Los Angeles Rams position battle update: Preseason Week 2

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesThe Los Angeles Rams preseason opener against the Oakland Raiders shed some light on a couple of the position battled I looked at last week in addition to identifying a couple of new places where competition is heating up.

Cliff Notes version: I was wrong about Greg Gaines and competition at the back end of the WR and CB could get feisty.

I’ll take this one on the chin. I undersold Gaines before seeing him on the field and he looks to be every bit the NT the Rams thought he’d be. He might not have won the starting NT gig yet, but he seems to be well on his way to a timeshare with Joseph-Day at the very least.

While stats might not back it up, Hodge…