Rams acquire fullback/H-back, I have no idea why

Update: The Rams have traded 2010 fifth-round pick DE Hall Davis to the Redskins for sixth-round pick FB Dennis Morris. They still have one player to cut (or IR Phil Trautwein) for tomorrow's 75-man roster limit. Given their weaknesses at every OTHER position on the roster, and the good depth they've shown at TE and FB so far this preseason, I can make no sense whatsoever of this move. Mike Shanahan flatout said in the Washington Post that Morris wasn't going to make the team. That's nice. We give up a fifth-rounder for a sixth-rounder who was going to get cut anyway at a position we don't need.

Morris has a great college resume but still was only drafted in the 6th round this year, #174 overall. He had a breakout season last year for Louisiana Tech, with 38 catches for 623 yards and 12 TDs, the most TDs in the nation by a tight end. He was also 4th in the nation in TE receiving yards. He was first-team all-WAC and third-team All-America. He's 6'2" 253, which sounds like a fullback's build. He is said "not to have impressed" in Redskins training camp. I'll say. He has no stats so far this preseason and was inactive for their second preseason game against Baltimore. He was in fact drafted by the Redskins to be a fullback.

Morris was NFLDraftScout's 13th ranked fullback for the 2010 draft, a great route-runner with great hands and agility for his size, though his lack of height and lack of bulk to be an in-line blocker are concerns. Fun fact: Dennis made ESPN SportsCenter's "Top 10 Plays" twice last year.

Still don't know why the hell the Rams made the move.

Photo: Louisiana Tech University