Rather than break down position units which might be weakest, I'd prefer to look at the whole offense in summarizing where I feel questions still lie. As excited as most of us are to having Stafford being our starting QB, and coupling him with what looks like a pretty incredible group of receivers, when responding to where we may be weakest, it's more about the unknown which creates some concern on my part. The offense has a very new feel to it with our QB, OL, RB & TE off/pre-season changes, that and not seeing for ourselves what kind of chemistry exists with this new group, ... this should also include how new assistant coaches proceed to pull it all together.
Prior to the pre-season games, we fans were led to believe that Corbett was going to start at Center and Evans was our promising new starter at RG, we also assumed that Akers & Henderson were to be our 1 - 2 punch rushing the ball. Since then, while everyone was debating whether Corbett might succeed where Blythe had failed, Evans turned in a horrendous display showing himself as a failure to capture that starting RG position. Management was compelled to re-adjust the OL once again, now telling us that Brian Allen had shown enough camp improvement to merit being appointed the starting Center job. Rams fans have had a lot to digest over the last month or so regarding how all this will eventually play out, but in the meantime we've also had to face some other disappointments while watching our back-ups play, guys like Anchrum, Brewer, Shelton & Evans weren't delivering in quite the way we had been originally anticipating, and our reserve RB's were struggling to get yards & points behind this OL. Last year we all pretty much agreed that Blythe was the OL problem and that our reserves, other than at Center, appeared fairly adequate, but we also anticipated losing offensive linemen following the 2021 season and had some expectation that the coming draft would bring in some serious competition. With this, and recalling that Stafford's struggles in Detroit revolved a good deal around poor defenses, but also a poor or virtually nonexistent offensive running game, we should know that it's not all doom & gloom for our own upcoming season. Can Sony Michel & Darrell Henderson do what we expected Akers & Henderson to do, will Allen & Corbett stand up to all the scrutiny, will our OL stay relatively healthy, and if needed, will our reserve offensive linemen step in and up when called upon ?
I'm far more excited about the new season than worried, although there are questions about the unknown, as there always are and will be ...
jmo.
