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dzrams
IMO, they will address the future LOT need early in next year's draft. It's not so urgent it has to be done this year.
Blythe is good depth on the OL. The rest of the depth is untested but that doesn't mean they have no equivalent depth in terms of talent.
This year, I think they will focus on the D. That's my assessment of what their plan will be.
Untested in games doesn't mean the staff has no idea what they're like as players---what they're capable of. And chances are, as with most teams in the NFL, it's negligible.
And what if Whitworth misses games this year? That means the best they can hope for is to move Saffold to LOT and then they have a hole at guard.
PLUS since Saffold, Brown, and Hav are all FAs after 2018, and Whitworth is 37 at that point, plus Sullivan is older too (after 2018 he will as old as Wells was when people said Wells was too old), then, they face replacing up to 5 guys.
They can't wait till next year. You can't replace 3-5 linemen in one year.
And the hardest to find is a left OT. And the worst thing you can do with a position like that is wait until you need one to get one. Then you're picking for immediate need.
So if a guy is there at pick 23 this year, you have to consider picking him. And in fact the Rams have virtually pretty much said that. [
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