Signing Tyrann would be a mistake. It's why he's unsigned. He's another Marcus Peters, a me guy who will go rogue to try for a splash play. A bad fit for this locker room and culture. I'm believing what I'm hearing about him during his time in KC and even AZ.
Scott is on his way to being a much better safety. I think this will be his breakout year. I've liked him since he was a rookie and knew he simply needed time to develop. He's a safety with the true skills to play both CB and FS with 4.43 speed. His emergence has allowed Rapp to be played as the in the box SS that he is with Fuller patrolling the midrange middle. It will allow Morris to play 3 downs with two ILBs and mix and match his front 4 with Floyd, AD, Gaines, Robinson, Lewis, and Hollins. He has his 5th rusher in Wagner and Jones. If Rochell is ready to have a breakout season this defense will be scary good. Morris has learned how to let his dogs off the chains. I don't think we will see that overly cautious play not to lose style anymore.
Offensively, this offense will be equally scary with Kupp, OBJ, Robinson, Jefferson, Harris at WR, Ackers, Michel, Henderson, Funk at RB, Higbee, Blanton, and Hopkins. The OL will be equally good with Noteboom, Shelton, Allen, Havenstein, and the RG TBD. But even if they play Evans at LG, Shelton is at least on par with Corbett. IMO Shelton is better on the second level which is why they favored continuing to develop Shelton overpaying Corbett who has peaked.
This OL could be better. People discounted my support for the OL last year but they played well overall finishing with a top 10 ranking by most evaluators. But I think they got a bad rap in the run game as I saw the execution on most just very poor play design. Trying to run a style without the personnel, i.e. power with no lead block. McVay tried to force the ILBs out of the A gaps by his WR alignments. But DCs began to see if they simply kept their MIKE over the A gaps the Rams couldn't run. The yards they did get between the tackles were because of Akers and Michel breaking or carrying tackles. For the most part, it wasn't the OL but the media and the public generally saw it that way.
If the Rams trade for Hunter like I'm hearing they might if they can strike a deal with the Vikes, this team will without question be better because they will have all the pieces from day one.
But me personally, I'm not going to be what I dislike, an arrogant fan blind to reality. This team has been a championship roster for a year and I have personally said so that whole time and longer in fact. That said I haven't been blind to where they need to improve. Secondary depth and OL depth are a concern right now. But it's a long way from September and a lot can happen and I think it will. Teams will discard players looking for starters who would have value as depth for the Rams, I feel that is very likely. Last year people harped upon the lack of depth as a perceived problem on the Rams. Yet despite a rash of injuries this team prevailed because the depth was there. I point to an apparent lack of depth but I know they have Burgess, Hall, and Deayon but I expect them to add players there.
I've been saying it for a long time. This team is built and now it's only going to be better this year.
