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5 reasons why LA Rams will overcome odds and return to playoffs

ByBret Stuter|
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III – Rams offensive line will heal, and improve, in 2020

The LA Rams offensive line injuries in 2019 included: Brian Allen, Joseph Noteboom, Austin Blythe, and Rob Havenstein. That is 80 percent of the Rams original starters. While we are pointing to the Rams offensive line, let’s not forget that the Rams seldom sent out the same five starters on the offensive line from one game to the next.

QB Jared Goff took his snaps from three different centers in the season. Austin Corbett, a player who started the 2019 season on the Cleveland Browns bench, arrived at the LA Rams and started both at the center and at the left guard for the team. And he never practiced once for the Rams once before arriving.

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The Rams only starter, the venerable left tackle Andrew Whitworth, started all 16 games at the same position for the team. That was a rough ride for the entire offense all season. Eventually, the Rams began to adjust. The replace offensive linemen began to play better and cohesively. The Rams ran more 12-packages and used a tight-end to help on the pass and run blocking assignments. That opened up tight end Tyler Higbee in his passing routes.

Now, the Rams will begin a new season, having learned all of the lessons from 2019. The team will not only be able to reform the most successful line from 2019 but will look to improve the play at the center where A-gap blitzes were far too successful. And the team will direct competition for the backup left tackle role. This is not the same 2019 offensive line, despite the same faces. Ultimately, this is a group of very competitive football players all of whom now have a chip on their shoulder

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