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Beaux Limmer was the darling of the Rams day three draft picks in 2024, but he’s the scapegoat in Week 3’s loss to the Eagles. Due to a series of injuries at guard for L.A.‘s offensive line, Limmer has found himself in position to be a key interior presence on the Rams early in the season but unlike when he started 14 games as a rookie these snaps have gone anything but ideal. Limmer has been taking a lot of heat on social media for his presence — or lack thereof — at right guard in place of Kevin Dotson.
Both on offense.
And on special teams, as the Eagles blocked two field goals, including the would-be game-winner to end the game as a win for Philadelphia. Sean McVay all but said that losing Dotson and replacing him with Limmer was the reason for the blocked field goals, something not typical of NFL head coaches to do in a post-game press conference. McVay said that losing Dotson was the main issue prior to stopping himself from outright saying that Limmer was the reason for the blocked field goal and the loss:
Limmer was never supposed to be this important though, so is a sixth round pick who started 14 games at center last year, and now being forced in at guard, really the biggest problem? Should Limmer be blamed for the fact that Les Snead and McVay chose to have BEAUX LIMMER as the fallback option if Steve Avila and/or Dotson got injured? Both are now injured.
Justin Dedich had to step in at left guard and Limmer found himself in a key position at right guard on Sunday. If that were not bad enough, Coleman Shelton has to be one of the lowest-graded starting centers in the NFL but the Rams feel that they can’t pull him from the game because the backup is…Beaux Limmer.
Fans have still taken to twitter to talk about Limmer as a problem that needs fixing despite the fact that he’s just a backup center who shouldn’t be playing guard. Maybe the real problem is that instead of signing a guard, the Rams gave Tutu Atwell $10 million to do absolutely nothing.
Maybe McVay’s play calling should be called into question with a depleted offensive line.
Is Limmer an adequate player to matchup with Jordan Davis? Of course he isn’t. But he’s also a sixth round pick out of Arkansas who is simply not playing above his grade. There is a reason that after 14 starts at center in 2024 the Rams still went out and signed Shelton to replace him at center.
The problem is that despite upgrading the right guard position by trading for Dotson and paying him, the Rams did not do enough to fortify the offensive line positions. A.J. Jackson is adequate, but Rob Havenstein is so far past his prime that he can’t even remember what he did for his 30th birthday anymore.
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