Since early in the offseason, Sean McVay and Mike LaFleur have made it crystal clear that the Los Angeles Rams are going to deploy their best five offensive linemen in Week 1. With the first week of the season right around the corner, McVay believes Joe Noteboom has done enough this offseason to warrant him being one of those top five.
“I think he’s played that way during camp. Again, the interesting thing is to get better at football, you have to be able to play football,” McVay said. “And so we want to be able to find that five and the way that it fits together and it’s hard to be able to see that if we don’t have people out here. And so all we can do is continue to work with the guys that are available. I want to see them continue to take steps in the right direction, but I’ve been super pleased with the camp that Joe has had. I think he’s played outstanding at tackle and guard. When he gets back then we’ll have to figure out, all right, which one of those spots do we want to be able to rep him at? But in the midst of his absence, I’ve been really proud of the guys that have stepped up.”
