Rams report, 1/23: Line coaches lined up

According to reports by Jason LaCanfora over the weekend, the Rams have their new line coaches picked out.

The offensive line coach will be a blast from the past, Paul Boudreau. Boudreau has been o-line coach in Atlanta since getting canned here by Scott Linehan, a move that has yet to be figured out by anyone, (other than Linehan wanting to hire a buddy in Steve Loney) because Boudreau appeared to be getting a lot out of limited talent. The Rams may have tipped their draft hand slightly here, if Boudreau's thought of as well and as prominent as I think of him. Likely he's here to try to salvage Jason Smith and coach up the Rams' underperforming, overpaid offensive line, vs. the organization making another big-ticket player move on that unit for Matt Kalil with the #2 pick.

The defensive line coach will be Mike Waufle, last with the Raiders, but the key line on his resume is: Giants defensive line coach, 2005-2010. That alone makes me think his signing is a major coup for the Rams.

Bravo to Jeff Fisher for realizing a team has to be strong on the lines and for bringing in strong, successful coaches to run them.

Brian Schottenheimer was officially named Rams offensive coordinator this weekend. I still "owe" the blog bio entries on all-but-officially defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, along with the two new line coaches. Look for those before too long.

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Update: Dave McGinniss has been added to the Rams coaching staff this afternoon as an assistant head coach. So now I owe the blog another one.

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