There is a saying about not critiquing fortunate circumstances, more commonly known as “Don’t look a gift-horse in the mouth”. Perhaps that saying is appropriate for the LA Rams good fortune of landing a player who-by-all-counts projected by many scouts as round four or five draftable linebacker out of a very successful Baylor football program.
Baylor standout linebacker Clay Johnston was projected much higher in the draft until a knee injury placed the dreaded medical flag on his portfolio, in a year when NFL teams had no course of invalidating medical concerns. He fit all of the right “parameters” to excite NFL scouts and coaches.