Biggest remaining needs for each NFC West team

Los Angeles Rams – Outside linebacker

What would you say about a team, that led the league in scoring last year and added Marcus Peters, Aquib Talib and Ndamokung Suh to their defense? Did I forget to mention that their quarterback Jared Goff and play-caller Sean McVay only had their first season together, when they went back to the postseason for the first time in 13 years?

You’d think that they were going to the Super Bowl and with the way they have structured some of their contracts, their window should be right now. The Rams’ offensive line was fortified with the addition of veteran left tackle Andrew Whitworth last offseason and as long as Todd Gurley keeps pounding defenses away, I don’t see how opposing defenses can really slow down their bootleg game off zone plays and creative ways of getting their playmakers the ball in space, even with a full offseason for coaches to study them.

With the acquisition of those two feisty corners I mentioned coming from the AFC West, their starting safeties and nickel all coming back, they seem set on the back-end. With all the money they spent this offseason, they had to let go of inside linebacker Alec Ogletree, but I think with undrafted rookie Tegray Scales out of Indiana, they can duplicate his man-coverage on backs and tight-ends at least to some degree.

Los Angeles has built a ridiculous interior D-line with Aaron Donald and Ndamokung Suh, but the edge rush needs some help, now that they traded Robert Quinn to Miami. Matt Longacre did a solid job for them last year, as they run more of a 5-2 on a lot of passing downs anyway, but despite having some upside, guys like Samson Ebukam, Garrett Sickels and Ejuan Price haven’t really done anything in this league yet.

Fortunately for them, Oklahoma’s Ogbonnia Okoronkwo might have been the biggest steal of the entire draft, having been one of the most productive and unique edge rushers in college football over the last two years.