Rams WR Nsimba Webster ready to roar past the competition

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2019 Los Angeles Rams roster preview: WR Nsimba Webster ready to roar past the competition

The EWU standout is agile and athletic, but is it enough to stand out in an all but set position group?

By kristianramirez
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The Los Angeles Rams love the Eastern Washington Eagles. With the addition of WR Nsimba Webster and ILB Ketner Kupp (yes, younger brother of THAT Kupp), the Rams continue to boast the highest concentration of EWU Eagles in the NFL.

And there’s good reason.

The two EWU players the Rams drafted, WR Cooper Kupp and OLB Samson Ebukam, are now key starters. In Kupp’s case especially, he’s an integral part of the offense, and his absence was definitely felt at the end of last season.

So with the pedigree laid out for EWU Eagles on the Rams and based on the standout performance from Webster’s senior year — going for over 1,300 yards, averaging almost 17 yards per reception, and 11 touchdowns — there’s some intrigue here perhaps higher than your average undrafted free agent rookie.

Roster Battle
There are ten receivers on the 90-man roster right now. Last season, three receivers, WR Brandin Cooks, WR Robert Woods and WR Cooper Kupp, carried the majority of the workload until Kupp’s unfortunate injury. At that point, WR KhaDarel Hodge and WR Josh Reynolds had to step up. Throughout the season, the Rams carried six wide receivers on the roster.

I don’t see us carrying more than six wide receivers or perhaps seven if they decide to split the kick returning/punt returning duties rather than have WR JoJo Natson do both this season.

So Webster will have to compete for that deep backup roster spot, or hope to share returning duties with JoJo.

Expectations
I am confident that Webster will show us what made him such a stand out athlete at EWU and all the flashes that made General Manager Les Snead go after him when the 2019 NFL Draft finished. Personally, I believe he has the ability to steal the a spot from either Reynolds or Hodge. But as is often the case here as it was with Ebukam, it’s all dependent on his ability to make the transition from small college ball to the NFL.

Chances of making the final roster (7/10)
He has his work cut out for him.

The starting three spots at his position are all but set in stone. His talent and athleticism will make him stand out from the pack, however, and more than likely earn him a spot either as a backup to the Holy Receiving Trinity or on special teams as a returner.
 
I'll have to check my math but I believe you could call five "a few" :D And he returned 48 kicks for a 23.2 yard average.

Was just giving the exact number because I had looked up the number of punt returns that he and Alex Bachman had returned because I felt the two of them might have the best chance of beating out Natson.
 
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...I couldn't resist. :P

For real, though, I think he has a chance to make the roster over Natson. Bigger, able to return punts and kicks, good special teams value aside from that.
 
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...I couldn't resist. :p

For real, though, I think he has a chance to make the roster over Natson. Bigger, able to return punts and kicks, good special teams value aside from that.

I agree. Natson has shown what he is - a solid punt returner, CAN return kicks but not really aces at that, not somebody you really want to play in actual games as a WR. As he gains experience he is also getting more expensive, and frankly if he's cut, he likely would be available to be picked up in an emergency. And since he averaged 2 punt returns per game last season, so long as the guy is reliable, I'm not sure it really matters who the Rams have back there. A very bad punt returner is still within 3 or so yards per return of Natson.

A guy who is actually worthy of respect from DBs would be nice to have, even if he doesn't get targets his rookie season. Whether that is Webster, we will see, but he is in the running at least.
 
I'll have to check my math but I believe you could call five "a few" :D And he returned 48 kicks for a 23.2 yard average.
A "few" maxes out at 4.
5 is considered "almost, half a dozen".

It's very technical and I dont have time to explain it.
 
Josh Reynolds is going no where.

His production in his first full year of action was excellent.
Reynolds appeared to be Goffs favorite target in the red zone as well.
I could be wrong, but I think Goff went his way quite a bit down there
 
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Reynolds appeared to be Goffs favorite target in the red zone as well.
I could be wrong, but I think Goff went his way quite a bit down there
While he was a red zone target I don’t recall much success from Reynolds in the red zone. The red zone was the Achilles heal if the Rams Offense last year. That is one area that Sammy Watkins excelled in the previous year. Sure hope we figure it out this year. Is Everett going to answer the bell?