A very thoughtful post, Deacon, and a good read.
I must say that I feel you and many others are giving a pass to Rams because of OL injuries. I think it’s far more complicated than that.
While quite serious, I feel that cumulative mistakes beyond OL are at least partially responsible for current Ram woes. I think I’ll do a separate post on this topic.
For this reply I must defend Kroenke for going for it (if that actually happened). Kroenke’s desire for excellence does not excuse multiple errors from FO, coaching, and scouting, let alone players failure to execute.