Rams are caught between a rock and a hard place…

If healthy, their current roster can be competitive. But competitive is not good enough during a remaining 2 year SB window while they have AD. It would be a waste to stand pat.

So, what do Rams need to do to become SB caliber? At a minimum they need a significant upgrade at edge AND for Floyd to get healthy and become a force once again.

Problem is that top drawer edges are scarce AND Rams lack draft picks needed to compete in an auction atmosphere for said services. Sounds like Rams have been shut out on both Burns and Chubb based upon pundits feedback. Other teams are copying Rams formula for success and they simply have more ammo. Foreseeable but still frustrating.

The other thing that Rams need is an upgrade at RB. I’m assuming that a retuning healthy OL can be at least upper middle of the road once Shelton is back. If not, nothing else really matters, does it?

These 2 things must both happen at a minimum if Rams want to be included in a serious SB conversation, imo anyway.

If these 2 things don’t happen then a hypothetical signing of OBJ will not matter much, btw.

So, that’s the bad news.

The good news is that Rams don’t absolutely need top drawer talent at edge or RB added. They need solid upgrades only to put Rams over the top because Rams are already blessed with top talent surrounding these proposed new additions. Acquiring players that can stick around for a few years would be highly desirable, btw. We’re all sick of the 6 month rentals.

It is my hope and belief that Snead has the necessary resources to add these 2 needed players before the deadline. Probably not gonna be household names but solid upgrades nonetheless.

One benefit of going for 2nd tier additions now is that more draft capital will remain to be used in ‘23 and ‘24 to close out our SB window.

Clock is ticking. Snead has maybe 48 hours remaining to pull all this off and nobody knows this better than Les.

‘Nervous Time’ at SOFI, huh? (Little Chick Hearn reference for the old timers).