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It is a bit unsettling and unnerving for the LA Rams to consider a plan for even attempting to fill the shoes someday soon of their stud left tackle Andrew Whitworth. . . but he is 39 years old, and coming off a major knee injury last season. If the discussion doesn’t start today, then when?
As the unquestioned leader and lynchpin of this Rams offensive line, it even feels awkward to broach the subject when it’s someone as popular as Whitworth, whose off-field community service efforts in LA have earned him a nomination for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award for the last three consecutive years.