Quinton Coples has to fill the shoes of a longtime Rams veteran in Chris Long. Can he do it?
After the Rams let an aging DE Chris Long walk in mid-February, they needed to pad the loss by adding a different veteran defensive end. Former New York Jets first-round pick Quinton Coples was that guy.
Coples signed a fairly cheap two-year deal with the Rams this offseason. He never lived up to his draft slot while in New York, but he proved that he could be a serviceable rotational defensive end with spurts of great pass rushing.