5 reasons LA Rams starting defensive line excels in 2020

LA Rams 3 defensive linemen Aaron Donald, Greg Gaines, and Sebastian Joseph-Day start in 2020 and gobble blocks, stop runs, and pressure quarterbacks

The LA Rams defense appears to be the area of the team in need of the most attention this off-season. With the plans of most NFL teams on hold pending the players’ decision of the proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the Rams’ plans this offseason are completely unpredictable. The team has plenty of options to free up cap space this year. Therefore, the team has plenty of options to fill the 2020 roster with top shelf, middle shelf, or bottom shelf veterans. The team can even add depth from the 2020 NFL Draft or even by signing undrafted free agents.

But during a weekly interview on the LA Rams podcast, general manager Les Snead seemed to suggest that the team will lose multiple quality players this season to free agency.  That will give the team as many as four third and fourth-round picks for the 2021 NFL Draft. On the other hand, it does nothing for the 2020 roster.

So the team may face debuting at brand new SoFi stadium with fewer “NFL Stars” than originally planned. There has to be another way, a better way.  For the Rams defensive line, the solution may already be on the roster, simply by shuffling the starters on the defensive line.

The obvious solution for the LA Rams starting defensive line is to line up DE Aaron Donald, NT Greg Gaines, and DE Sebastian Joseph-Day. Donald can play any defensive line position on any NFL team and end up as an All-Pro.  So why add Gaines and Joseph-Day? Here are the first five reasons we’d thought of: