TexasRam said:
I wish they would consider moving Saffold to LG. Power run with Stacy down their throats. As it stands Williams and Smith are a weak link.
We are loading up with 3-4 TE looks, why not further beef that Oline up with Saffold inside.
I certainly agree with you TexasRam. :tu: Thus far in the six games I have watched & even goes back to the four pre season games too...Chris Williams has been the weak link of the five starters. Harvey got off to a very bad start too & had me wondering if he liked getting his posterior handed to me each week & into self abuse but seems like all this run blocking has gotten him all fired up and raising hell ...of course that's what he is best at.
Saffold, as I tried to explained above in my extended post, never even had much on field time playing Right OT or even completed the chore of right side stuff...he was having issues in TC & it was played down by all, then got his shoulder mangled in the first quarter of the first pre-seaon game .... then he returned for one quarter in the last pre-season game....then played just one complete game against the Cards.... fair performance but not on par with what we have seen from him when he was healthy when playing on the
left side either..... then Saffold goes back out early in the 2nd game & hurt that same knee again.....so lets be straight here Saffold certainly has not nailed down the ORT post period....if any one thinks different please chime in here cause I would love to hear that position..... :neh:
One thing we do know is Rams do not have a complete package starting @ LEFT OG....nothing new here...another thing we know is Saffold is a bonified serious LEFT side pass & run blocker when healthy .... I have read a couple ROD'mers comments ..questioning this Saffold to LEFT OG post with something to the effect having to retrain Saffold on how to play LEFT side OG position??? :???:
I just do not see the merit in this train of thought...Saffold may be a serious injury prone OL'er but he is far far from being slow in the NFL intellect brain area. He has played left side forever he will play left side when he leaves the Ram organization after the season is over. Saffold know the OLG assignments as well as he knows the OLT assignments. Plug him in there & let him rock on...