oldnotdead
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Are you okay with Havenstein now
No, because for the money he's being paid his play doesn't reflect it, 7 sacks and a contract jumping to $9.6M next year. Speed beats him like a drum. His contract structure pretty much says he's gone next year.
I've been critical of Edwards because he still plays too high and power & quickness will beat him. Corbett's weakness is power and stunts. This OL struggles to pick up blitzes and stunts and that is interior OL play. They also need better play inside to run consistently between the tackles. The Rams inside run game really doesn't scare anyone. Why? Because they are inconsistent and that starts with their play at OG. Also, McVay has no patience to stick with it. He would rather make 3 deep throws than 2 strong runs and a short pass.
Against D fronts like the Niners that's a loser, because the Rams don't have the OL built to consistently give Stafford 5 seconds to take his time and wait for the slow-developing plays. On most of Stafford's sacks, he's had time to make a quick throw or simply throw it away. McVay's scheme is to read deep to short. In this game, McVay needs to shorten up his passing game to nullify the Niner's pass rush. When the safeties creep up, and they will, then the deep shots will be there.
Right now this OL is "good enough" but if McVay is going to stay with his current offense into the future the Rams need to upgrade their OL.
OT next year will be fine with Noteboom, and probably Jackson. If the Ram's passing game was primarily short to medium range this OL would be fine. But Sean loves his slow developing plays so since he's not going to adjust his offense he needs to rebuild the OG position to give Stafford the time.
Pressure on Stafford comes from primarily the right edge and inside. Corbett is serviceable in this offense, but Edwards is outmatched. He looks like a swing OT in a backup role. Corbett played better on the left side. IMO they should move him back to LG and play Shelton at RG using both as bridge players while they draft behind them.
They don't have the cap space to sign a good vet OG at this point. So drafting behind their current guys and moving the OGs around looks to be their best option right now.
