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Boom, if healthy, will be starting LOT come September. They’re committed to him contractually and he’s among ‘best 5’ of Boom, Jackson, Avila, Bruss or Anchrum or McClendon at RG, and Hav. I think Boom has to win the job over Jackson, Bruss has to show he can play and is healthy, Hav's and Avila are locks, Center is open Avila/Allen/Shelton and final configuration of OL will be figured out in camp.
Allen, despite his knee will not only be kept but probably start until his inevitable injury. Agree but will be much quicker to move him to IR once he gets dinged up
This will be Higbee’s last year as a Ram. I think McVay has finally decided to develop TE prominently into his O. Probably will draft a pass catching TE next year, too. Probably agree but depends on how players develop. They will have cap space for a team friendly deal.
The battle for WR’s 3 through 6 will be fierce. Impossible to handicap at this point. Kupp/Jefferson/Tutu and Skow are locks. Last 2 spots are anyone's guess
Rams overall Edge play will be superior to the ‘22 version, even though Floyd is now gone. This will make Morris’ job a lot easier.
Wagner will be missed but not by all that much. Jones will fill in nicely.
Both Durant and Tomlinson will start at CB. Not sure exactly where Morris will deploy them, but they will be on the field and be ballhawks.One of those guys will be in the slot. Rochell or Kendricks might start
Kendrick will be a reserve despite Morris’ happy coachspeak. Rams can do better. They MUST do better. Rams must like Kendrick and or Rochelle more than the board or they would have drafted a CB in a draft loaded with CB talent/color]
I think our ST are gonna shine. The Blackburn hire is looking like a HR. Hope your right but we have an unknown kicker/punter and long snapper. Coverage Units should be strong as we have a lot of big, fast strong players who will be fighting for a job and ST will be their ticket to the final roster
This assistant coach corps will prove to be one of McVay’s best, maybe even best ever overall. Gonna miss the old RB coach but otherwise I agree
I’m so optimistic about this revived OL that I think both Stafford and Akers could have career years. I think McVay has learned his lesson about importance of strong OL and will never again allow it to slip behind. I agree and the size, brawn and depth of the OL allows for a power running game which will make Stafford & WR/TE crew more dangerous
If McVay can pull all this together and somehow win 9 games I think he might be in the conversation for COTY. If Morris gets the defense to play in the middle of the pack McVay wins COTY and Morris gets a HC job and Rams make the playoffs
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