St. Louis Rams Move Harvey Dahl To RT; Jason Brown To RG

by Ryan Van Bibber on Nov 24, 2011 7:47 PM CST in 2011 NFL regular season

The St. Louis Rams offensive line will look a little different this week. Injuries have decimated the unit, and the replacements struggled protecting quarterback Sam Bradford last week. To get some experience on the edges, the Rams will move right guard Harvey Dahl to the right tackle spot, Adam Goldberg to the left side, with Jason Brown replacing Dahl at right guard, according to KFNS.

The move leaves Tony Wragge at center, who came in for a benched Jason Brown some time ago. Jacob Bell stays at left guard. Dahl has experience playing tackle; he did it in college and for a few reps during a stint with the San Francisco 49ers.

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the Rams are out of offensive tackles with third/fourth stringer Mark LeVoir on the shelf. They added Thomas Welch, a former Patriot, who was on the Bills' practice squad last week.

Experience is the key with the new arrangement. Three of the five started on the offensive line when the season began; only Adam Goldberg and Tony Wragge were on the bench in week 1. Both of those players have significant experience.

Sam Bradford, who has been sacked 31 times, will be hoping the new combo works.

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This can either go very, very well or very, very bad.

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by Joe Mazzi on Nov 24, 2011 7:50 PM CST reply actions

I kinda like it

Wragge has played fine. Goldberg might be our best pure pass blocker left. Dahl has been good (not worth what they payed, but good) and Brown is still ok. All in all, it might be better than what we started with

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by King Sam Rules! on Nov 24, 2011 8:16 PM CST via mobile reply actions

This season has been a nightmare, and if anyone wants to help forget about it:

We are due for another bsing thread

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by King Sam Rules! on Nov 24, 2011 8:18 PM CST via mobile reply actions

Hmmmm

Jackson should have some success running behind the right side with Dahl and brown

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by holtfan on Nov 24, 2011 8:22 PM CST via mobile reply actions

Let's be honest, the moves are about keeping Sam safe

But the best way to do that would be to sit him down

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by King Sam Rules! on Nov 24, 2011 8:24 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

Sam is invincible

He should play with just a center, and Lloyd. Let the rest sit on the bench. That’s the same thing as them actually playing.

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by OakCityRam on Nov 24, 2011 8:53 PM CST up reply actions

i still cant help but to think what if

We were in our second year of the west coast offense, yea, just imagine.

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by DevsLaRams on Nov 24, 2011 9:56 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

I like it but I don't know how Dahl will do at T

probably better than Saffold, but would of rather seen Bell at Tackle Dahl at RG and Brown at LG

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by Brick Top on Nov 24, 2011 10:48 PM CST reply actions

Dahl at T does seem out of place

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by RAMpage28 on Nov 24, 2011 11:09 PM CST reply actions

this is pretty much an only choice thing

Dahl has the nasty attitude to make up for lack of experience on the outside. Goldberg should expect to be the target of a lot of blitzing and Sam will probably not get any time in the pocket in passing downs. Rollouts anybody?

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by dbcouver on Nov 24, 2011 11:40 PM CST via mobile reply actions