[PARAM]

So we will see how good they are, the offense is and the team is in about 8 months.

What's remarkable.....if they are successful.....is the 2023 Rams OL might only have 2, possibly just 1 of the players from the SB winning 2021 OL. Much like the 2021 OL only having 2 players from the 2018 SB line. That will speak volumes to the "McSnead system".

[Elvis]

The Rams offense was already starting to show some cracks in 2018. There was Detroit, Chicago and then only scoring 3 points in the SB against NE.

Now it might be tempting to blame this on John Sullivan and Roger Saffold but there were also things like the demise of Todd Gurley and rise of the Fangio defense to consider.

It took two years, a retooling of the Oline, offense and a new QB for the Rams offense to really figure it out but when they did: Super Bowl...

[PARAM]

Yes, I remember.

"Detroit & Matt Patricia showed the NFL how to beat the Rams offense."

Right through the shootout with KC, the Rams were 10-1 averaging 32 PPG.
Detroit through the SB, 23 PPG for a 5-3 record.

[Elvis]

He's a free agent:

[69RamFan]

He's a free agent:

Sign him to a two year for 5mil per year.

Then we just need to look for a LT

[Hacksaw]

In '22 Saffold signed a 1 year, $6,250,000 contract with Buffalo including a $4,000,000 signing bonus, $5,950,000 guaranteed.
A bit stiff for us at that price but he is still ranked 11th best guard in the NFL and is an UFA. Perhaps he'd take a prove he can still do it deal.

[PARAM]

In '22 Saffold signed a 1 year, $6,250,000 contract with Buffalo including a $4,000,000 signing bonus, $5,950,000 guaranteed.
A bit stiff for us at that price but he is still ranked 11th best guard in the NFL and is an UFA. Perhaps he'd take a prove he can still do it deal.

He'll probably take the best offer. Will that be from anybody or just the best offer from a contender? Poor guy still hasn't won a Superbowl and I don't know how many 2023 contenders are in need of a G. Joining the Rams would be seamless but probably less prosperous.

[Hacksaw]

[PARAM]

.....and they're rooting for you to win a Lombardi and draw even with Brian Allen and Tutu!!

[/zn/]

2019 keeps coming up. Massive injuries that year on the OL but out of that they also managed to improve toward the end with players like Edwards, who of course was the OG in the 2021 super bowl year. A forgotten thing about 2019 is that both Whitworth and Hav played hurt for part of the season. They were both subpar for much of the season though Whit ended up getting back on track.

The 2 worst years for McV in LA, 2019 and 2022, both saw extensive OL injuries, though in 2022 they took "extensive injuries" to a whole new mega level.

I agree with those, including the Rams, who say that in spite of the mess in 2022, they came out of that knowing they have some players. They just need to get them healthy over the summer and then sort out what they have. Which is far from nothing. Doubtless they will add more players to that mix, whether it be through the draft, a trade, signing a FA, and/or picking up "cast offs" they can rehabilitate. In fact they might do all of those things. That's how they built the 99 OL--they used every available means of adding players, plus developed what they already had.