Alaric Jackson… got thrown into the fire at LT earlier this season vs Vikings and teammates were really impressed with how he played. Good find.
Well it’s obviously too soon to say that Jackson is possibly starting caliber at LOT. But let’s say he might be. Do people realize how crazy that is? That would mean the Rams somehow managed to be 3 deep LOT.
Now it’s iffy for next year, cause AW will probably retire, and NB is a free agent. But let’s say NB gets signed, and he’s as good as he turned out to be this year (which is a big improvement over 2019). If Jackson is a good one too, that means they are already 2 deep at LOT, which is a lot more than most teams can say.
I didn’t think there was much to Jackson when they first signed him, but apparently that was too pessimistic.
And so if they have 3 LOTs, they also didn’t spend a lot of draft capital to be in that position. AW was a free agent, NB was a 3rd round pick, Jackson was a UDFA. If Jackson comes through, that means they spent a total of one 3rd round pick to get 3 candidates at a vital position that is traditionally hard to draft for unless you have a top 16 1st rounder.