Bonsignore: Signing LT Andrew Whitworth an excellent start for Rams

Bonsignore: Signing LT Andrew Whitworth an excellent start for Rams

By Vincent Bonsignore, Los Angeles Daily News

A steady hum of construction work echos twenty-four seven across 298 acres in Inglewood these days. From which, a grand new stadium will eventually be erected for the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers.

Nearly 50 miles away in Thousand Oaks, a different sort of job site is buzzing.

Going all the way back to the day the Rams parted ways with head coach Jeff Fisher, the club has gotten busy rebuilding itself. If not entirely from the ground up, certainly a slew of major renovations encompassing everything from philosophy to schemes to the way they are coached.

And now, finally, the very sort of players they seek to carry out new head coach Sean McVay’s vision.

One week into that phase of the renovation, the Rams have added some key new pieces that, at least on paper, make them a better team right now than when they concluded the 2016 season a little over two months ago.

Coming off a 4-12 season, that might not be saying much. But if the goal is to get better, the Rams appear to be accomplishing their objectives with the additions of left tackle Andrew Whitworth, wide receiver Robert Woods, cornerback Kayvon Webster and defensive end Connor Barwin.

Up ahead is the draft, where the Rams are armed with eight picks in a pool deep in wide receivers, safeties and defensive linemen. And while the draft appears shallow at offensive line — an area the Rams are still tinkering — there figures to be some day one starters available when their first pick turn comes up at the 37th spot overall.

It’s still relatively early in the offseason, and between the second week of free agency, the draft, and post-draft roster tinkering time is on the Rams side to address even more areas of need.

With that in mind, here is a look at what the Rams have done so far and the work they still need to do.

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