Shanahan: Williams is a natural for zone-blocking scheme

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Originally Posted by ethat001

Just wanted to tip my hat to our very own Trent Williams by bumping this thread. I thought he did wonderfully for his first game, even if he says he was "nervous" the entire time.

In comparison, Sam Bradford found himself hit repeatedly in his first game due to poor LT play from Jason Smith, the Ram's last year's first round pick (#2 overall). Admittedly, we were playing the Bills..

Smith has somehow played so poorly that he's now a backup RT. Still I mean what should St. Louis have done? They already invested the #2 pick last year in Smith and then went back this year and made what looks to be a pretty nice pick in Saffold, who ironically is playing to the level they expected Smith to be playing at. Oh well, we'll probably trade for Smith with a 5th round pick in a year or two.