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I know there are other needs starting with a QB and WR. I also know that good teams are built from the inside out. The offensive line is a huge part of what gets the wheel turning in the right direction. That being said, the Rams invested 5 draft picks last year to the O-line and it looks promising aside from experience.

Robinson was drafted high at #2 overall but needed time to adjust to the change in the speed of the game as well as learning how to pass protect at the next level. He has struggled getting up to speed and switching positions along with moving parts around him.

I like the makeup of the young O-line especially if Robinson solidifies the LT position. I like all of the experience the rookies got and the potential they showed last year. We need Robinson to step up to the talent that he is and dominate.

I love this quote and hope it applies to Greg Robinson soon.

Very early in Pace’s NFL career, Hanifan thinks it was the second year, he brought the big left tackle into the offensive line meeting room after practice. Just the two of them.

“OK, I’m gonna tell you something right now that I’ve never said to anybody else in my entire life,” Hanifan recalls telling Pace. “Fifteen, 20 years from now, when you are finished playing, you should be going into the NFL Hall of Fame.

“If you don’t get there – I want you to know something – it’s gonna be your (expletive) fault. I still remember that day. He looked at me, his eyes just got big. I mean really big. He said, ‘Oh yeah. I got it.’”

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I saw steady improvement from GRob as the season progressed, especially the last four games. No procedure or holding penalties, picking up the blitzer, decent footwork. He started playing better when they put Garrett Reynolds in next to him at LG. I saw a lot of Reynolds pointing and coaching GRob pre snap. It was a big help to GRob.
Grob was so raw coming out of college everyone on the coaching staff knew it was going to take 3 or 4 years for him to play the position instictivly and not have to think about what he's doing. If he picks up where he left off, GRob will have a good year.

We have several of the components needed to be a playoff team. We have a strong defense and elite running back. Special teams is good too. We just need better play from the quarterback and receiver positions. Denver didn't get to the Superbowl on Manning's arm. They got there with a suffocating defense constantly pressuring Brady.

snackdaddy wrote:We have several of the components needed to be a playoff team. We have a strong defense and elite running back. Special teams is good too. We just need better play from the quarterback and receiver positions. Denver didn't get to the Superbowl on Manning's arm. They got there with a suffocating defense constantly pressuring Brady.

+1. Bingo.

GR showed signs of "getting it" last year, meaning that he "got" that he had to dedicate himself to film study if he wanted to improve. One good analysis of him I saw said he was not up on that and that players were trying to get him to see the need. It was a maturity thing. In fact not knowing how to study his opponents, according to this account, led to a lot of hesitation and false moves on his part, which contributed to the idea that he was not progressing.

If GR does progress, it won't just be physical of course, it will be things like film study.

Personally, I expect the progress we saw GR make at the end of 2015 to continue in 2016. I also expect guys like Brown, Wichman, and Havenstein to step up a rung or 2 also. I think they have the makings of a good and very deep line. And that's if they add no one new this off-season.

They already have 14 linemen on the roster btw. 2 rookies added in 2014, 6 rookies added in 2016, 2 holdovers in Barnes and Saffold (though Barnes has to sign if in fact they intend to keep him), plus Reynolds, and plus 3 young veteran signings from late last year (Kush, Folkerts, Arkin). The latter 3? They're a type Boudreau and Hanifan have both made something out of before--young veteran "ronin" types who sometimes provide you with good players (like Nutten and McCollum years ago and more recently, Barksdale). That's no guarantee, but I wouldn't bet against one of that type making it, at least as depth. So anyway that's already 14 (who already know the system) before they add anyone else.

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