have to admit i haven't seen much of him...
when i did look, i wanted to like him a lot being a rams fan, i came away with the impression he had very little wiggle, and wasn't sure how his skills would translate...
i think it is very possible there is a division of labor and this is a three headed monster...
stacy, having the best size and strength, and seemingly best inside runner, could be short yardage and goal line specialist...
these days most teams do use at least two RBs if not three (like saints), the trent richardson's of the world are rare... if pead or richardson are injured (with two of them, i guess double the chance ONE of them could miss some time), he could be thrust into a bigger role...
just conjecture, but i think they want pead to take lead in RBBC...
pedigree didn't matter last year, perhaps for whatever reason richardson was better prepared and made the college to NFL transition quicker and more smoothly... but i can't completely ignore and dismiss fact that they had respective 2nd and 7th round grades on them in 2012, so if pead is more "caught up" in preparation and transitioning, knows the play book and can play faster, the perceived talent gap the scouts, coaching staff and front office thought they saw last year (thus the pedigree gap or interval) could begin to assert itself more...
of course, if pead isn't as prepared mentally as richardson (who showed a lot of professionalism and maturity in 2012 , to his credit), all bets are off, and i would immediately recommend richardson...
but again, this is conjecture... what else could it be, not sure the coaches even know how the distribution of carries in expected two or three player RBBC (maybe stacy more intended as depth, insurance), until we see how pead and richardson look with another year of development, behind a better OL (jake long, wells healthy for now, saffold should be upgrade at RT), with exponentially greater receiving weapons (cook & austin, particularly, who are not only among the quickest and fastest at their respective positions in the game today... but maybe EVER?) to help create more space for the RBs to operate with and in...
richardson has the weight of history and last year's precendent in his favor... it doesn't require any imagination or exotic extrapolations, to think that, simply and straightforwardly, BASED ON 2012, the coaches like him better than pead.
* i didn't end up with stacy in any of six dynasty leagues in offseason... i asked for pead to be included almost as a throw in with one trade, otherwise i don't have pead or richardson on any of the teams... and sometimes that is partly flukey, not having pick in area he was taken, etc...
but i do have a few concerns with stacy...
that the light goes on for pead, and the second round pedigree asserts itself...
pead is shiftier, and maybe better fit for what looks like it could be a base spread offense like what bradford ran at oklahoma (cook = gresham) or like prolific, record breaking w. virginia "air raid" passing attack of HC dana holgorsen that put up historic numbers (drafted not only austin but his even more productive teammate and fellow WR stedman bailey)... he could have a lot of space to operate in...
saving the biggest and imo most important concern for last... with all the extra picks (for second year in a row, two 1sts in 2014), and because fisher had success with upper echelon RBs like eddie george and chris johnson, he may try and replicate that in the near future once he has the other pieces in place of the surrounding passing attack...
don't get me wrong, i like ogletree a lot and great idea to add an athlete, a playmaker and one of the best at his respective positions (and a pretty important position if he becomes a tone setter and another plus defender with laurinaitis at second level, after stockpiling talent on DL with three 1st rounders and at CB with one of top 2012 free agents finnegan and one of top cover CBs from class of '12 in janoris jenkins) on offense and defense, to sort of strengthen and weaponize both sides of the ball at the same time (they did after all, have TWO 1st rounders)... a better defense will help the offense and vice verce... and they didn't have a 2nd round pick due to climbing the ladder to get from 1.16 to 1.8 to snipe austin... but, just imagine or wrap your mind around how even SCARIER the STL offense would look on paper if they had drafted giovani bernard this year instead of the bengals?
more than likely, the rams concluded it was too early to give up on second year, second rounder pead, and they wanted to give him at least one more year to see what he can do more favorably positioned for success, as he should be in 2013 - maybe somewhat mirroring the rationale, and for some parallel reasons (if not as fateful or momentous), for not prematurely pulling the plug on bradford last year for historically good QB prospect RGIII, opting instead to surround him with upgraded OL and skill position weapons in free agency, and in the next three drafts ('12-'13-'14), with the bounty rams parlayed from the RGIII trade)?
took pains to relate that scenario, because unless a RB already on team (in which case i would think more likely pead, for reasons already outlined above, or richardson) lights it up, than imo the future at the RB position is very possibly not on the roster as it is presently constituted, and there is a high degree of liklihood that this is addressed by the franchise with one or more potentially more talented RBs in next few years, perhaps as soon as next year... pead would be tough to drop as 2nd rounder, rams traded two draft picks to move up in 5th and get stacy, but richardson was a 7th, so i don't think they would blink if it comes to replacing him in 2014, 2015, whatever...
in fact, trying to look around the corner or a few steps ahead, the rams fisher and snead have seemingly drafted pretty well in 2012-2013 both in terms of elevating collective talent level, but also filling important needs (in free agency as well - finnegan, wells, ex-MIA DT, etc. in 2012, long and cook in 2013)...
in the near future, it is possible that one of the bigger candidates for talent elevation happens to be RB (safety also, maybe OL to get younger than wells and dahl, and especially if RT saffold leaves in free agency)...
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