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This week we’ve already managed to get together an initial top-10 list going for the LA Rams defense and there really weren’t many issues before arriving at that order. I can’t imagine the offense being as easy.
Who are the top-10 most important players to the Rams offense?
Remember, this is not “who is the most talented” or even necessarily “who is the most valuable” but it is more like: Who is the player that Sean McVay most can’t afford to lose next season in order for his offense to run most effectively? And then going from the most important down to the 10th-most important.
This means that you also have to take into account how large the gap is between the starter and who his replacement would be. That’s why in spite of there maybe being “more talented” players around him, I believe Jared Goff is still the most important.
Even a writer who has been critical and skeptical of Goff would have to admit that the drop off from him to John Wofford or one of the undrafted free agents is either too great or potentially too great (we can’t rule out that one of the backups is the next Kurt Warner or even the next Jake Delhomme) to not place him at number one. That doesn’t mean there aren’t other defensible answers for the most important player to the Rams offense.
Others who I’d imagine get consideration are Andrew Whitworth, Cooper Kupp, and Robert Woods. I wouldn’t at this time yet be placing Cam Akers or Tyler Higbee in a situation to be considered here.
Then there’s the whole confusion about which players are actually starting on the offensive line. Losing Rob Havenstein could be devastating, we don’t quite know. Before 2019, most would have thought that would have been terrible. After 2019, we saw it happen and it was potentially better for the offense when he went out.
I’ll throw down some polls to start getting a sense of how this top-10 could shake out.
Poll
Who is the Rams most important player on offense?
This poll is closed
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80%
Jared Goff
(615 votes) -
8%
Andrew Whitworth
(62 votes) -
3%
Robert Woods
(23 votes) -
7%
Cooper Kupp
(56 votes) -
1%
Other
(9 votes)
Poll
Who is the Rams 2nd-most important player on offense?
This poll is closed
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7%
Jared Goff
(50 votes) -
52%
Andrew Whitworth
(348 votes) -
9%
Robert Woods
(62 votes) -
28%
Cooper Kupp
(189 votes) -
2%
Other
(17 votes)
Poll
Who is the Rams 3rd-most important player on offense?
This poll is closed
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2%
Jared Goff
(15 votes) -
20%
Andrew Whitworth
(132 votes) -
18%
Robert Woods
(118 votes) -
29%
Cooper Kupp
(189 votes) -
7%
Rob Havenstein
(51 votes) -
3%
Tyler Higbee
(24 votes) -
16%
Cam Akers
(107 votes) -
0%
Other
(3 votes)
Poll
Who is the Rams 4th-most important player on offense?
This poll is closed
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33%
Robert Woods
(192 votes) -
25%
Cooper Kupp
(146 votes) -
7%
Rob Havenstein
(45 votes) -
9%
Tyler Higbee
(55 votes) -
14%
Cam Akers
(84 votes) -
1%
Gerald Everett
(8 votes) -
5%
Austin Blythe
(34 votes) -
1%
Other
(9 votes)
Poll
Who is the Rams 5th-most important player on offense?
This poll is closed
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8%
Cooper Kupp
(47 votes) -
18%
Robert Woods
(99 votes) -
23%
Tyler Higbee
(122 votes) -
20%
Cam Akers
(110 votes) -
17%
Rob Havenstein
(93 votes) -
3%
Austin Blythe
(20 votes) -
2%
Gerald Everett
(13 votes) -
3%
Darrell Henderson
(18 votes) -
1%
Other
(6 votes)
Poll
Who is the Rams 6th-most important player on offense?
This poll is closed
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7%
Robert Woods
(36 votes) -
29%
Tyler Higbee
(137 votes) -
2%
Cooper Kupp
(13 votes) -
3%
Gerald Everett
(18 votes) -
20%
Rob Havenstein
(97 votes) -
18%
Cam Akers
(87 votes) -
3%
Darrell Henderson
(17 votes) -
8%
Austin Blythe
(41 votes) -
4%
Bobby Evans
(21 votes) -
0%
Other
(4 votes)
Poll
Throw a vote on someone you haven’t voted for yet
This poll is closed
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17%
Tyler Higbee
(81 votes) -
8%
Gerald Everett
(37 votes) -
14%
Cam Akers
(67 votes) -
15%
Rob Havenstein
(69 votes) -
12%
Austin Blythe
(57 votes) -
4%
Darrell Henderson
(20 votes) -
5%
Bobby Evans
(26 votes) -
3%
Malcolm Brown
(18 votes) -
2%
Austin Corbett
(13 votes) -
5%
Van Jefferson
(23 votes) -
9%
Josh Reynolds
(45 votes)