Having fired their big guns, the Rams are now making some small-arms fire noises in free agency. It looks like Mike Karney will be the new fullback. The note I saw on the Rampagers list is that he got a 3-year, $3.6 million deal. So they've gotten a center, a strong safety and a fullback in free agency, while by this time next week, they'll be minus their starters, their best players and Hall-of-Famers at the more critical positions of LT and WR. If their replacement plans at those two positions were better, it'd be one thing, but as it stands, I'm sorry to say, Rams Nation, the 2009 offseason for the Rams so far has been a negative.
And getting worse, because the Rams are apparently eager to bring back Gus Frerotte to back up Marc Bulger. Frerotte is barely younger than Trent Green, who they let go. He poses no challenge to Bulger's starting role, so no push for Marc there. And I defy the people at Rams Park to claim skill at watching tape when there should be plenty lying around showing how awful Frerotte was for the Rams two years ago. They assure us Alex Barron will be fine at LT because of how he looked on tape but they can't figure out Gus Frerotte is a total stiff? Charlie Batch, Jeff Garcia, Byron Leftwich, Patrick Ramsey, Kyle Boller, JP Losman, hell, even Rex Freaking Grossman would be better QBs than Frerotte, with most having enough skill to challenge Bulger for the starting spot. Sure, they'll all want more money than Gus would.
Didn't the Rams just clear a bunch?
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