Two huge mistakes the Rams may come to regret

As the Los Angeles Rams get ready for training camp, some holes still remain. Will team brass address them, or roll with a roster of question marks and hope.

Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay may wake up one Monday morning in December with a couple of regrets. Not about moving out west, and not about coaching the Rams. What he may regret is having a top 5 defense, and an offense that couldn’t do much to support it.

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What he may regret is rolling the dice at two key positions: center and quarterback.

Today, July 17, Los Angeles has two quarterbacks on the roster with neither having won an NFL game, and the center position is frighteningly thin with talent and quality experience.

A reminder of how many games the Rams were actually in last season should give all fans some headaches that perhaps McVay is risking leaving some winnable games on the free agent floor.

So, here’s my question: why not go get a veteran quarterback to push both Jared Goff and Sean Mannion?

Why not go get someone like Nick Mangold to anchor a questionable offensive line?

I mean, why not?

Understanding that this is a season where Goff will get a long look and opportunity to become “the guy”, and McVay wants to see exactly what this roster can and can’t do, it might be an unfortunate twist of fate when he realizes he left some wins in the Rams war room when the season nears and end.

First, I understand what Los Angeles is likely doing. Sacrificing for the most part the 2017 season for better positioning in 2018 and beyond is logical, if not a little distressing. I mean, does anyone really know what the NFL future holds for a team mired in lots of losing?

It’s worth asking though, if there won’t be a few games late in the fourth quarter where the holes and talent on offense are the kind that prevent a win. I’d bet the last thing McVay wants to have to get good at is repeating the line about moral victories that become the outline for what might happen next year.

Haven’t we all heard that before?

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Whatever the Los Angeles Rams ultimately do, it’ll be with one eye on the future and one eye on the field.

Something McVay will be doing a lot off this season, and wondering.