Thursday, March 6, 2008

Jacob Bell signed

If I had ever finished my free agency rundown, Jacob Bell would have been high on my list of potential acquisitions for the Rams. He can play at either tackle or guard position (some reports say he can play center, too), and is a lot younger and a lot cheaper than Alan Faneca would have been. I'd rather have signed Bell than Faneca, and I really like this signing.

The Rams are set on the left side of the offensive line now with Bell and Orlando Pace, and Bell plausibly gives them a little tackle depth. Mark Setterstrom and Richie Incognito will apparently line up in some combination at RG and C. This line is in serious need of quality depth right now, though, and needs to draft a couple of players and add a couple of FAs in order to avoid another 2007-style disaster. Those four starters, plus Alex Barron, backed up right now by the likes of Rob Petitti, Nick Leckey, Mark LeVoir, Dustin Fry and Donovan Raiola, is quite simply not going to cut it, which should be clear to even the least knowledgeable of observers. The simple acts of resigning Adam Goldberg and even Milf Brown would do a lot to shore up the Rams' o-line depth, but it shouldn't stop there.

The Bell signing is very good, but the Rams' front office had better have the sense to see their work on the offensive line is far from done.

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