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OldSchool said:
YOU GUYS LEAVE BRIAN ALLEN ALONE!

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Sorry couldn't resist.
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Yep that’s how I’ve always pictured you
 
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BonifayRam said:
Anchrum is 6-1 5/8ths inches tall. He has consistently been listed 314 pounds for the last few seasons in college. I have posted many times that TA has shown to be a very mature young man. Mentally & physically.

Tremayne Anchrum 2020 NFL Draft Profile - Last Word on Pro Football (lastwordonsports.com)
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This article also suggests he is wise beyond his years. “18 going on 28”

“Strong with a high football IQ”


He sounds smart enough to play center
 
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I'm very interested to see what Carberry does.
I like the idea of a power scheme, where guys can just bulldoze straight ahead and run the ball up the gut of a defense.
Don't think, just attack.

We're just 1 solid C away from having a very good Oline.
Let's do it and milk every bit of football we can out of Stafford.
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Carberry helped run the zone scheme in Washington. I’d guess it will be the same with the Rams. He knows McVay well and what he wants.

I’m more interested to see if he figures a way to rotate Olinemen to keep them fresh at certain positions. That would be an NFL revelation if he could pull it off.
 
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Elmgrovegnome said:
Meinerz played guard in college. The Rams like versatility.if not center I think he’d make a good guard if he develops with better coaching
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Yea exactly he's technically a guard but played center at the senior bowl and has that versatility. But more importantly hes extremely strong at the point of attack and a great athlete, so I would love to draft this guy. And if we prefer to move Corbett to center we'll be able to. I also think Anchrum makes an impact in some way this year.
 
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Yea exactly he's technically a guard but played center at the senior bowl and has that versatility. But more importantly hes extremely strong at the point of attack and a great athlete, so I would love to draft this guy. And if we prefer to move Corbett to center we'll be able to. I also think Anchrum makes an impact in some way this year.
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I didn’t think Corbett was particularly strong in Pass pro last year. Maybe it was because the guy next to him wasn’t too good at it either. If Anchrum is the real deal and moved to center I’d rather see Meinerz groomed to take over for Corbett. I don’t know how many years Corbett has left until free agency but it seems the Rams aren’t keen on paying their inside guys so they will have to have replacements ready.

The way Olinemen are paid in free agency Corbett could get them a third round comp pick eventually. Ditto Edwards in time.
 
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Elmgrovegnome said:
This article also suggests he is wise beyond his years. “18 going on 28”

“Strong with a high football IQ”


He sounds smart enough to play center
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There is a very good chance that Snead/McVay are seeing it your way & falling into line with your way of thinking.... :biggrin: McVay really has no need for Anchrum to be involved in the OT posts. With Whitworth, Havenstein, Noteboom, Edwards, Evans & Brewer signed & ready what's the reason for that?

It's in the interior where TA needs to be utilized. Most all of the negative long listings on his many draft profiles were mostly centering in on how he will not be an effective OT in the NFL @ being short on length. Most did not cover his skills backpack playing in the interior because he was always an OT for Clemson. If the only thing wrong with Ancrum from all the analysts in the NFL draft world was his shortness & length ....just place him in an OL post where those two elements have no bearing......CENTER or OG!

Why would it be such a bad thing if the Snead/McVay's plan was to go with Brian Allen 4th season, Coleman Shelton 4th season & Tremayne Anchrum entering his 2nd season being funneled into the Center position before the Draft & then see just how those three days of war with the other teams' mindsets work out?
 
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The Rams traded for Corbett mid 2019 for one reason, to take on the Center position because of the seriously struggling Brian Allen. Corbett spent two/three weeks on a crash course trying to learn the Rams system and calls before all hell broke loose, in very short order Allen, Noteboom (LG) and Havenstein all went down to injury. As the only Ram with the ability to make all the calls at Center, Blythe was immediately moved inside from his RG position, Evans went to RT, Edwards landed at RG and Corbett was forced into a position he wasn't expected to play at LG. Corbett had zero regular season offensive snaps in the NFL when this went down. It's actually a pretty amazing story how the Rams were able to hold it together under these adverse conditions.

Fast forward to 2021, Allen & Shelton are still a bit of an enigma. Allen hasn't played in 1 1/2 years and no one here knows how or if his injury will affect his future, and considering he likely would have been removed from the starting line-up in 2019 even if he had remained healthy, how much improvement could he have developed during his rehabilitation period ? Coleman Shelton has bounced around on a few teams' practice squads, was asked to play back-up Center in 2020, but was this because of quality play in practice or because there was absolutely no one else available on the roster ? Some ask why Corbett wasn't moved to Center last year, but they've already forgotten about our Covid limited camp and non-existent pre-season, same reasons for not having a readily available OG to replace Corbett had he been moved inside. These issues might have been dealt with thru free agency last year, and to the chagrin of many fans, other than a 7'th round draft pick for Tremayne Anchrum, were ignored.
If indeed that Blythe is history, Corbett may be our only viable answer to start at Center, unless Allen received '6 million dollar man' type of Robo surgery and had a complete epiphany, ... my hope is that Anchrum has been cross training, taking off-season snaps at Center and might compete with Corbett to start or fight Coleman for a back-up role. Anchrum & Brewer are my current candidates to play major utility roles if they don't land starting jobs themselves, Brewer at LT & OG, and Anchrum at RT, OG & Center.
Of course, all this is based on staying in-house, and we can be fairly well assured that the Rams will be visiting the OL somewhere with the upcoming draft, whether at OT (Walker Little), Center ((Josh Myers) or OG/C (Quinn Meinerz). If the Rams choose to draft a Center, and the odds seem pretty high on this, then i'd expect it to be with one of our first two picks rather than wait and see what hopeful happens to land within range, this is far too important to mess about with any longer. jmo.
 
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Riverumbbq said:
The Rams traded for Corbett mid 2019 for one reason, to take on the Center position because of the seriously struggling Brian Allen. Corbett spent two/three weeks on a crash course trying to learn the Rams system and calls before all hell broke loose, in very short order Allen, Noteboom (LG) and Havenstein all went down to injury. As the only Ram with the ability to make all the calls at Center, Blythe was immediately moved inside from his RG position, Evans went to RT, Edwards landed at RG and Corbett was forced into a position he wasn't expected to play at LG. Corbett had zero regular season offensive snaps in the NFL when this went down. It's actually a pretty amazing story how the Rams were able to hold it together under these adverse conditions.

Fast forward to 2021, Allen & Shelton are still a bit of an enigma. Allen hasn't played in 1 1/2 years and no one here knows how or if his injury will affect his future, and considering he likely would have been removed from the starting line-up in 2019 even if he had remained healthy, how much improvement could he have developed during his rehabilitation period ? Coleman Shelton has bounced around on a few teams' practice squads, was asked to play back-up Center in 2020, but was this because of quality play in practice or because there was absolutely no one else available on the roster ? Some ask why Corbett wasn't moved to Center last year, but they've already forgotten about our Covid limited camp and non-existent pre-season, same reasons for not having a readily available OG to replace Corbett had he been moved inside. These issues might have been dealt with thru free agency last year, and to the chagrin of many fans, other than a 7'th round draft pick for Tremayne Anchrum, were ignored.
If indeed that Blythe is history, Corbett may be our only viable answer to start at Center, unless Allen received '6 million dollar man' type of Robo surgery and had a complete epiphany, ... my hope is that Anchrum has been cross training, taking off-season snaps at Center and might compete with Corbett to start or fight Coleman for a back-up role. Anchrum & Brewer are my current candidates to play major utility roles if they don't land starting jobs themselves, Brewer at LT & OG, and Anchrum at RT, OG & Center.
Of course, all this is based on staying in-house, and we can be fairly well assured that the Rams will be visiting the OL somewhere with the upcoming draft, whether at OT (Walker Little), Center ((Josh Myers) or OG/C (Quinn Meinerz). If the Rams choose to draft a Center, and the odds seem pretty high on this, then i'd expect it to be with one of our first two picks rather than wait and see what hopeful happens to land within range, this is far too important to mess about with any longer. jmo.
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I do not think any member here can come up with a real legit con to considering Corbett as a starting center. He has started @ RT/RG/LG in the NFL since arriving one pick from being a first-round selection.

Corbett was moved from LG to make rook for Noteboom to start @ LG. Corbett took up the new assignment had very few issues in fact he had an outstanding first half-season starting in a new OL position. Corbett is on his way to being a medical doctor so he might have a few extra brain cells looking for a challenge.

The biggest #1 element flashing in bright blue lights in this discussion is Corbett is the most experienced OL'er that Rams have to be considered in this center equation 40 NFL gms with 26 starts. In college, Corbett was a starting LT for 4 seasons & played about 10 pounds heavier then. Another thing he does have large hands that can help @ center in grasping that football & those big NT's. This guy has also been able to remain injury-free.

As for the starting post @ RG........Carberry has a number of RG's under contract in David Edwards, Bobby Evans, Chandler Brewer & Tremayne Anchrum & even the most hated & despised Brian Allen was a very good starting OG in his sophomore & junior seasons. If you can count that five options. So where are the cons to this idea?
 
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It is kind of funny after all the grief we've given Blythe for years now so many think we have to have him back.
 
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Merlin said:
He's been our worst lineman for the past two seasons. Outside of a short window when Kromer thought Demby could play.

Blythe is why Kromer is gone. IMO. I think Kromes wanted to go with him and McVay was like "no and as a matter of fact you're fired."

Lastly I do think the Rams would have been open to bringing him back for what he should be paid, like a backup, but him being a FA that makes it hard.
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couldn’t disagree more in the fact Kromer left.Not so sure he got fired ??

I think if you(which you do) at The Rams linemen after there initial blocks have trouble down field. —He also has had to much influence in the run game.I think Mcvay wanted O’Connell to have a bigger impact with the offense. —Thomas will help The Rams RB’s find those big hole the OLine has created at times.
 
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XXXIVwin said:
I think Rams had a handshake deal that Blythe could test waters as a FA, but he'd give Rams a chance to match it and stay. I predict Rams will "overpay" to keep Blythe (possibly including a Stafford restructure to make it work), and board will howl about the cap hit.
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