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  • August 16, 2021 at 2:01 pm #131555
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    TexasRam…

    Hey all,

    I went back and watched the O-line. A careful review shows some interesting things that is hard to notice while watching in real time.

    I should note that the starters were as follows:

    LT Jackson
    LG Brewer
    C Shelton
    LG Evans
    RT Anchrum

    Somewhere around the 3rd quarter Shelton was replaced by Kolone and Evans was replaced by Meredith.

    I’ll give me grades along with a brief reason.

    Jackson – C Had at least 3 missed blocks. Played more consistent as it went along.
    Brewer -D Missed at least 5 blocks. Also lacks strength and ability to keep blocker engaged. May need to switch to center.
    Shelton – C Missed a few blocks but played decent overall.
    Evans – C- Started real strong. Then started missing blocks. Showed inability to sustain blocks even though his strength is good.
    Anchrum – B Really impressed. The excellent feet, balance and technique really showed. Kick out is excellent. Had a strong showing in pass pro.
    Meredith – A Really impressed. Excellent feet strength and lock. Shows starter quality. A few times Chargers #66 beat him to the backfield but from what I could tell this was Kolone’s assignment both times.
    Kolone – C Showed good strength and feet and blocking ability. Seems real raw in assignment though. From what I could tell he missed a few assignments that resulted in backfield blowups. My guess is he wasn’t clear on assignment when #66 was looping over to his right side gap.

    Overall I think Meredith has real potential.
    Anchrum could feel in nicely if Havenstein goes down.
    Kolone has potential but I want to see if he can clear up the assignment issues next game.
    Evans was disappointing later in the game, too many years in to be whiffing on guys in the run game.

    August 20, 2021 at 2:45 pm #131605
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    11 personnel podcast on Brian Allen

    I’m currently listening to the 11 personnel podcast and they’re talking about the abrupt switch at center. So far rodrigue has this to say:

    Everybody in Rams can’t was absolutely confident that Corbett would be the starting center. Then Brian Allen came along and repped really well against Dallas, to the point that people on the field were talking about him as the best offensive lineman on the Rams roster as far as standing out in the joint practices.

    Jourdan is currently commenting about how Bryan Allen looks fluid, nasty, and tenacious. She knows that he looks a lot stronger than he did a couple of years ago as well. I’ll keep updating as I continue.

    Rich Hammond is adding that the Rams process was “really strange.” Noting that Corbett was undoubtedly the starter. Jourdan concurs. Rich asks if there’s a chance that Bobby Evans was so poor that this led to the Rams making the change. Roderick responds that there could have been a multitude of reasons mixing together, one of them being that Corbett at guard and Allen at center is just a better combo than Corbett at center and Evans at guard. But she notes that she doesn’t think Evans was doing bad

    They say offensive lineman have a learning curve these days. We’ll see where Brian Allen is in year 4.

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