“Offensive line coach Kevin Carberry is one of the most important people in the Rams’ building right now. With left tackle Joe Noteboom, Andrew Whitworth’s successor, now likely out for the season, the Rams are really scratching in the trenches. Second-year undrafted free agent Alaric Jackson will take over Noteboom’s spot, moving over from guard. Jackson, of course, got on the field at guard only after David Edwards, Coleman Shelton and Logan Bruss got hurt. Center Brian Allen’s been banged up, too. And, well, that’s a lot.
Unfortunately for the Rams, at these positions, there’s rarely a quick fix. The league already has a numbers issue at those positions—there aren’t enough good offensive linemen to go around—so the champs will likely have to find reinforcements internally while hoping for improved health.
And that puts Carberry, plucked from Stanford in 2021 by Sean McVay to replace Aaron Kromer, in a pretty interesting spot since it’ll be up to him to get these guys ready to play. A lot of coaches say the offensive line coach, on some staffs, is as important as the coordinators. Carberry will be earning his check the next three months.”
