So, in my opinion

part of the reason Rams defense is not
where they were is the talent level is down

and that is, again, IMO

that tere was a dominoe affect

gone, so Fuller take JJ's spot, Rapp takes Fuller's spot--so both a downgrade

so---now, go to LBer

Kiser was the starter, Young was the #2 Lber---Kiser was the "1" in the 5-1

however, in some ways PERHAPS Young was the only possible upgrade from
last year in terms of development

most others were downgrades (A-Rob not as good as Brock, #92 and #96 nowhere close to Morgan Fox
Long not as good as Hill---and so on)

No now, if Reeder is the "1" then he is a downgrade to Young and Kiser, IMO

this to me is an issue