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has Los Angeles Rams looking to add to D-lineMichigan State Spartans defensive
end Kenny Willekes before a snap against the Purdue Boilermakers, Oct. 27,
2018.Mike Carter-USA TODAY SportsThe 2019 NFL Draft is over.Let the 2020 NFL
Draft begin!We’ve got an early 2020 mock from Mocking the Draft’s Dan Kadar that
sets out a baseline for some of the best prospects heading into the college
football season.At the top, he’s got Alabama Crimson Tide QB Tua Tagovailoa as
the #1 pick. I think Tua’s getting overrated (and perhaps heavily so), but we’ll
see how 2019 plays out. He’s a fine QB prospect, but I think people are falling
more for outputs than skill set. You don’t get to draft outputs when you take a
guy out of his environment and away from his current teammates.Alas, an argument
for another day perhaps.Two picks later
Brian Allen Jersey , Kadar has his second QB in Oregon Ducks QB Justin Herbert. He’s one of the four Kadar has going in the first round including Tagovailoa,
Herbert, Georgia Bulldogs QB Jake Fromm and his former teammate now Washington
Huskies QB Jacob Eason. Could be a nice year for quarterbacks depending on who
declares early.There’s tons of Alabama all over the mock, but one schism to
track will be the courses of WR Jerry Jeudy and WR Henry Ruggs III.The Los
Angeles Rams just drafted Washington S Taylor Rapp so we can likely cross safety
off the list early on, but man alive would I love to have LSU Tigers S Grant
Delpit on my team.Notable that Kadar doesn’t have an offensive lineman until #16
with Georgia OT Andrew Thomas going to the Seattle Seahawks.Oklahoma Sooners WR
CeeDee Lamb goes at #23 to the Green Bay Packers. Should be a fascinating
offense to watch this year as the Sooners have gone from Baker Mayfield at QB to
Kyler Murray and now hand the keys to Alabama transfer Jalen Hurts.One pick
after the Rams that I really like? Wisconsin Badgers OT Tyler Biadasz. If the
Rams are in the market next year for a starting LT to replace retiring Andrew
Whitworth, that would be a very sensible pick that hits the mark for value
too.Anyway, at #29 Kadar mocks the Rams to take:......I don’t like it.Don’t
misunderstand. Criticizing a mock 11 months and 29 days out is pretty
useless
Joseph Noteboom Jersey , but I just don’t like the fit given what the Rams’ DL/DE depth chart should look like in a year. Willekes could kick out as a 3-4 EDGE,
but I’d see him more as a replacement for Samson Ebukam than Fowler. And if the
Rams are looking to boost the edge, I’d rather look for a premier pass rusher in
the first round to replace Fowler who’s on a one-year contract anyway.Some early
2020 food for thought. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seattle coach Pete Carroll had every
reason to be frustrated after his Seahawks dropped a second straight game in the
final minute.However, Carroll wasn’t sounding the alarm on his team’s season
after a 36-31 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday.“We aren’t slowing down.
We’re going to keep running the football, keep setting the tempo,” Carroll said.
“I love the way we’re playing. We just have to stay alive and keep going.”The
success of the Seahawks’ running game is what has Carroll confident about his
team’s hopes of contending for a playoff spot. Seattle (5-6) ran for 273 yards —
the eighth most in a single game in franchise history — despite Chris Carson
missing the game due to a hip injury. Rashaad Penny, who was selected in the
first round of last April’s draft
Jack Youngblood Jersey , had his first 100-yard game as a pro with 108 yards on 12 carries.Penny missed most of training camp due to a broken finger before slowly
working his way back into the rotation once he improved in the pass game and on
pass blocking.“I feel like I’ve grown up the last two to three weeks,” Penny
said. “I told myself the whole game that I can do this and the coaches trust
me.”Russell Wilson, who was 17 of 26 for 176 yards and three touchdowns, had
just 11 pass attempts going into the fourth quarter. That was the lowest number
of pass attempts through three quarters in his seven-year career.A turnover by
Wilson has loomed large in both of Seattle’s recent losses. Last Sunday against
the Chargers, he threw an interception in the fourth quarter that was returned
for a touchdown. This week, he fumbled the ball on a strip sack by Rams
linebacker Dante Fowler that was recovered at the Seahawks’ nine yard line with
less than six minutes remaining. One play later, Brandon Cooks scored on a
nine-yard run to give Los Angeles a 36-24 lead.Seattle scored on its ensuing
possession and got the ball back after holding the Rams to a three-and-out.
Wilson got Seattle to the Rams 36 yard line with 39 seconds remaining
Torry Holt Jersey , but three straight incompletions ended any hopes of a comeback.The Seahawks haven’t been able to force a turnover in either loss,
which has frustrated the defense.“We just needed one tip ball or on the ground
to flip the script and we didn’t come up with it,” defensive end Dion Jordan
said. “We played these good teams hard twice and didn’t come up with the win.
Pete doesn’t want us to get down on ourselves. This has to be turning point for
us going into these last couple games.”Seattle’s decision to call a surprise
onside kick down 26-24 with under 10 minutes remaining ended up costing them.
Carroll said Sebastian Janikowski hit the ball wrong, which led to an easy
recovery by Rams wide receiver Josh Reynolds. The short field ended up leading
to a 20-yard field goal by Greg Zuerlein.“Before that play, actually, I see them
talking to the ref and kind of pointing in that area. Something’s a little up.
And then I saw his approach,” Reynolds said. “I used to be a kicker in high
school
Orlando Pace Jersey , so I saw his approach change right when he was about to kick the ball, so I knew what it was.”The Seahawks have five of their final
seven games at home, but it is not an easy stretch drive. It starts on Thursday
night against Green Bay and also includes a game at Carolina (Nov. 25) and home
games against Minnesota (Dec. 10) and Kansas City (Dec. 23).“We feel like we are
a lot better than our record shows,” linebacker Bobby Wagner said. “We had some
plays get away from us and we lost some games. There’s still a lot of football
left. We’re confident that we’ll pull it out.”
