Final cuts

The Rams made the following moves to get to the 53-man roster limit.

Cut: WR Brandon Williams, WR Reche Caldwell, T Mark LeVoir (signed by New England), CB David Macklin, T Julius Wilson (signed by Tampa Bay), TE Richard Owens, QB Bruce Gradkowski, SS Jerome Carter, WR Marcus Hagans, WR Matt Caddell, LB Marcus Riley, TE Nick Cleaver, CB Cortney Grixby, CB Tanard Davis, C Donovan Raiola, DT Willie Williams and DT Henry Smith.

Practice Squad: WR Derek Stanley, RB Lance Ball, G Dustin Fry, DE CJ Ah You, CB Darius Vinnett, FB Nick Weil, LB Mark Magro, FS Eric Bassey. S Sebastian Sejean

That's 25 guys; technically, Owens and Bassey survived the first cut. Bassey was released to make room for CB Ricky Manning Jr. Owens was replaced by SS Brannon Condren from the Colts. The Rams are also on the verge of signing LB Gary Stills, who would be used as a special teams specialist. That would seem to doom either Tim McGarigle or one of the practice squad members, because I don't believe David Vobora would just be released. More on the new guys in a future post.

RamView went 20/23 on the cuts. I had Weil beating out Dan Kreider and had Owens and Eric Moore out in favor of keeping CBs Vinnett and Macklin. It surprised me that the Rams cut down to 4 CBs when to get to 53 but Manning brings them back up to 5. None of the cuts are really very surprising.

I'll be on top of any roster announcements through the week.