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LA Rams meeting with 2020 NFL Draft prospects

By Bret Stuter

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 25: Head coach Sean McVay of the Los Angeles Rams speaks to the media at the Indiana Convention Center on February 25, 2020 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) *** Local Capture *** Sean McVay
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 25: Head coach Sean McVay of the Los Angeles Rams speaks to the media at the Indiana Convention Center on February 25, 2020 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) *** Local Capture *** Sean McVay /
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LA Rams Akeem Davis-Gaither
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LA Rams speak to linebackers

We know that the LA Rams are most definitely shopping for linebacker depth in the 2020 NFL Draft.  The Rams project the departure of three starters from the 3-4 base defense.  OLB Dante Fowler Jr., ILB Cory Littleton, and ILB Bryce Hager are all facing the NFL Free Agency market in 2020.  So the Rams need to find new starters for the defense or backfill depth to the player who will step up.

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The LA Rams wasted no time speaking to Akeem Davis-Gaither, an outside linebacker hailing from the underscouted school of Appalachian State University. He is an undersized  6-foot-1 and 224-pound defender who many scouts hoped to see bulk up for the NFL to about 240 pounds. He has projections as a day three selection, but that may not be a result of poor play, but rather of a young man playing through a stress fracture in his foot in 2019. He will undergo surgery to correct the injury.

Davis-Gaither is one of the hybrid linebackers I truly expect to become very popular in upcoming years in the NFL on defense. As such, he is graded not what he brings to the NFL tomorrow, but to how he doesn’t quite “fit” in the NFL today.  He is the perfect Ninja linebacker coveted by new defensive coordinator Brandon Staley. He fits the role of a blitzing defender, in pass coverage or as a run stopper. He needs to bulk up, improve on shedding blockers, and set a firmer edge to drive plays inside to pursuit. But he would be a key player to draft for the Rams new defense.

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