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Originally Posted by RamWraith
Thursday, October 25, 2007
By Nick Wagoner
Senior Writer
For the sixth time in eight games, the Rams will start a different combination along the offense line this Sunday against Cleveland.
“We have been through a ton of o-linemen around here,” Jackson said. “At the end of last year we continued to play merry-go-round with that. We do need to find some stability there, but I can’t dwell on it. Once the ball’s in my hands, I can’t tell the defense, ‘Slow down, these guys don’t know what they’re doing.’ We’re just going to go out there with confidence. I’m going to let them know no matter who’s in front of me or who’s blocking, I trust them to get the job done.”
“We are going to do our best to put them in a position where they are most comfortable with certain protections and run schemes,” coach Scott Linehan said. “We can’t be doing much new, it’s got to be things that are common with them and even in the situation with the new player that doesn’t even really know the system, you just have to be able to match things up and do the best you can. There really is no choice in the matter. I think it’s not a great situation but we are going to do the best we can.”
Clearly, the offensive line is the group most affected by injuries this season as evidenced by the lack of depth at the position heading into this week. On the depth chart, there are multiple positions where no backup exists.
“It’s not the greatest scenario moving these guys around and having different lineups but we really have no choice but try to get the best five out there,” Linehan said.
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Above, are the responses of Headcoach Linehan and
Steven Jackson after going over the 5 starters for this weekends game vs the Cleveland Browns.
RT- HUbison
RG- FatPang
C- RamDez
LG- Ramman68
LT- BigRedman
Backups- Nick, AvengerRam