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Speed_Kills
it felt like they moved Avila because of performance... just his facial expression... but hey that's me
I'm going to say this again... to expect the Rams to go to Detroit missing two staters and having JJ now playing center after he also came off an injury and that decision happening 10 days before the opener.... Is not a good thing. It is not what you want.
Now they are trying to make the best of it... but my guess is that is going to present some major challenges for our boys
I talked this year about the Rams having depth on the oline... well we are about to find out! My hope is we can get healthy and get our starters back and they can build some rhythm
But... these opening games Lions, 9ers, Bears, Packers (4 out of the first 5) I think I might need to dial it back a bit... I need to see this oline
I see things similarly. Avila didn't come out and say he struggled with the calls, but that is my knee jerk fan assumption. He insinuated that he was more comfortable with Shelton making those calls, which I think factored in quite strongly here.
Also and btw if Jackson was impressing them at LG in camp they still may have kept Avila in the pivot. But I think him missing time and underperformance of their "big plan" in camp led to this change. Not that it matters. But IMO we won't hear anything more about Avila to C. Which would not be the case if this move was to help Boom out as the early spin indicated.
For Detroit the big deal is the edges. Hutch is a problem and he is a bigger problem if we have McClendon on the right. So hopefully Hav can go.
