The Rams have played nine OL in four games because of injuries. Pressure is affecting everything they do in the passing game. Fixing it means finding the balance between protection help and getting the ball to playmakers – but how? https://t.co/wm6cRfXDjN

— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) October 6, 2022

The Rams' offensive line is beaten up, and now it gets a Cowboys team that leads the NFL in sacks and pass rush win rate

Biiig test upcoming https://t.co/JJAgwf7yuX

— Cameron DaSilva (@camdasilva) October 7, 2022

AvengerRam

If you’re a fan of PFF, Jackson is currently our second highest rated OL (behind Hav).

zn wrote:

Oday Aboushi

Hope Aboushi will get the chance to show up in this way on sunday #HelpForStafford https://t.co/G0P9LS0PR9

— Henry Bear (@HenryBearT) October 11, 2022

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the vast majority of sacks given up by rams oliinemen thru wk 5 haven't been due to the guys getting out-muscled or out-skilled, instead it's because they've had no idea who to block, where/how/when to shift.

for example, 3rd & 11, 3rd qtr, rams on the move, still in it… pic.twitter.com/s7Vofk6m5L

— roberto clemente (@rclemente2121) October 12, 2022

Alaric Jackson and Brian Burns just hanging out, having a beer together here. Perhaps we could do this more in practice! pic.twitter.com/oR2LxShxYs

— Rams Brothers (@RamsBrothers) October 17, 2022

canadaram wrote:

Wonder if they’ll keep Jackson at LT, and on the off chance that it is not his achilles, play Noteboom at guard when he returns from injury.  Even when the offensive line injury woes were plaguing the St Louis Rams between 07 and 13, it was never this bad. What a crazy season.

Actually 2007 was worse. This year is admittedly bad (in 6 games, they played 2 guys at LOT, 3 at OC, and 6 at OG.)  But 2007 was legend level worse.

This year, unlike 2007, the Rams have some depth. There was no Alaric Jackson in 2007–a Rams find and develomental project.

Some people say now, in 2022, this wouldn’t have happened if the Rams had addressed OL in the draft. By that they always mean using high picks (1sts and 2nds). Well the 2007 OL started out with plenty of high picks–Pace, Barron, Incognito, Steussie. It didn’t do them any good at all. If you get an injury epidemic, doesn’t matter what round your injured players got picked in.

Nowhere in all of the mayhem of past OL injury epidemics did they have a Jackson on the bench.

It looks like Oday Aboushi can play too. Solid, not great. He’s a 2014 pick who played well for the Chargers last year before getting hurt.

This is from last year, when he started out playing well for the Chargers before getting hurt:

Signed this past offseason, Aboushi was a vital piece of the revamped offensive line. In 293 snaps, he only allowed five pressures and did not surrender a single sack.

canadaram wrote:

My memory is fading. Hopefully Allen and Edwards can return and play well. Put Havenstein in bubble wrap in the meantime.

Havenstein is fine, so I am a little curious about what you mean by that. In contrast, Edwards may not be coming back this year (consecutive concussions).

zn wrote:

Blaine Grisak@bgrisakDTR Serious props need to be given to Alaric Jackson. Was arguably Rams best offensive linemen at RG (unnatural position). Moves to LT yesterday and again plays lights out.

Sosa Kremenjas@QBsMVP
Alaric Jackson last night (per @PFF): – 86.1 pass-blocking grade – 0 pressures allowed – 0 sacks allowed Those were all either season-high marks or tied for season-high marks for the Rams on their OL this season.

Alaric Jackson was the fourth-highest graded LT on PFF yesterday. Allowed 0 pressures. Rams got a good one.

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Alaric Jackson and Oday Aboushi help stabilize Rams offensive line in win over Panthers https://t.co/l62LVyjXNL

— Stu Jackson (@StuJRams) October 17, 2022

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Alaric Jackson and Oday Aboushi help stabilize Rams offensive line in win over Panthers

Stu Jackson

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – As if the Rams’ injury luck couldn’t get any worse, head coach Sean McVay watched as starting left tackle Joe Noteboom got carted off the field early in the second quarter, and later ruled out for the game, with an ankle injury.

“It’s unbelievable, isn’t it?” McVay said postgame.

Fortunately, Los Angeles had two stabilizing forces between Alaric Jackson and Oday Aboushi, with Jackson holding it down in place of Noteboom at left tackle and Aboushi stepping up for Jackson at right guard in its 24-10 win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday at SoFi Stadium.

“I mean I feel sick for Joe Noteboom, but what a stud AJ Jackson was to pivot from right guard to left tackle. He was outstanding all day,” McVay said. “Oday Aboushi, I just met this guy a couple weeks ago and he is playing the whole game, doing a great job.”

Jackson has been a critical piece to the offensive line with his ability to multiple spots, which was aided in part by getting reps at both guard and tackle during training camp and the preseason this year.

Beyond that cross-training, that he made that switch to left tackle so seamlessly shouldn’t come as a shock, given it’s his natural position and he played it all of last year. When forced into action there against the Vikings in Week 16 last year, Jackson graded out well – Pro Football Focus said he allowed only two pressures and one hit, and didn’t give up a single sack.

“Things happen, just roll with it for the most part,” Jackson told theRams.com postgame.

That doesn’t mean it’s easy, though – just ask right tackle Rob Havenstein.

“If I had to go right to left, I would fall down,” Havenstein told theRams.com postgame, smiling. “I’ve been doing right tackle for awhile now, so. I could do right guard, but I don’t know if I could do anything on the left side. But just for AJ, kind of having the back-and-forth in camp, played a little guard, played right tackle, played left tackle, so he’s got some experience with it. But it just shows the capability of A.J.”

After Jackson moved to the outside, Havenstein spent the rest of game constantly talking to Aboushi, who was signed the Practice Squad on Sept. 14 and promoted to the Active Roster six days later.

Havenstein made sure to answer any questions Aboushi had. To that end, Havenstein said Aboushi’s communication was “great.” And likely reflective of someone with 73 career games under their belt.

“I think he’s a confident guy who communicates very well, and that’s something that this team needed desperately,” Havenstein said.

With Aboushi at right guard and Jackson at left tackle, the Rams engineered back-to-back touchdown-scoring drives in the second half to pull away from the Panthers and snap a two-game losing streak.

“I think it was good,” Jackson said of the Rams offense’s overall performance. “A step in the right direction for the most part. Use this as an opportunity to grow.”

canadaram wrote:

zn wrote:

canadaram wrote:

My memory is fading. Hopefully Allen and Edwards can return and play well. Put Havenstein in bubble wrap in the meantime.

Havenstein is fine, so I am a little curious about what you mean by that. In contrast, Edwards may not be coming back this year (consecutive concussions).

It was a bad joke referring to the fact that Havenstein is the only starter on the line yet to be injured this year.

Sorry, I’m a little slow today. I get it now.

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