MHR Community Mock Draft--Pick #2

by Jeremy Bolander on Mar 20, 2009 9:52 PM MDT in 2009 Off-Season Comment 12 comments

With the #2 pick in the 2009 MHR Community Mock Draft, the St. Louis Rams select....

OT, Jason Smith, Baylor

St.Louis Rams

Round 1, Pick #2 overall

GM 53Guys

Details of the pick after the jump...

Solid Protection

From the GM: With the Rams shopping Orlando Pace, there is simply no doubt that they will be interested in the top OT on the board.

While Smith isn't necessarily a complete tackle yet, he is quick on his feet and ready to pass block in the NFL, something which has been lacking in St.Louis the last few years.

It would be nice if he was also an obvious upgrade in the running game, but he will likely need to keep working on getting stronger, in order to be the straight ahead blocker that Steven Jackson needs to be running ahead. To the degree that St.Louis is willing to put their tackles on the move, Smith could step in and be a positive all-around contributor right away.

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ON THE CLOCK

Kansas City Chiefs are up next. Do they go offense or defense? Lord knows they needa pass rush, but with the best rusher off the board, where should they look instead? Only Papi knows for sure!

The deadline for this pick is midnight MST, March 21st (tomorrow). As long as I receive the pick by that time it will be valid. To send me the pick, just email me at the address shown in my profile.

Kansas City Chiefs

Round 1, Pick #3 Overall

GM Papigrande

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Round One

Detroit Lions: McDah OLB Aaron Curry, Wake Forest
St.Louis Rams: 53guys OT Jason Smith, Baylor
Kansas City Chiefs: Papisan ON THE CLOCK
Seattle Seahawks: Denver_Native ON DECK
Cleveland Browns: Zappa
Cincinnati Bengals: DukeTC
Oakland Raiders: V. Money
Jacksonville Jaguars: gunnermc
Green Bay Packers: Broncosorbust
San Francisco 49ers: Elway's Ghost
Buffalo Bills: Rep56
Denver Broncos: broncofan91
Washington Redskins: Chawkins06
New Orleans Saints: gnarlybroncodude
Houston Texans: PredominantlyOrange
San Diego Chargers: Sadaraine
New York Jets: danelama
Chicago Bears: Combat Chuk
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: OrangeCrush4082
(Dallas Cowboys) Lions: BDAWKisaBRONC
Philadelphia Eagles: ejruiz
Minnesota Vikings: War Eagle Aubie
New England Patriots bronco-Maine-iac
Atlanta Falcons: Stovie47
Miami Dolphins: adamriggs
Baltimore Ravens mla2131
Indianapolis Colts: chikndnnr
(Carolina Panthers) Eagles: bcfunk
New York Giants: Russ
Tennessee Titans: Broncoman
Arizona Cardinals: Calibroncoboy
Pittsburgh Steelers: PABroncofan

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I think that is a great pick for the Rams.

by ThorpeBroncosfan on Mar 20, 2009 9:55 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

45 Sacks allowed (2008)....

nuff said… funny thing about football…the formula is pretty simple….5 studs on the offensive line, 3 or 4 studs on the defensive line and everything seems to work out in the long run… Great selection….STL needs to bolster their line and look toward next year (2010) as the year they make their move… 2009 is a stepping stone….

Beware the wrath of a patient adversary.

John C. Calhoun --

by bcfunk on Mar 20, 2009 10:00 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Good pick

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
"McDaniels must go!" - Broncoman

by Broncoman on Mar 20, 2009 10:02 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Solid pick

Nice Job 53guys!

"I am not trying to start anything I am just saying that i think if you take Knowshon and draft D later you guys will be hella good next year" ...IamtheGreatest - The smartest Chiefs fan I ever had the priviledge of reading!

"he (Turner) can get perfomance out of a yugo, but that is no reason not to buy a nicer car"....Broncobear

by Steve O' on Mar 20, 2009 10:28 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Can't miss

No way this is a bad pick. They should do this IRL for sure.

I don’t want breakaway speed. I want break-some-poor-fool-as-I-bowl-you-over power getting 6 yards off a play that should have been stopped for 2 at most.

by sadaraine on Mar 20, 2009 10:35 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Are teams allowed to trade?

by RiG on Mar 20, 2009 10:54 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

trades are allowed

as long as they get in before the deadline. after talkind with some guys working out a trade currently, i came to the conclusion that TRADING FOR PICKS IN FUTURE YEARS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. The name of the game is fun, here, and trading away picks that you don’t actually have seems kind of cheap.

So, yes, trades are allowed, but they will need to be approved by the commish (me!) to go through. Players can be traded as well, but know that those kinds of trades will have a much smaller chance of going through. picks traded on a dynamic similar to the standard point value chart for picks have the highest chance of being approved.

Amnesty, the idea that you can forgive transgressions against you, gives as much to one side, as it does the other. It has the noble quality of bestowing mercy to both parties.

by Jeremy Bolander on Mar 20, 2009 11:04 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just curious

how do they all contact each other?

by RiG on Mar 21, 2009 7:25 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

they need to reach out to eachother

via email, instant messenger, smoke signals, whatever it takes. Most people’s emails are in their profile pages, and anyone who doesn’t ahve their email there, should either put it up (those pages are secure, and are not submitted to bots or crawlers) or put it in the thread (not real secure, but not bad) if they are interested in putting their pick on the block.

Amnesty, the idea that you can forgive transgressions against you, gives as much to one side, as it does the other. It has the noble quality of bestowing mercy to both parties.

by Jeremy Bolander on Mar 21, 2009 8:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Chiefs

first pick should be Orakpo because I believe we’ll be running a Cardinal style 4-3 Under with a pass rusher in the Predator position like Pendergast had in Az. In the 4-3 under Glenn Dorsey can play a gap instead of NT in the 3-4 which he’s supposed to not really be suited for. This 4-3 Under style is currently viewed as a transition from a 4-3 to 3-4 because it’s less predictable than the 4-3 and more predictable than the 3-4. I’m thinking it’s more likely it’s heading toward the future with some tweaks to become less predictable than either one. In any case it seems good pass rushing DE’s that would work in either D are harder to find than good LBs.

But what do I know, my brains a little moldy from living in Seattle.

by ChiefSeattle on Mar 20, 2009 11:21 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

For Some Reason...

I happen to like Eugene Monroe more than Jason Smith. But OT should be the pick here as they start to rebuild in St. Louis.

by ejruiz on Mar 21, 2009 10:20 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't think the Rams will be picking an OT in the first round . . .

Unless . . . they’re thinking of someone to play on the right side of the line. Shortly after the Rams released Pace, they made it known that Alex Barron (known as The False Start Machine, among other things, in St. Louis) would move from RT to LT. To me it’s a dumb move, but the dude is athletic enough to play LT in the NFL, so I guess it’s one of those things where they think he’s bored on the right side or something and needs the move.

Then again, if the Rams pick him it shouldn’t matter too much to the Orange and Blue, as we already have our LT of the present and future in Clady.

"The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive." -- W.C. Fields

by Donut King on Mar 22, 2009 9:14 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs