Sometimes the newer things become, and the more progress we make, the more sense it makes to promote the tried and true, the sensible throwback to a familiar face. After all, the game of football has remained virtually intact for many years. While some rules have changed to promote player health, and the equipment has improved from a leather armor style to impact resistant polymers, the basic foundation of hiking, running, passing, and tackling has endured.
And so, the LA Rams have undertaken a mini-youth movement of sorts right now. While the team did re-sign left tackle Andrew Whitworth at the ripe age of 38, that was an exception caused by no successor to assume his role in 2020.