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stlramz
that has some connection to Kromer that can be that guy and push one of the youngsters to the practice squad.
But no veteran pick-up they get before week one will know the system and techniques well enough to play before week 5 when Neary comes back.
Pesonally? I think the worrying about how the young linemen look in the ps games is overblown.
Kromer insists on them using new techniques he has taught them but which they have not mastered yet (and are in the process of mastering). Because of that, he doesn’t care if they don’t look that good at first. In fact he says so:
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“You’re going to stink for a couple of months. You’re not going to be good,” Kromer said when asked to explain his initial message to his young linemen to The Athletic. “But don’t worry about getting beat. Just worry about trying the technique. Work the technique. Work the play. Understand the play. And do that more than worrying about how many you won or lost right now because that’s not what it’s all about. It’s about getting better.”
That is–they use the pre-season games to coach these guys up with the aim being longterm gain in spite of short term growing pains.
What about during the season?
During the season no new lineman is going to line up with 4 other new linemen and then switch positions while mastering new techniques. They’re going to be added to an established and cohesive line, set at one position, and with experience behind them getting up to speed on Rams techniques (which is how the Rams use pre-season games…live reps, gaining experience, investing in the Rams way with longterm not shortterm goals).
