2016 NFL Draft News

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

I was listening to NFLN on the radio on the way to work this morning and the this very same topic was brought up. Almost everyone agreed to what you said. But one very astute guy corrected everyone and said, 'the Redskins (RGIII) trade with the rams was a failure for the Redskins and a win for Rams? No.'
Since that trade Redskins made it to the playoffs twice. Rams have not gone to the playoffs. ZERO! So who failed and who won?
The Rams have not been to the playoffs since 2004-2005 season.
Since "the Trade" in 2012 the Rams season record has been:
2012: 7-9
2013: 7-9
2014: 6-10
2015: 7-9
So where did we fail and they won? In what world? Winning the offseason?

It's categorically incorrect to say the TRADE failed for the Rams. It's completely correct to say the RAMS failed.

They picked some decent players with the picks we gave them. But they never solved the QB problem, which is the biggest failure of them all. No matter what your roster looks like, if you get dreck from QB like they got from Bradford, Nick Foles, and whoever else they suited up, no amount of depth is going to matter.

Likewise, we didn't succeed on the trade. Griffin gave us one good year, then squadoosh. Cousins was the reason we got to the playoffs in 2015. Cousins and Gruden and McCloughan and Reed and everyone else. But not Griffin.

Rams came out on the better end of the trade, but they failed to take advantage of it. Who would I rather be a fan of today? The Redskins. But that has everything to do with the core McCloughan has put into place, and the fact that we have serious hope at QB. It has nothing to do with the trade.