Littleton was a DE in HS in San Deigo and an Outside LB in a 3-4 in college at Washington. I felt like the Rams needed to get something in addition to Goff out of that 2016 draft. They had the first pick overall and then nothing until two 4th rounders. I was happy when they got Pharoh Cooper and Tyler Higbee. I knew of both of those players. I was hopeful they would be contributors and they have been. But the best player the Rams obtained outside of the first pick from the 2016 draft was UDFA Littleton.
I am hoping venerable Son of Bum comes to the same conclusion in terms of increasing his rush opportunities.
Littleton could be the second, speed pass rusher the defense desperately needs. A player shows an ability on special teams and it generally carries over to positional skills used in the game.
"Cory has elite get-off," Rams coach Sean McVay said. "He's a playmaker, man," defensive tackle Aaron Donald said. "He's a playmaker."
It seems to me that he covers well. He has the range and length to cover the deep middle. That is great but another rusher would make a significant difference. With all the attention that has to be paid to Donald (and the team searching for an LB who can pass rush) doesn't it seem like the player with the knack for getting through the middle of the line has earned opportunities? He has a reckless abandon diving vertically on those punt blocks and showed it translates by going airborne on a pass rush against SF.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/27/2018 07:12AM by Rams Junkie.
