2022 Offseason Assessment Tournament: 2nd-Round (LAR v. SF)
Same intro everyday: Our annual series taking a look at each NFL team’s offseason (free agency, draft, trades) moves and assessing their impact for the upcoming season – simply speaking, 'did all of the offseason moves, en masse, project to make the team better or worse for just the upcoming campaign (not worried about the long-term effect)'?
We’ll list the key adds and losses for each team competing and then comment on them and anoint a winner that will move on to the next round, until we get down to the final two (the 'Super Bowl') and we name a winner for the top offseason (to date). Our way to review and judge what each of these teams have done halfway through the offseason.
2nd-Round Matchup…
LA RAMS
Key Adds: OL Logan Bruss (pick #104), LB Bobby Wagner (FA), WR Allen Robinson (FA), CB Troy Hill (trade)
Key Losses: Von Miller (FA), CB Darious Williams (FA), OG Austin Corbett (FA), DT Sebastian Joseph (FA), PT Johnny Hekker (FA), WR Robert Woods (trade), OT Andrew Whitworth (retired)
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SAN FRANCISCO
Key Adds:
CB Charvarius Ward (FA), SAF George Odom (FA), LB Oren Burks (FA), LB Drake Jackson (pick #61), WR Danny Gray (pick #105)
Key Losses:
OT Laken Tomlinson (FA), CB K’Waun Williams (FA), DT D.J. Jones (FA), DE Arden Key (FA), RB Raheem Mostert (FA)
I was not overwhelmed with either of these two team’s off-seasons, but they advanced here because we were not impressed with Seattle’s or Arizona’s offseason at all (in their 1st-round matchups). So, we got a Rams v. 49ers showdown here of wobbly offseasons for 2022 impact judgment.
I can see the Rams being OK, overall, after the dust settles…a huge get with ARob. And if Bobby Wagner still has juice, then this is going to be a solid offseason. The loss/retirement of Whitworth hurts through no fault of their own.
The 49ers really didn’t get better in all their moves. Honestly, I’m not sure what SF is doing. Their draft was disappointing and erratic. In free agency they got a decent CB (Ward) but lost a decent one in K’Waun, plus losing a very good OL in Tomlinson.
I don’t get the 49ers offseason, but I see the hope in the Rams’ moves.
WINNER = L.A. Rams, who go onto the NFC Final Four.
2nd-Round results:
PHI defeats NYG
LAR defeats SF
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