Bonsignore: Offensive line’s turnaround has keyed everything for the RamsBy VINCENT BONSIGNORE
Rob Havenstein heard all the talk. So did Jamon Brown. Same with Rodger Saffold
It was impossible not to.
The three Rams offensive linemen are holdovers from a group that was regarded as the worst line in the NFL last year, a distinction no one was shy about pointing out.
Bluntly. Loudly. Conspicuously.
If the hits and criticism weren’t coming from the voices around the team, they were right there staring back at them in the mirror, or when they reflected on a season in which the Rams line failed to spring one of the best young running backs in the game for more than 100 yards in 16 games and surrendered an absurd 49 sacks.
That included a horrifying 26 in the seven games rookie quarterback Jared Goff started.
So yeah, they heard it all.
“You take it personal,” Havenstein said. “How can you not?”
“It’s hard not to take it personal,” Brown said. “Because you take pride in what you do. But It is what it is. Numbers and results don’t lie.”
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