Sando: NFL execs pick what all 32 teams should be worried about in 2018

from NFL execs pick what all 32 teams should be worried about in 2018

Mike Sando

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Arizona Cardinals

The worry: Continued offensive-line troubles and two quarterbacks with durability/performance concerns could be a rough combination.

Exec unfiltered: “Their offensive line is in real trouble, and even separate from that, I think it’s questionable whether they can get good quarterback play from [Sam] Bradford or [Josh] Rosen. I personally do not think they can, and if the line is as bad as I think it’s going to be, the odds are stacked even longer against it.”

Los Angeles Rams

The worry: If it’s not age on the line, it’s life on the edge.

Exec unfiltered: “They have the oldest left tackle and oldest center in the league, and then

Rodger Saffold is 30, so you wonder when the offensive line drops off, but I think the biggest question is: Can they get pressure off the edge? Right now, I don’t think they can create it.”

San Francisco 49ers

The worry: A coach known for maximizing personnel (Kyle Shanahan) might not be able to do that in a few key cases.

Exec unfiltered: “I’m not convinced their highest-paid and highest-drafted guys are going to produce at those levels. That includes [Jerick] McKinnon and [Pierre] Garcon, and it includes Solomon Thomas and some of the defensive backs they have drafted recently. The secondary worries me, though. It looks like they have Thomas playing the position Cliff Avril played in Seattle, but he is not really the same type of guy.”

Seattle Seahawks

The worry: The team’s biggest weakness in recent seasons will remain so, even if George Fant takes over at right tackle.

Exec unfiltered: “If they don’t get the offensive line figured out, they will have issues on offense again. They missed on the right tackle [Germain Ifedi], it remains to be seen if [Ethan] Pocic can play left guard and early indications are that their new right tackle, Fant, is not all the way back. Fant had unbelievable feet two years ago, but he hurt his right knee and you can tell when he tries to jab that right leg and anchor it.”