The upside of the Rams' abortive toe-dip into the Terrell Owens derby is that they've shown they've still got their checkbooks out. They're not standing pat, they're still hustling for players who might possibly help win them games in 2010.And there are still free agents available right now that would help the Rams out, imo. The biggest surprise of free agency is that no one has signed Adewale Ogunleye. Like T.O., he's a Drew Rosenhaus client, so maybe he's priced himself out of the market all this time. And as I warned about him back before free agency started, the bulk of his production last year came against lousy teams and really lousy offensive lines.
But the Ram pass rush was poor last year no matter who they played; if they added Ogunleye and he only performed against bad teams, they'd still show big improvement. I have to wonder why the Rams haven't at least talked to the guy by now. Seriously, they're going to start James Hall? Four sacks would be a monster year for him. And it's going to be a lot harder for Chris Long to achieve a breakout season if opponents will never have to double team the benign Hall down the line from him. Long may get double-teamed right into oblivion. And there's squaddoosh behind them. You've got Victor Adeyanju, who never sacks anybody, and a bunch of seventh-round and undrafted types. With Leonard Little apparently hanging up his spikes, an already anemic pass rush impossibly got worse, and the Rams have to do better there than hoping George Selvie pans out. Signing someone like Ogunleye, to a responsible contract, mind you, would go a good distance toward strengthening one of the Rams' weakest areas.
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