We need to draft an OL on Day 2. If the veterans beat out the rookie, good. That likely means they've improved and earned it. But this is one of the best Center classes in quite some time, and we have a need on the interior.
Not going to happen
We need to draft an OL on Day 2. If the veterans beat out the rookie, good. That likely means they've improved and earned it. But this is one of the best Center classes in quite some time, and we have a need on the interior.
Can Noteboom and Allen even be counted on at all this year? If so why are we assuming their play will be better coming off of injury when they looked so over-matched and lost last season?
We need to draft interior line 100%. "Isn't as bad as it looks" is completely subjective and doesnt mean the line will be "good." IMO we need at least a good OL to have a shot at the playoffs.
Somebody like one of the UDFA at the bottom of the roster over Allen and Evans. Or Noteboom starts the year on the IR thereby opening another spot on the roster. Nothing I said or about drafting a lineman in the first couple picks means Allen or Evans will be cut.
I understand your post. I would also agree with you on most. It just takes so much more time to groom college OL'ers to play in the NFL in comparison to all the other NFL posts. When most drafted OL'ers fair better in run blocking but fail miserably in pass protection. NFL OL units are subjected to more overall injuries too.
I would say drafted rookie OL'ers Edwards/ Evans & others Brewer & Corbett all had impact & improved our 2019 OL situation. How would our OL survived without those four OL'ers replacing the fallen or benched starters? All four of those mentioned above appear to have good futures here with this Ram team.
I know Rookie Edwards improved the RG performance over former starters Blythe/Demby. I know that Rookie Evans improved the RT post over Havenstein & keep Havenstien on the bench for the last 3 gms of the season. I also know that Corbett improved the LG post performance over Noteboom/Demby.
I do not believe most ROD forum members would agree with this statement "spending draft picks on an offensive lineman automatically upgrades the offensive line".
In truth the selecting of 3 OL'ers in the 2018 draft (LT Noteboom/ OC Allen & OG Demby) resulted in very little OL improvement in 2018 season. Even in 2019, those same 3 who all started, did very little to nothing that could be called improvement. But there were injuries involved with 2 of the 3 in 2019. The big Questions surrounding those three 2018 OL Ram draft class remains Unanswered @ this time too.
This upcoming season we will see how this OL story unfolds in so many interesting OL elements to study. One that should give us Ram fans a good case study will take place in this OL.Actually that has been my point in December. This young group is up & coming.The DB group as well,but they still need depth.
The sad thing about the 2018 class is they did not get any game experience. HOW can you IMPROVE without getting that valuable playing time. The good thing is 2019 class did get that experience.
With Corbett he came right in mid-season & started. I’m sure after a full training camp he will improve a lot more .
Good bet you can look no further than me.I keep seeing Brewer's name pop up in these conversations. Where's the optimism wrt him coming from?
Guys seriously this line is mediocre at best and most likely leaning towards terrible again.
All second rate talent with alot of deficiencies at run blocking, and massive deficiencies at interior line play all across the interior. Note that Goff is a pocket passer he is not buying time with his feet. Sure he can roll out but that most of the time is NOT by design.
I think everyone needs to watch the 2017 and 2018 seasons, Goff had all day to sit back and survey the field. Compare that to 2019. Even after the first 3 wins it felt like something was really off and it continued throughout the season. I know the knee jerk reaction is to say we had a lot of injuries and thus a lot of shuffling of players sure, but those players are the players we have now and in any configuration whether begining of season before injuries we sucked and during the last 5 games when the line was in tact we still sucked.
Guys it is time to bite the bullet and find some BETTER talent than currently on the roster. Start with Trent Williams restructure Goff and sign him he solidifies the LT spot for multi years just like when Whit came. Move Whit to LG or RT. Draft the top G or C and watch the run game soar, Goff will have way more time and most of all the Rams Offense will get to 30-32+ ppg again which would be 6-8 ppg more than last year.
Biggest key to remember look up PFF Rams oline ranking it was 31st only Miami's was worse. What is so scary about that fact we have the same line as last year with zero additions. Not to mention two of this 9-10 linemen are injured and who knows how that will effect us (Boom/Allen) both were starters.
C'mon Snead/McVay/Komer please prioritize the line and come up with real fixes not hoping and praying we will be better which is astronomical unrealistic!
We still need a top notch center - Blythe is not the answer - he is just a fill in
don't look at it in a vacuum. Compare to what other teams have. This line is bad.
To set the table here in side the boxI think I'm thinking outside the box a bit but I would not be surprised if the Rams took a wideout at 52. As a cooks replacement. If they trade cooks post June it shows they save about 12 million cap space. Regardless if they trade him they have Reynolds and the rook. The rook gets some valuable playing time with Reynolds who would help hold it down probably play for his next contract elsewhere ......and next year if it worked out and the dude we pick is good which in this draft is quite possible the rec. core remains intact maybe better if the dude we draft is fast and big.
Matt Miller's Scouting Notebook: Latest 2020 Draft Rumors
Matt MillerApril 3, 2020
View: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2884704-matt-millers-scouting-notebook-latest-2020-draft-rumors-for-every-nfl-team
As the draft gets closer, the information from team sources gets more accurate and starts to flow more freely. Head coaches who are still digesting draft information will reach out for tips on a player or position group. Scouts, who've been studying this class for a year, are bored and anxious to talk.As those conversations happen, what information can be relayed to readers will be. And that's what this week's Scouting Notebook hinges on—the top team-by-team buzz in NFL circles right now.
LOS ANGELES RAMS: Sources expect a running back early and an offensive tackle to potentially be the priority in Round 2 if one is on the board.
Ref. OT need.......Rams have invested in 4 OT's in the last two years & resigned 2 OT's.The combination of RB and o-line early seems plausible. Both need reinforcement. Tackle over center might seem unexpected, but we really don't know how the Rams view the existing roster and what o-line position could best be improved through the draft. So maybe this report could have some basis.
This upcoming season we will see how this OL story unfolds in so many interesting OL elements to study. One that should give us Ram fans a good case study will take place in this OL.
2018 first Ram season OL class of Noteboom/Allen/Demby getting very few snaps with the offense & zero starts & how all three performed the following season when tasked with the duties as starter vs the 2019 first Ram season OL class of Evans/ Edwards/ Brewer/ Corbett getting a heavy-duty number of snaps with 31 starts from 3 of the 4.IMO there is a large difference in the amount of talent in Evans/ Edwards & Corbett compared to Noteboom/ Allen & Demby.
Snead staying close to his beliefs on procuring OL talent....many press statement on his preference of drafting & securing OT's over OG's & OC's. In the last 2 drafts he has secured 5 starting college OT's vs one starting college OG/OC that being Allen. Snead might fill he is set @ both starting OG posts this season. He has a college starting LT now @ LG & a college starting RT now @ RG. Snead's mind set @ this current time ....Mission Accomplished.
I should remind myself that Brian Allen {who most here have written off in 2020 as a Ram OL} was a versatile interior OL'er who had many more starts @ OG than center. BA was HS starting OG &DT. In BA's first 3 seasons @ Michigan state (FR) was reserve OG, (SO) was starting OG, (JR) season was starting OG. (SR) was starting center. BA's college career was seriously accomplished.....Four-year letter winner, team captain, All-Big Ten accolades three straight years (2015-17), three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree..., team's most inspirational player (Biggie Munn Award), received the Downtown Coaches Club Award, given to the team's most outstanding offensive player and the Up Front Award, semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, Academic Heisman'...was the 2017 Michael R. Sadler Scholar-Athlete Award recipient. named a first-team Freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association of America and Scout.com. Just maybe we might want to hold off a bit before we delete him as a Ram in 2020.
Kromer did BA no favors in his rookie season when he only gave BA 39 snaps with the 2018 offense.If Allen is unable to win his previous two NFL OC positions back (2018 main reserve OC & 2019 starter @ OC) Kromer may rethink moving the fire hydrant into competition @ both OG reserve posts. It might be a good bet that Kromer will go with Blythe/Shelton/Trewyn as his 3 main OC's with Blythe as starter, Shelton securing position on 53 player roster & Trewyn earning a practice squad position. If the OG starting posts are set then Allen would join Brewer, Demby & Kolone to fight it out for the reserve swing OG position. Or is 4 not enough OG competition for the one swing OG OL position?
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