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I agree that I don't see free agency being where we spend heavily for our OL. Noteboom, Jackson & Nsekhe will be expected to nail down the LT roles next year, Noteboom will have healed & Jackson's doctors are likely to have come up with the blood thinners necessary to treat his clotting problems, it won't be the first time an NFL player has dealt with this ailment. I believe our future LG/Center will be drafted and the Rams youth movement on the interior OL will join Bruss. Draft someone who will start at LG in 2023 and move to Center once the Allen experiment has run it's course, by 2024 imo. Shelton will again back-up our Center/OG positions. Anchrum, Brewer, Aboushi & Skura will return to the 53, with a few hitting the practice squad. Edwards, Evans & Kolone will be history as the Rams draft 3 new OL in 2023, we'll have 10 or more draft picks to do so.
The Rams are CAP limited next season, although the first year for new long term contracts offer big discounts. Re-signing Gaines & Gay lead my list of top players returning, ... Dixon, Haley, Orzech, as well as our RFA/ERFA's will return at reasonable cost. A'Shawn Robinson, Nick Scott & Troy Hill may price themselves out of our ability to retain. I expect the Rams to push hard with a multi-year contract offer for Mayfield, heavy with incentives. I know it seems improbable right now, but I also suspect if OBj doesn't find a team late this season, he'll be back in play for the Rams as a 2023 free agent. While not an expensive free agent, I still see Carolina's Edge Brian Burns as our biggest object of trade desire, but only if we can work out a long-term pre-trade contract agreement as he'll cost us our 2024 1'st rounder and then some, Edge remains our most important area for immediate improvement outside of the OL imo.
