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USA Today
22-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Rams RT Rob Havenstein is excited to have Coleman Shelton back
Los Angeles Rams right tackle Rob Havenstein knows center Coleman Shelton well. The two played together in L.A. for five seasons 2019 to 2023, including two seasons as starters on the offensive line in 2022 and 2023. Shelton, who will be 30 in July, left the Rams in 2024 to play for the Chicago Bears. He returned in 2025 on a two-year, $12 million deal to take back his starting role at center. And now, no one seemed happy to see Shelton come back to the Rams than Havenstein. He told reporters at the Rams' first day of organized team activities on Monday that Shelton is one of his close friends from when they played together. 'I'm very excited. Coleman's one of my good buddies," Havenstein said. "I know him and his family very well. We had a lot of great times together. Even on top of that, just the way Coleman goes about his business, he's a true professional about the way he studies, the way he practices and the way he pretty much does everything from a football aspect. You add onto it he's a wily veteran. He's been around for a while. I'm very excited to have Coleman Shelton back.' Havenstein added that Shelton's experience, work ethic and confidence makes him a great fit on the offensive line as a leader despite only re-joining the team. 'Coleman, I would say, is confident and commanding. I think he gets the confidence by the way he goes about his work Monday through Saturday," Havenstein said. "Obviously, the guy we've got standing behind him [quarterback Matthew Stafford] is the captain of everything where he comes up and makes everything right. Even if he's wrong, he gets us all wrong together, which means we're all right. He is not wrong much, let me just say that. "The amount of work that [Shelton] puts in, the amount of care and effort that he puts in to make sure that he knows exactly what he needs to know, any advantage he can get, any film study, any technique stuff and then the overall resolve to go get it done during practice first and foremost and then out there on Sunday, is kind of how he breeds that confidence to say things with a command. ... That's something you can get behind. Like I said, to have Coleman Shelton back is a lot of fun.' The Rams now have a veteran-laden offensive line, led by Havenstein on the right side, Alaric Jackson on the left, Kevin Dotson and right guard and Shelton at center. Left guard Steve Avila is heading into his third NFL season. This is the group that will protect Matthew Stafford as the Rams head into the 2025 season with Super Bowl aspirations on the mind. And they'll need all the help they can get against defensive fronts like on the Philadelphia Eagles.
USA Today
21-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Rams RT Rob Havenstein expects to be ready for training camp despite shoulder surgery
Rams RT Rob Havenstein expects to be ready for training camp despite shoulder surgery Reports surfaced in March that Los Angeles Rams starting right tackle had offseason shoulder surgery to clean up lingering affects of the 2024 season. Head coach Sean McVay said the procedures would be beneficial for him but wouldn't go into details about how it would impact his ability to practice ahead of the season. Now, we have Havenstein's words on the subject. The veteran recently confirmed the work done on his shoulders and added that while he will be limited during the team's organized team activities, which began on Monday, he expects to be ready for training camp later this summer. Havenstein missed the Rams' final two games of the 2024 regular season after injuring his shoulder in practice before Week 17. However, he returned for the playoffs and started both games. Havenstein has been a mainstay on the Rams offensive line since he was taken in the second round in 2015. He's started all 141 of the games he has been active for during his 10 years in the league. This is a critical season for Havenstein, however. He enters the final year of his contract and will turn 33 in May. While Havenstein should start again this year, it wouldn't be shocking to see the Rams take a tackle early in the 2025 NFL Draft that can play on the right side and eventually takeover for Havenstein if he gets injured again. The shoulder clean-up is just further proof of his fragility and the Rams need a healthy and available offensive line throughout the year if they want to compete for a Super Bowl this year.
