Jamon Brown Moving To LG?

[DaveFan'51]

Watching the Rams pregame show. If I heard him correctly, the announcer just stated that Brown was gonna to play LG which would allow Saffold to play RG when he returned from injury.


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I wouldn't mind it if Saffold went to RG, I wanted him their to begin-with!! that's where he plays his best! IMHO

 

[Memphis Ram]

Something else to consider. Both Wichmann and Reynolds are probably better off at RG, too.

 

[MTRamsFan]

I'm okay with Brown LG. This way the O-Line "levels out" so to speak having Saffold next to Havenstein, and alleviates having two rookies side-by-side. I did see some really good play by Rhaney too. My guess for week one will be GRob-Brown-Jones-Saffold-Havenstein.

 

[Merlin]

So after last night's game I gotta say JB is special. I understand now why the staff is so high on him. He can play either side easily well and he plays with awareness of a player who is not intimidated by this level. The dude is going to be an impact player for this line this season.

HStein is solid, just like many thought he'd be. Not a finished product and he's gonna improve through the year, but he's a guy who will be ok outside of the occasional game against a defense with a high end LDE when he will need TE assistance. Really like his serious nature in interviews and the way he takes the game seriously, so no change here still think the Rams got a solid pro who is going to start a lot of games at RT for the Rams.

Saffold of course is the enormous question mark but I presume he will at least be good to start the Seattle game. Still, it seems the staff is preparing for him missing time by sliding JB over, and at this point I am interpreting that as a compliment to JB and how well he's played.

Center is another question mark but I do think once they make a decision it is not going to be this line's primary issue.

LT is actually my biggest concern right now. As much as I like GRob at this point I'm thinking we're gonna see some ups and downs with him this season. Didn't expect that, but on the plus side he is a hard worker and should get where he needs to be and in addition Battle was a shrewd pickup. Yeah he's still raw but played a lot better outside of his penalty last night.

 

[fearsomefour]

Rhaney actually looks pretty good at guard.

Allow him to take advantage of his athletic ability without having to snap the ball and worry about pesky line calls. With Rhaney and Reynolds the Rams depth at G is actually not bad.

 

[fearsomefour]

Except Saffold played better at RG in 2013 than he did LG in 2014. The injury might have played into that but they may feel confident enough in Jamon Brown to put him on the blind-side and let Saffold play the spot he's better at.

I understand the reasoning behind it.
It is a concern to me that we are this far into the preseason and they are making changes. If they knew Saffold was superior at RG why not make plans going forward with him at RG.
Thankfully it appears Brown can switch sides. With Rhaney playing solidly at G and Reynolds as well the depth at G is solid.

 

[Sum1]

Havenstein seemed to struggle more than any other starter on the line last night. What if Saffold comes back at RT?

 

[Alan]

How was our run blocking? From any of them. There seems to be a lot of accolades being given to our O-line members for simply keeping Foles alive. I'm definitely still in "wait and see" mode. Did anyone see any good run blocking by our starters/first string temporary replacements?

 

[HometownBoy]

Havenstein seemed to struggle more than any other starter on the line last night. What if Saffold comes back at RT?

Bit of an overreaction. We need guard more and Havenstein had to have a bad night eventually, he had two good nights prior.

 

[Sum1]

Bit of an overreaction. We need guard more and Havenstein had to have a bad night eventually, he had two good nights prior.

I'm just asking a question for discussion. Not really overreacting to anything.

 

[HometownBoy]

I'm just asking a question for discussion. Not really overreacting to anything.

Not saying you're overreacting. I'm saying that would be an overreaction to Havenstein's bad night.

 

[jrry32]

I understand the reasoning behind it.
It is a concern to me that we are this far into the preseason and they are making changes. If they knew Saffold was superior at RG why not make plans going forward with him at RG.
Thankfully it appears Brown can switch sides. With Rhaney playing solidly at G and Reynolds as well the depth at G is solid.

Because you don't want to toss a struggling rookie into the OG spot on a QB's blind-side? Brown proved he can handle it.

 

[fearsomefour]

Because you don't want to toss a struggling rookie into the OG spot on a QB's blind-side? Brown proved he can handle it.

Ehhh.
They are just changing it as they go along.

 

[12intheBox]

Something else to consider. Both Wichmann and Reynolds are probably better off at RG, too.

Dont know about Wichmann - but I believe Reynolds is exclusively a RG/RT - although seemingly better at RG between the two.

I think this whole thing has more to do with Jamon Brown being even better than they anticipated - it's a good news move if you ask me.