Not sure we'll see wholesale changes the first year no matter who is coach. IIRR, most coaches bring in a few beyond the draft and give the rest of the team a year to "try out". I suppose that if they know they don't fit their style then a player will be gone or if they figure out a way to make a deal that gets them draft picks or a player they covet they will make those moves.
Bottom line is that it does take years to turn over a roster and in the mean time, we may find that our roster wasn't the lion's share of the problem.
Take our O-line for example. Doesn't it appear that it has taken a step backward this year after looking like it was getting pretty decent last season? Is that coaching? Is that lack of belief in a system? Is that full implementation of the Boras system and therefore we have a pretty full picture now? Would a change in coach and system get more out of these guys? These are not bottom of the barrel picks for O-linemen. It wasn't just the Rams that thought highly of them. And they are still young enough that we may have not seen their true potential.
Either way - I am not sure that we will see a huge change in personnel. And personally, I'd rather find out that it was coaching. Because honestly, that is what is going to see the most drastic change. And I'd be stoked to see Quick as a 1,500 yard receiver for Goff, Gurley getting the holes he seemed to get last year, Tavon breaking ankles across the field, Higbeast rumbling down the seam, Cooper moving chains, AND keep churning the roster with draft picks - not FAs.
Good Morning how's that Pacific Ocean aroma today ?
Yeah I would agree with you here. The offense is the issue but the defense decided to join in with the offense in Fail Mode too. There is only so much a new HC & its new administration can do in a few months. Free Agency rushes in real quick & from there its one hot & heavy on the determination on the plans & objectives & so on. So I do not see that massive change to this young roster as many here might think. Many elements limit this.
On offense many of our younger players particularly on the OL were high quality OL prospects in college. Havenstein, Brown & Wichmann all had good rookie seasons showing very good promise. Not sure just what happen here but whatever it was it effected the entire OL. But one outstanding high $$$ UFA OL is in order to be added I would suggest it be @ OLT and let all the rest of our OT's fight it out for the other post.
A big change in the offense in 2016 from the 2015 was the almost
non use of FB Cory Harkey...we sure have not discussed that at all here. If we had please direct me to that past discussion if you can. The use if rookie TE/HB Tyler Higbee in place of Harkey??? hmmmmm
. So much for all this Higbeast hype:huh:... In this seasons draft the Rams used 4 out of 6 selections on various type of receivers mostly not close to being broken in yet.
The major changes on Defense will come in
only two areas...the
Right DE post specifically edge pass rusher & the entire
corner unit IMO that's it. Defensively some arranging of several young vets posts & assignments is a sure bet though.
