I really love the potential for LA Rams rookie Logan Bruss

Unless you are attending each session of the LA Rams offseason OTAs, training camp practices, and even recording and intensely analyzing the preseason games, it’s awfully challenging to get a definitive reading on the progress of young offensive linemen competing for a starting role with the LA Rams.

Truth be told, it’s awfully hard to get a reading on offensive linemen period.

Even as the need for data and the ability to track ball handlers and defensive players rises to undreamt of levels of data generation, the ability to track the performance of offensive linemen is still the old-fashioned analog method.

How did he look?

What do we know about Logan Bruss?

Well, that is what fans want to know about rookie offensive lineman Logan Bruss, and what is a bit challenging to know right now. The LA Rams drafted Bruss with their most valuable draft pick, late in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft, with the 104th overall pick. By the time that the Rams had made their selection, some NFL teams had already chosen five players off the board.

After the draft, the LA Rams swore that they wanted offensive lineman Logan Bruss all along. While that is exactly what the Rams front office folks were expected to say, in this case, I do believe that they were authentically telling the truth.

There are just too many things about Bruss that seem to fit what the LA Rams need this offseason. He shares the same collegiate background as teammates David Edwards and Rob Havenstein. But perhaps most of all, he was arguably one of the best players on the board and came at a position of great need for the Rams roster.

He is going to get solid looks as a possible starting right guard on this offensive line.

But how will the Rams handle a rookie who may earn a starting role? Will the team be able to hold him out of preseason games? Or will he work with backups just to build up his NFL body of work before his first season? Will he be given a starting role and the leeway to figure it all out? Or will the team give him a quick hook at the first sign of trouble?

Ultimately, even if Logan Bruss does win a starting role, the work for his NFL development is just beginning.  It will take time for him to earn his place. But until that happens, look for highs and lows as he learns how to work with his LA Rams’ teammates to protect QB Matthew Stafford and open running lanes.