It’s never too early for the St. Louis Rams to look ahead

By AJ Sanson

Overall, the Rams have been a pleasant surprise so far in this young NFL season. Even after a heartbreaking loss at Tampa Bay a couple of weekends ago was a tale of two halves, the team has shown some promise and the crowds at the Edward Jones Dome continue to grow larger and louder.
Yet, there is still something missing.
Well, they realistically could improve on a few positions, but all signs are starting to point toward a big one: wide receiver.
Sam Bradford as quarterback is the real deal. Once Peyton Manning decides to hang it up, I can see Bradford blossoming into the top five quarterbacks of the league behind Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees, Ben Roethlisberger, and Matt Ryan. Bradford is calm, poised, and mature far beyond his age of 22. He is the future of the team and if Mr. Pujols decides to leave the Cardinals, St. Louis becomes Bradford’s city. Still, he needs a solid home run hitter to chuck the ball to in the end zone.
Let’s hope next spring we hear NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell say “With the [whichever pick] in the NFL draft the St. Louis Rams select wide receiver from the University of Georgia, AJ Green.”
A healthy Danario Alexander and Donnie Avery to compliment the best wide-out in college football split either side of Bradford sounds pretty good doesn’t it?
Just this week, Mel Kiper listed Green as his number two pro prospect behind University of Washington quarterback Jake Locker.
I may be biased being a die-hard Georgia fan, but he really deserves it.
Although he is just a junior and said two weeks ago that his four game suspension earlier this year made him feel as if he owed it to the Bulldog faithful to play his senior year, it seems someone who could rake in around $30 million as a rookie would very likely come out early.
Money talks.
Green would be the best receiver the team has drafted since they selected Torry Holt sixth overall in the 1999 draft. I do not mind Donnie Avery, but I feel Green has a better skill-set and more of an ability to stretch the field, which the team desperately lacks right now. He also brings the ability to go up and grab a jump ball that the five foot-eleven inch Avery can’t. Green is listed at six foot-four, I have met him and can tell you that is selling him short. If you have not had the chance to see his touchdown catch a few weeks ago against Colorado, take a moment to check it out.
The Rams have missed on nearly a dozen draft picks in the rebuilding years after “The Greatest Show on Turf,” but I think the fans are breathing a sigh of relief with Bradford and even the play of OT Rodger Saffold. The team is pointed in the right direction, but as a fan I could only imagine how much greater they could be with that big time receiver and you can never have enough of them, especially with a quarterback with the potential of Bradford.
The only problem is, the Rams may win enough games to pull themselves out of the Green sweepstakes. Raise your hand if you predicted that three months ago.