Maybe I’m the only one, but I would rather have Whit starting for another season than counting on Noteboom either to be healthy or to immediately be an effective LT. Rather see him as backup for one more year of learning.Need to improve the run game so at the least...
Noteboom/Evans
Corbett
BlytheFA or Draftee
Edwards
Evans/Havenstein
Need to improve the run game so at the least...
Noteboom/Evans
Corbett
BlytheFA or Draftee
Edwards
Evans/Havenstein
And then the year you finally let him start he's a free agent and we start all over again. Chances are anyways he won't be ready to start the season which likely means we need to move on and use him as a swing tackle when he comes back.Maybe I’m the only one, but I would rather have Whit starting for another season than counting on Noteboom either to be healthy or to immediately be an effective LT. Rather see him as backup for one more year of learning.
Easy said, hard done.We need walls... Literally. Our line needs to be the most disciplined of disciplined. Stay put block whatever comes at you. You shouldn’t have to move completely, but shift. Need a foundation. Hell of a center. Build around that.
Just some more thoughts on your comments above......& for my Ram bud @Rams43.I smell a disaster at LT.
$8M is about what I’d offer Whitworth.
I’ve mentioned signing Dozier multiple times. I see him more as a G than a LT....but certainly can provide depth for not much.
I'm hoping they bring Whit back. I know he isn't what he used to be but he's still the best option.
Noteboom/Evans
Corbett
Blythe
Edwards
Evans/Havenstein
Run them through camp and run them through some preseason games together.
(JMO)
Just some more thoughts on your comments above......& for my Ram bud @Rams43.
Noteboom signed the rookie 4 yr deal as a 3rd rd. pick in 2018. JN had a decent rookie season seeing some limited series in the offense @ both LT & RT. He did have one game where he finished over a half of a gm replacing an injured AW & looked rather well in his performance. Most of JN's work in his rookie season was filling in for AW in practice @ LT.
In 2018 JN 2nd season from the beginning he was moved from the LT post to OG. Something entirely different for him since he had always played OT in college & his rookie season. From OTA/ Training Camp he was our starting OG not OT. JN did not play in preseason.
In 2019 JN did nothing but OG work not OT work. JN knew what to do as a OG, but he was unable to be effective on the playing field as an NFL OG. The injury was an of the serous kind, damaging & tearing the ACL and MCL in his right knee. No further information was given on other areas of that knee that might have been damaged.
JN had his first surgery sometime late October 2019.
When JN is fully recovered & done with most all the major parts of rehab on that knee, JN will have to restart his OL technical mechanics on the LT position something he has not done since his rookie 2018 season.
ROD Members expecting that JN will be ready to perform starting duties @ LT this upcoming season is unrealistic. It's my belief that its more likely that JN will not be ready for any game action until very late in the season. There is a very good chance JN's 3rd NFL season might be spent on the sideline in street clothes & later as the top OT reserve.
Snead/ McVay know this & must have 2020 starting LT plan that for the most part does not include Noteboom having a role @ LT.
Snead/McVay will also know that JN's contract is up in 2021. So finding a legitimate new starting LT with outstanding pass protection skills for a mostly immobile easily harassed & mistake inclined pocket passer should be very high on their list of concerns.
That’s just it.Just some more thoughts on your comments above......& for my Ram bud @Rams43.
Noteboom signed the rookie 4 yr deal as a 3rd rd. pick in 2018. JN had a decent rookie season seeing some limited series in the offense @ both LT & RT. He did have one game where he finished over a half of a gm replacing an injured AW & looked rather well in his performance. Most of JN's work in his rookie season was filling in for AW in practice @ LT.
In 2018 JN 2nd season from the beginning he was moved from the LT post to OG. Something entirely different for him since he had always played OT in college & his rookie season. From OTA/ Training Camp he was our starting OG not OT. JN did not play in preseason.
In 2019 JN did nothing but OG work not OT work. JN knew what to do as a OG, but he was unable to be effective on the playing field as an NFL OG. The injury was an of the serous kind, damaging & tearing the ACL and MCL in his right knee. No further information was given on other areas of that knee that might have been damaged.
JN had his first surgery sometime late October 2019.
When JN is fully recovered & done with most all the major parts of rehab on that knee, JN will have to restart his OL technical mechanics on the LT position something he has not done since his rookie 2018 season.
ROD Members expecting that JN will be ready to perform starting duties @ LT this upcoming season is unrealistic. It's my belief that its more likely that JN will not be ready for any game action until very late in the season. There is a very good chance JN's 3rd NFL season might be spent on the sideline in street clothes & later as the top OT reserve.
Snead/ McVay know this & must have 2020 starting LT plan that for the most part does not include Noteboom having a role @ LT.
Snead/McVay will also know that JN's contract is up in 2021. So finding a legitimate new starting LT with outstanding pass protection skills for a mostly immobile easily harassed & mistake inclined pocket passer should be very high on their list of concerns.
Agree, big Whit may be 80% of his former self, but that is still better than almsot any LT that the Rams can afford. He loves L.A. so maybe he will give us a discount?I'm hoping they bring Whit back. I know he isn't what he used to be but he's still the best option.
That is a definite possibility.Need to improve the run game so at the least...
Noteboom/Evans
Corbett
BlytheFA or Draftee
Edwards
Evans/Havenstein