with you about young unproven qbs. I'm not saying Bradford is is going to be manning, but the kid Is smart and has all the tools to become that type of player. As for his arm I don't think it's as strong as te likes of Russell, or flacco but I've seen the guy throw the ball 60+ yards in the air on a rope. I hope he's our guy but the way it looks right now, I would say the rams will draft him.Which reminds me of the time I saw Chris Cooley catch a football after punching through a wall. It definitely happened, because I saw it.

Schefter tends to be pretty accurate. I would love to see Suh fall
It won't happen though. Let's take Davis at 1 and then best available at 2.

Are you serious? You really think we should take Davis with the number 4 pick overall?

But yes, Floridas defense was probably the toughest defense he played his college career, and he threw 2 TD's and 2 Int's, and was sacked twice from what I remember. So average at best stats against a good defense with a really good offense around him.That was my point. I think Clausen is better pick of the two. :)