The Rams cut ties with Leonard Floyd this offseason, leaving them without a single veteran edge rusher on the roster. Michael Hoecht, surprisingly, is the most experienced outside linebacker on the team and he only played the position for half of last season.
Hoecht is expected to stay at outside linebacker in 2023 and will potentially be a starter, but the Rams have a lot of young edge rushers on the depth chart who are waiting to prove themselves.
If he can stay healthy and play the way he did at the end of last season, Hoecht should be one of the team’s more important defenders this year.