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The Rams have gone nuts on the defensive side of the ball - guys in, guys out, Peters/Talib/Suh. Franchise tag for Joyner. Re-signed NRC.
Aside from re-signing Sullivan, who is just a few years removed from back injuries, the Rams have largely ignored the offensive side of the ball.
Goff/Woods/Kupp can all realistically improve - either because they're young or the chemistry will be even better.
But there will be some issues IMO:
Gurley - he's young, so he can get better, right?!? Gurley had about the best season a RB can have, and historically (I know this thanks to fantasy football), RBs rarely repeat such a performance. Gurley will still be a huge part of the offense, but impossible for him to perform better IMO.
OL - health, health, health - we've talked about it before - no possible way we have this much luck with injuries to the OL next year, and two of the guys are pretty old.
Reynolds, Cooper, Higbee, Everett, Tavon - unknowns at this point - if we do nothing on offense, we need one of the WRs and one of the TEs to step up in a big way - that would hopefully be Reynolds and Everett - but counting on that to happen for a team with super bowl aspirations doesn't give me the warm and fuzzies..
So what does this mean? Look, I like our offense. But it needs DEPTH and insurance. While LB is a need, IMO we need to snag a WR and a few offensive linemen to supplement our offense. Preferably with the early picks if the board falls that way.
The offense struggled mightily against top flight defenses, and those are the teams we will have to go through. Goff improving should help us a lot, but I don't want to take any chances. If it fell this way:
1. WR
3. OLB
4. OL
4. OL
I would be ecstatic.
Aside from re-signing Sullivan, who is just a few years removed from back injuries, the Rams have largely ignored the offensive side of the ball.
Goff/Woods/Kupp can all realistically improve - either because they're young or the chemistry will be even better.
But there will be some issues IMO:
Gurley - he's young, so he can get better, right?!? Gurley had about the best season a RB can have, and historically (I know this thanks to fantasy football), RBs rarely repeat such a performance. Gurley will still be a huge part of the offense, but impossible for him to perform better IMO.
OL - health, health, health - we've talked about it before - no possible way we have this much luck with injuries to the OL next year, and two of the guys are pretty old.
Reynolds, Cooper, Higbee, Everett, Tavon - unknowns at this point - if we do nothing on offense, we need one of the WRs and one of the TEs to step up in a big way - that would hopefully be Reynolds and Everett - but counting on that to happen for a team with super bowl aspirations doesn't give me the warm and fuzzies..
So what does this mean? Look, I like our offense. But it needs DEPTH and insurance. While LB is a need, IMO we need to snag a WR and a few offensive linemen to supplement our offense. Preferably with the early picks if the board falls that way.
The offense struggled mightily against top flight defenses, and those are the teams we will have to go through. Goff improving should help us a lot, but I don't want to take any chances. If it fell this way:
1. WR
3. OLB
4. OL
4. OL
I would be ecstatic.