5 former LA Rams players who could come out of retirement to play today

Here are five retired LA Rams players who could come out of retirement to suit up and play today

Sometimes the newer things become, and the more progress we make, the more sense it makes to promote the tried and true, the sensible throwback to a familiar face. After all, the game of football has remained virtually intact for many years. While some rules have changed to promote player health, and the equipment has improved from a leather armor style to impact resistant polymers, the basic foundation of hiking, running, passing, and tackling has endured.

And so, the LA Rams have undertaken a mini-youth movement of sorts right now. While the team did re-sign left tackle Andrew Whitworth at the ripe age of 38, that was an exception caused by no successor to assume his role in 2020.  The next veteran on the seniority chart is 29-year-old Michael Brockers, and then to a tie between 28-year-old Robert Woods and 28-year-old Rob Havenstein, an entire decade younger, appear.

While there are advantages to a young team, there are some notable disadvantages as well. With age comes experience, and with experience comes wisdom. In the current social environment, that wisdom becomes increasingly valuable. With the LA Rams onboarding 31 new rookies – nine drafted and 22 undrafted players, plus two new veterans in A’Shawn Robinson and Leonard Floyd, the team is over 33 percent comprised of new and unfamiliar faces. Both Robinson (25 y.o.) and Floyd (27 y.o.) are familiar enough with the NFL to know the routine. But 31 players for the Rams are experiencing rookie life in the NFL virtually.

To get the Rams past this bump in the road, perhaps it’s time to lure some veterans out of NFL retirement and join the team for one “last hurrah!”. That would add a calming influence and their venerable wisdom to the youthful energy flashing in virtual meeting rooms right now. The problem is, who could help the team this season? Let’s start with player five