Now he's burned through some OL coaches so there's a lot of moving parts in terms of trying to get a handle on the unit performance over his time as head coach. But generally speaking this OL tends to start slow and get stronger as the season goes on.
In our recent title season they were getting beaten badly in the first half of the season on stunts and fun 'n games played by defensive fronts. By the second half of the season though there was significant improvement and the QB position stabilized as a result and then our QB played lights out to help us get it done. But even that season there was not a dependable run game.
So looking at this unit historically under McVay I see zero reason to think they're going to come out and dictate the run game. But on the flipside Seattle struggled to stop the run last season, being one of the teams who played the run worse than we did. That front is typical of a lot of the fronts in the league in that they want to rush the QB but they don't want to do the work to get there. And right now they're thinking McVay will abandon the run game if they can shut it down in early 1st and 3rd quarters, because that is who McVay is.
This means Seattle is primed to get hit in the mouth in that ground game. I really hope the Rams know this and are prepared to go in there and do just that.
