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37 year old tackle......a guard and center who have never started a nfl game
untested rookie back ups
pray for no injuries!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Isn't this always the case?
A critical, long term injury on a key OL starter, QB, or any number of other positions would mean the team's in trouble.
So personally, I'm not gonna get in angst about it. I'll just cross my fingers and hope for good health like I do every year. Because nothing has changed.
Well last year, for example, Kupp went down and JR stepped up and took his place. Yes, if a QB gets hurt long term that is very different than Kiser being out or or Talib missing the first half of the season.
Well JR tried to take his place. He did a decent job but he wasn't Kupp. It's possible we lost the SB because of Kupp's and Gurley's injuries.
There are some positions where a team, and the Rams specifically, could sustain a long term injury and be ok. But generally OL is not one of those places. If there were multiple injuries on the OL the team would be in trouble as would pretty much every other team in the league.
And I don't think having a vet OL necessarily means you're better off. The career vet backups are often not starters because they lack talent so there is still a huge dropoff with them. Sullivan comes to mind. Last year he started but his performance tailed off so much at the end of the year that we may have been better off with Allen.
