LA Rams: LG David Edwards relishes his anonymity

More fun facts about David Edwards

The LA Rams offensive line may have played well in 2020, but the team certainly had its share of injuries. in just the second game of the season, starting left guard Joseph Noteboom suffered a calf injury. That necessitated the LA Rams to promote David Edwards into that spot on the offensive line, where he would remain for the duration of the entire season.

That decision to keep Edwards at left guard proved prophetically wise, as left tackle Andrew Whitworth suffered a knee injury in the ninth game of the season.

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His replacement? The now healthy Joseph Noteboom. Unfortunately, Edwards suffered from tendonitis late in the season and became a day-to-day decision. He finally was unable to go against the Green Bay Packers, and the struggles of his replacement Bobby Evans in that game have become the benchmark for those who are dissatisfied with the Rams offensive line play.

Still, Edwards dug in at the left guard position and handled business there rather well. The 6-foot-6 308-pound offensive lineman is one of the high-school quarterbacks who understands the game of football at a level far above his line of scrimmage role might dictate. But where he excels in football IQ, his transition from QB to TE to OT to now OG has been a cascading effect of On-the-Job-Training (OJT). That has given Edwards a wide breadth of football experience, although it was slowed his proficiency at offensive guard.

Of course, if you watched the 2020 HBO Hard Knocks series, you know another reason why NFL offensive linemen like to remain anonymous. This video clip of David Edwards poking himself with his straw had gone viral

I’m sorry about this Dave. But it’s an unspoken rule that any articles featuring Edwards must include the HBO Hard Knocks video clip. Of course, when covering the two-year career of an offensive lineman, this is the type of event that becomes newsworthy.  Edwards of course was rushed through the 2020 crash-course-training camp projected to be a backup.  For the second consecutive year, he was forced back into the starters due to an injury to a teammate.