Jul 28th 2008 12:00PM by Tom Mantzouranis (author feed)
Filed under: Rams, NFC West

The Rams’ offensive line was destroyed by injuries last year. They hope that additions in free agency and the draft will improve the unit’s overall talent and depth, but they’re pitting two of the players hurt last year — Brett Romberg and Mark Setterstrom — against each other at center.

Romberg is a natural center out of the University of Miami who was the starting snapper for nine of his healthy games last year. Setterstrom has never played the position before, starting his career as a left guard, but the team sees a lot of promise in the 24-year-old and wanted to find a spot for him after signing Jacob Bell to fill that spot this year.

Setterstrom is also significantly bigger, with two inches and almost 20 lbs. on Romberg. That’s a significant difference in a division with a lot of big-bodied defensive tackles.

After last season, it’ll be a nice problem to have two capable centers on the roster. And if this season’s anything like last, they’ll both be needed. In the end, the Rams need to just let the best man win and hope that guy stays healthy for all 16, depth or no depth. For Marc Bulger’s sake.