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If you look at Havenstein's contract they clearly want him at RT through 2025 (age 33). At that point he could be one of the 3 or 4 longest tenured OL the Rams have ever had (in the mix with Slater, Smith, Saul, Harrah).
I agree that it could be disappointing to see Bruss entrenched as a backup (likely RT and RG). But it is what it is and you need quality OL backups- as we all saw a year ago... I also agree that the 104th pick in a Draft (even if he's the team's top selection) can't be seen as a "bust" unless he simply doesn't make the roster past year one.
The Rams want to feel good about their depth across the OL and I'd rather have a guy like Bruss on that right side- who again is very much still developing and in many ways still a rookie- than a lot of other options. Hope he gets a lot of valuable preseason work at RT.
I hope he gets all the reps he can no matter where on the OL it is. Most likely will be the RT spot due to Hav's being "dinged".
Only 4 days until we get to see our "new" Rams! I am sure plenty of eyes will be on Mr. Bruss for sure and I am rooting for this kid big time!
#HelmetHornsMatter
“Well, the color is good, I like the metallic blue,” Youngblood recently said while laughing, via NFL Journal. “The horn is terrible. It looks like a ‘C.’ When I first saw it on the logo I honestly thought it was a Charger logo.
“Now when I see it on the helmet, it just isn’t a ram horn. There is no distinct curl like a mature ram horn. I don’t know how the Rams could get that wrong. That is your symbol and it has been for what? Seventy years or more? Longer than I have been alive? It’s just not us, it’s not the Rams.”---Mr. Ram Jack Youngblood