We have Big Whit under contract through ‘19, of course, and he had a helluva ‘17 season although I thought he might have tapered off a little bit toward the end of it.
Rams don’t pick until #23 this year and I suspect that they might be picking even later in the future.
We all know that historically teams have found it difficult to find quality starting LOT’s after the 1st and certainly after the 2nd rounds.
This is considered a weak LOT class, so a quality player is unlikely to be there at #23.
It’s just a question of when, not if, that the Rams must have Whit’s replacement on board.
Some of the above are facts and some are opinions, although pretty widely held opinions.
What to do?
Question for discussion: Since Kromer is considered an extremely capable OL coach, is it not possible that he could leapfrog the league averages and still find and develop a LOT that could become Whit’s eventual replacement in our 3rd round or maybe even later?
Or via a FA that other coaches currently lightly regard? Like Sully at C last year? Or Woods at WR last year? A hidden gems kinda thing?
Or, heck, maybe even an adequate player already on our 63? A player that only Kromer sees the potential?
Maybe use the shotgun approach with our many 6th rounders?
Just putting this out there for discussion, but I will say this. Kromer deserves a TON of credit for correctly assessing our OL situation last year and advocating not drafting any OL players, offloading Barnes and GRob, and adding the likes of Whit and Sully. He literally turned chicken”stuff” into chicken salad in one offseason. I sure wouldn’t bet against him addressing our LOT situation, that’s for sure. Coaching matters,
What do y’all think?
