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Speed_Kills
new coach, major talent turnover, weaknesses that we thought existed on the middle of this defense... don't appear to be at all
the Rams have had good fortune with injuries for sure but man... Staley has far exceeded my expectations which are typically conservative anyhow but he's blown it out of the water!
you just don't typically see these kinds of thing happen guys
The biggest surprise for me is the OL.
I thought without a premium draft pick added, they would be average at best. I was certainly wrong there.
But we all get some right and some wrong.
The defense is not much of a surprise to me. I predicted they would be very good. It seems to me that having an elite DL and elite secondary should be able to make up for weaknesses in the middle. I'm hoping that it's not just Staley that is responsible for the scheme. I'm hoping McVay has his fingers in it too and I got the sense that part of the reason he wanted to move on from Wade and get a younger guy was so that he could have more involvement.
If that's the case, the D may be good even after Staley leaves.