After just one week of practices, 2019 training camp is in the books for the Los Angeles Rams. As brief as it may have been, it was a productive week of work on the field. It included a few walk-throughs, several team practices and two joint practices with the Chargers, giving players the chance to go against a Super Bowl-caliber team.
The Rams still have a lot of work to do and plenty of roster battles to settle, but this was a good start for the majority of the team.
With the roster currently at 90 players, the depth chart is fairly crowded. Projecting starters is easy at most spots, but a few positions are still up for grabs.
Below is our latest projection of the offensive and defensive depth charts based on news coming out of training camp.
Offense
| Position | Starter | Backup | Reserve | Reserve |
| QB | Jared Goff | Blake Bortles | Brandon Allen | John Wolford |
| RB | Todd Gurley | Malcolm Brown | Darrell Henderson | John Kelly
Justin Davis Matt Colburn |
| WR | Brandin Cooks | Mike Thomas | KhaDarel Hodge | Johnathan Lloyd |
| WR | Robert Woods | Josh Reynolds | Jalen Greene | |
| Slot WR | Cooper Kupp | JoJo Natson | Austin Proehl | Nsimba Webster
Alex Bachman |
| TE | Tyler Higbee | Gerald Everett | Johnny Mundt | Keenen Brown
Romello Brooker Kendall Blanton |
| LT | Andrew Whitworth | Joseph Noteboom | David Edwards | Matt Kaskey |
| LG | Joseph Noteboom | Jamil Demby | Brandon Hitner | |
| C | Brian Allen | Aaron Neary | Vitas Hrynkiewicz | |
| RG | Austin Blythe | Jamil Demby | Jeremiah Kolone | Chandler Brewer |
| RT | Rob Havenstein | Bobby Evans |
The quarterback room is unlikely to change much between now and final cuts. Barring a complete meltdown, Bortles will back up Goff, while Allen and Wolford will probably be cut.
The running back group isn’t nearly as settled. Henderson stood out in camp, but whether it’s enough to unseat Brown as RB2 is still unclear. Kelly also got first-team reps like Brown and Henderson, but he’s still behind them on the depth chart.
At wide receiver, Thomas is making a strong push to earn a spot on the 53-man roster. The same goes for Natson, who will likely return punts and kickoffs this season. It’s possible the Rams keep six receivers: Cooks, Kupp, Woods, Reynolds, Natson and Thomas.
Higbee and Everett continue to duke it out at tight end, signaling yet another timeshare for them in 2019. They both had great performances in camp, which was recognized by Sean McVay.
The starting offensive line is all but settled, but it’s a bit of a jumbled mess beyond that. Demby can play every position, while Noteboom looks like the swing tackle in addition to being the starting left guard. Neary is the backup center right now, but a looming suspension might cause him to be cut before the regular season. Edwards earned recognition from McVay and Evans surprisingly got second-team reps at right tackle against the Chargers, not left tackle.
Defense
| Position | Starter | Backup | Reserve | Reserve |
| DT | Aaron Donald | Tanzel Smart | Boogie Roberts | |
| NT | Sebastian Joseph-Day | Greg Gaines | Bryant Jones | |
| DE | Michael Brockers | John Franklin-Myers | Morgan Fox | Marquise Copeland |
| ROLB | Clay Matthews | Ogbonnia Okoronkwo | Trevon Young | Landis Durham |
| ILB | Cory Littleton | Travin Howard | Troy Reeder | Ketner Kupp |
| ILB | Micah Kiser/Bryce Hager | Clay Matthews | Dakota Allen | Natrez Patrick |
| LOLB | Dante Fowler Jr. | Samson Ebukam | Justin Lawler | Josh Carraway |
| LCB | Aqib Talib | Troy Hill | David Long | |
| RCB | Marcus Peters | Dominique Hatfield | Kevin Peterson | Ramon Richards |
| NCB | Nickell Robey-Coleman | Dont’e Deayon | Darious Williams | |
| FS | Eric Weddle | Steven Parker | Nick Scott | |
| SS | John Johnson III | Taylor Rapp | Marqui Christian | Jake Gervase |
One of the biggest developments out of camp is the emergence of Joseph-Day. He’s pushed ahead of Gaines at nose tackle and may not relinquish the starting job moving forward. Nothing else on the defensive line is particularly surprising.
At inside linebacker, Kiser has been alternating days with Hager as the starting inside linebacker next to Littleton. Like Gaines, Kiser appeared to be the front-runner for a starting job, but Hager has thrown a wrench into those plans.
Okoronkwo could fall behind at outside linebacker after being “banged up” in camp, causing him to miss time yet again. Fortunately for him, it doesn’t sound like anyone lower on the depth chart has stood out thus far.
The secondary is rich with talent at every position. Rapp could beat out Christian as the third safety, while Hill’s contract extension keeps him as one of the primary backup cornerbacks. Not much has changed here since the draft.
