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jemach
stated on this board with the signing.
Overall looked at as a good move and sets up cap help for future years.
Has nothing to do with how well Hav played, you can replace a right tackle more easily than any other position on the OL.
AND since they they can only have so many big contracts, extending a right tackle is questionable. When they have Donald and Goff both under extensions they can afford at best 6-7 other big contracts. Why would you use one on a ROT? That means you leave off someone who plays a position where it's harder to find good players.
There's a reason ROT is THE lowest paid position among NFL starters (looking just at the 22 O and D starters, not special teamers). It's because it's far easier to find a good replacement at ROT than most positions on an NFL roster.
And as a matter of fact the Rams seem to be cognizant of all that, since his extension is the only one of the ones they signed recently where the team can get out of it by dropping him after 2019 with no cap hit. No other Rams extension is structured that way.
BTW although Hav is ranked high in run blocking, he is much lower in pass pro.
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