The Rams don’t yet know where or exactly how they will use Myles Garrett. All they know is the league’s reigning Defensive Player of the Year will be great at getting after the quarterback wherever and however they deploy him.
The Rams acquired the edge rusher on June 1.
He participated in a handful of offseason practices, with Garrett working with outside linebackers coach Joe Coniglio’s group in individual drills. That prompted a question to defensive coordinator Chris Shula about whether Garrett, who spent his entire career in Cleveland playing in a 4-3, is an outside linebacker or whether Garrett’s arrival changes how Shula thinks about the structure of the defense.
“Obviously, we’re still going to have our principals with that stuff, but we’re going to let him do what he does best and we all know exactly what he does best,” Shula said last week, via Stu Jackson of the team website. “You’re not going to take Michael Jordan, LeBron [James], all those guys and pull them out of their comfort zone. We’re going to work with him and put him in the best spots that we think for him and the defense to succeed.”
Garrett, 30, has made seven Pro Bowls and is a five-time All-Pro. He set the NFL single-season record with 23 sacks and has 125.5 for his nine-year career.
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