Rams Stock Report: Jonah Jackson, on the other hand, disappoints at center

The Los Angeles Rams suffered a frustrating loss to the Miami Dolphins in Week 10. While there were a few silver linings, the loss was filled with plenty of disappointing performances. One of them is free agent signing Jonah Jackson. Here is this week’s stock up, stock down.

Stock Down: OL Jonah Jackson

The Rams signed Jonah Jackson to help take their offensive line to another level. There was some thought that if this unit played to their best, this could be a top-5 offensive line. To say the least, it hasn’t been like that. Jackson missed the majority of the offseason, leaving the Rams more confident in moving Steve Avila back to left guard after practicing at center all summer. Jackson was moved to center and had not played there since his sophomore year at Rutgers.

It can take time for the offensive line to melt, but Jackson wasn’t great over the middle against the Lions after Beaux Limmer was a standout at that spot in recent weeks. It’s now or never time for Jackson. If he is to be the Rams’ center, he is the second-highest paid player at that position in the NFL. He has to play like that.

Stock Up: LB Christian Rozeboom and Omar Speights

Christian Rozeboom had a career-like day against Dolphins Monday Night Football. He had an interception that should have set the Rams up for points. He almost had another later in the match as well. While not perfect, Rozeboom’s flaws haven’t been as noticeable over the past few games.

On the other end, the Rams might be getting more confident in what Speights can do. While he only played seven defensive snaps vs Seahawkshe played in 39 snaps Monday night. It’s a small sample of just 66 snaps, but since taking over at linebacker for the Rams, Speights is the ninth-highest graded linebacker against the run via PFF and fifth-best linebacker overall.

Stock Down: RB Kyren Williams

After this season, there will be a lot of talk about whether or not the Rams should sign Kyren Williams to an extension. This isn’t an argument for or against it, but the Rams need more from their starting running back.

Williams had the third-lowest rushing EPA in Week 10, which was highlighted by a fumble in the scoring area. He has 10 carries of 10 or more yards this season, which is 29th among running backs. Williams is a key part of the Rams offense, but the Dolphins defense is one that he should be able to take advantage of, and for most of the game he was ineffective.

Stock Up: EDGE Jared Vers

It soon gets to the point where it almost becomes boring to talk about how good Jared Verse is. The crazy thing is, he’s only a rookie. Vers was on the verge of taking over this game in prime time. He had a sack and forced a fumble. He also had six pressures against an offense that tends to get rid of the ball extremely quickly.

The verse is on the constellation. This offseason, the Rams needed to find a way to fill the void left by Aaron Donald. This is not to say that Verse is as good as Anders, but he has filled that void in the sense that he is a superstar on defense.

Stock Down: Rams’ playoff chances

The Rams playoff chances took a dive after the loss to the Dolphins. To make the postseason, they could potentially lose one more game. Given how the tiebreakers have shaken out, it’s likely they would need some help if they finish 10-7. Their clearest path to the playoffs is by winning the NFC West, and they are now two games behind Arizona Cardinals.

Their playoff odds are down to 29 percent after the loss to the Dolphins. Going on any kind of run would require some level of consistency, and that’s just not something they’ve been able to do this year. Anything is possible, but it just doesn’t seem like the case for this team.