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It always is and always has been really.Stan literally has to follow suit w Philly to be competitive. It is an arms race.
It always is and always has been really.Stan literally has to follow suit w Philly to be competitive. It is an arms race.
I'd put it on all three units with special teams being the most at fault. You just can't have two blocked kicks in one game.All this talk about the OL not being up to par but the fact of that game was the defense went soft in the secondary during the second half, and you had two blocked kicks that were very makeable. This is what cost the Rams a victory plain and simple.
Hitting on O line is no guarantee either as we should well know by now (Jason Smith, Greg Robinson, Joe Noteboom, Brian Allen... jury is still out on Avila). There are way more examples of teams solving O line issues without spending a first round pick than there are teams solving QB issues without one.I get your point but as others have pointed out....due to the high bust rate of QB's in the draft, sometimes it makes sense to build your Oline and surrounding cast and then find that QB via cast offs such as Daniel Jones, Darnold etc. Think of Rich Gannon back in the day who won an MVP and 4 Pro Bowls. Foles actually won a Super Bowl with the right cast. So did Flacco, Dilfer, Rypien, Brad Johnson etc.
Not to mention the cost of a top QB these days.
Yes, ideally you land that top QB in the draft. Easier said then done.
Jason Smith and Greg R were admitted busts. It happens.Hitting on O line is no guarantee either as we should well know by now (Jason Smith, Greg Robinson, Joe Noteboom, Brian Allen... jury is still out on Avila). There are way more examples of teams solving O line issues without spending a first round pick than there are teams solving QB issues without one.
can’t waste Stafford like that.Not sure if Rambling Fan is any good, I'm guessing it isn't, but these stats they posted for our interior pass blocking are downright atrocious and scary.
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Rams' offseason free-agent pickup is wilting under unexpected pressure
The Rams hoped to have assembled a potent offensive line in 2025. But after three games, the results from the offseason are quite mixed.ramblinfan.com
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Yeah totally agree. We all saw his scrambling prowess on display versus the Eagles. He's out there putting Michael Vick to shameStill some Noteboom juju hanging around the locker room?
can’t waste Stafford like that.
Seems like a yearly conversation I'm definitely tired of having. Would definitely be nice to have an old line that could dominate on both passing and blocking downs.Shelton can do the job if he has strong guards next to him. Rams probably figured ok we should have Avila and Dotson holding it down so we're good with a brainy smurf center. Then they lost both of them for stretches of the first three games.
What I find disappointing is that our second year center who got us to the NFCCG couldn't work on the calls and improve on them during camp. Because, well, we're gonna play him at OG instead as depth where he sucks ass. So now if we need him as a backup center he probably isn't any fucking better than he was last year. And his confidence has to be in the shitter so God help us if we do lose Shelton for any length of time.
Oh and that would have made sense had we kept the UDFA center who was making pancakes in preseason games. Alas.
Rams and OL could be a soap opera.![]()
Matthew has had to speed up his pass deliveries due to the poor interior OL pass blocking. Put a solid OL in front of him, and we would have beaten the Green Birds!I think Stafford is regressing yes for the most part he’s great but misses routine throws
He's always been streaky and locks in on targets. When he's on he's on. But, when he's off, he's average.I think Stafford is regressing yes for the most part he’s great but misses routine throws