As it no doubt will be with Torry Holt, the Rams' release of Orlando Pace was all but unavoidable. Though they are still the best players the team has at their respective positions, Holt and Pace's increasing age, decreasing skills, increasing physical breakdowns (especially Pace) make them easy targets for the Rams' front office scalpels given their high salary cap charges and the willingness of neither to renegotiate their deals. The team's moves are/will be regrettable, on and off the field, but also logical.
But as inevitable as these changes have been, as far away as the Rams' front office has seen them coming, they sure have had some piss-poor succession "plans" in place. A lot of history, a lot of production, a lot of character has been allowed to walk out the door at Rams Park, and been replaced by... well, you tell me.
They ran Isaac Bruce out of town and replaced him with Drew Bennett.
They're going to let Torry Holt go, making Donnie Avery a #1 WR that he isn't, and relying on Keenan Burton to be the #2 WR when he can't stay on the doggone field.
And they're going to replace a future Hall-of-Famer in Orlando Pace with a knucklehead like Alex Barron. Plus with NO OTHER TACKLES ON THE ROSTER, they're kicking borderline free agent LG bust Jacob Bell out to RT.
I'd call this re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, except in the Rams' case, the ship has already sunk and most of the chairs are broken.
Of course, if this were the Titanic, Alex Barron would be safe since he jumped early.
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