Redskins Send 5th Rounder to Rams for Carriker and a 5th (Swap 7ths)

why do we need more picks? we traded our 2nd and got a franchise QB. we traded a 5th for a former 1st rounder who Haslett feels will be an ideal DE in our new 3-4. The only picks this new coaching staff have traded have yielded Day 1 starters. Its rare that 2nd and 5th rounders amount to that.

Its not like years past when we traded 3rd and 4th round picks for TJ Ducket and Brandon Lloyd. Its not like 2008 when we traded a 2nd and 6th for Jason Taylor. We're not just pissing away our picks. Would I like to acquire more picks - hell yes. But if we dont, i'm satisfied that we traded our picks for players who will fit our system and who project to be starters in 2010, 2011, and 2012, at the least.

I see where your coming from, but I feel like this attitude of we are not pissing away our draft picks is what we all said when we acquired those players. Tj Ducket was a beast in the goal line and would be that big back we need. with JT, our defensive line just improved so much!

here is the thing: we need offensive lineman bad. We need 3 or 4 of them. We need to get younger.

I hope he's better than Cody Glenn, just to put a little perspective on what a 5th rounder could be.

Wow...hopefully getting Haynesworth off our roster will yield a pick higher than a 5th rounder.

Carriker will be better for the skins than anyone we'd draft in the 5th round. Great move. I wonder if this qualifies as the "big move" JLC has been alluding to.

Exactly!

Could someone post a brief bio/stats about Carriker?
I don't know much about him.

He was in St. Louis with Haslett as his DC, yes?

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by St. Louis in the first round (13th overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft (4/28/07).

PRO: Has played in 31 career games with 25 starts…recorded first career blocked field goal vs. Arizona (10/7/07), becoming the first Rams defender since 2005 to block a field goal attempt…recorded a safety vs. Seattle (11/25/07), the first safety by a Ram since 2003.

2008 SEASON: Played in 15 games with nine starts…inactive for one contest…limited by injuries…recorded 40 tackles (27 solo)…Week 3 at Seattle (9/21): Established a career-high with five solo tackles…Week 15 vs. Seattle (12/14): Matched season-high with five tackles (four solo).

2007 SEASON: Started all 16 games during rookie season…became the first Rams’ rookie since Sean Gilbert in 1992 to start all 16 games…totaled 45 tackles (30 solo) including 2.0 sacks…vs. Carolina (9/9): Made NFL debut and first career start at nose tackle…totaled two tackles…vs. Arizona (10/7): Blocked a Neil Rackers’ field goal…first blocked field goal by a Ram since Tyoka Jackson blocked a John Carney field goal attempt vs. New Orleans (10/23/05)…at Seattle (10/21): Tallied a career-high six tackles…vs. Cleveland (10/28): Recorded first NFL sack…sacked QB Derek Anderson for a 7-yard loss in the fourth quarter…vs. Seattle (11/25): Registered a safety…tackled RB Maurice Morris in the end zone in the first quarter…first safety by a Ram since Grant Wistrom recorded a safety vs. Atlanta (10/13/03).


Played 45 games at Nebraska, starting 34 contests...20.5 career sacks rank sixth in school history…named to All-Big 12 Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll three times…started every game at “base” defensive end as a junior and senior and earned third-team All-America honors from NFL Draft Report and Rivals.com…top 10 in school history in tackles for loss…as a senior, was a first-team All-Big 12 Conference choice by the league’s coaches, the Associated Press, Kansas City Star and Austin American-Statesman…voted Big 12 defensive lineman of the year by the league’s coaches…named pre-season All-American…led the Big 12 in sacks with 9.5 as a junior and was part of a Nebraska defense that lead the nation in sacks (50.0)…first-team All-Big 12 selection by the Dallas Morning News and the Associated Press as a junior…redshirted as a true freshman…graduated with a degree in business administration.


Born Adam Eugene Carriker in Hastings, Neb…played quarterback and defensive end at Kennewick (Wash.) High School…earned second-team All-Big Nine Conference honors in his only season at defensive end and played in state all-star game…recorded 15.0 sacks, five pass deflections and four forced fumbles as a defensive end in his senior season…three-year starter at quarterback and team captain for three years…married to the former Angela McBride, the sister of former Nebraska defensive end Jeff McBride.

Ok, I think I have the details (still no confirmation):

We traded our 5th for Carriker and their 5th

so if it's the 5th rounder, than we have 3 picks left??? wow.

Who cares, he's better than our 5th-round pick probably would be.

I expect us to pick up a bunch of picks on draft-day trades anyways. We have several players who will likely be traded.


Ok, I think I have the details (still no confirmation):

We traded our 5th for Carriker and their 5th


Wait, so we took a quality player AND moved up a few picks in Round 5? Why would the Rams do this? :D


edit: Nevermind, read your correction.

so they are really gonna try and make a run for the playoffs instead of a true rebuild it looks like. it's gonna be really interesting to see what we get for, and where soup and fat al end up. i have a sneaky suspiscion we won't know dick until roughly around 7:45 est thursday night

I like that we got him but I was hoping they would have taken some players that didn't fit our scheme instead of the draft pick.