Rams announce cuts

Updated:
The full list of Rams players cut today to meet the NFL roster limit of 53:

DE Victor Adeyanju
WR Danario Alexander
G Roger Allen
LB Devin Bishop
CB Quincy Butler
LB Bobby Carpenter
LB Cardia Jackson
S Brett Johnson
TE Darcy Johnson
CB Marquis Johnson
WR Jordan Kent
C Tim Mattran
OL Ryan McKee
WR Brandon McRae
OL Drew Miller
FB Dennis Morris
QB Keith Null
RB Chris Ogbonnaya
DT Ernest Reid
CB Antoine Thompson

Assigned to Injured Reserve:
S Kevin Payne
T Eric Young

RamView's projections went 18 for 22. In essence:
* The Rams kept ten defensive linemen like they did last year.
* They're keeping two wide receivers and one tight end more than last year. They made up for that by dropping two offensive linemen (10 to 8) and one defensive back (10 to 9). Just eight linemen sounds very risky to me, especially when one of them is Renardo Foster. That's a gamble that the line is going to go very against its recent injury history. Well, the Rams are due some luck there, that's for sure. I still would have kept 9.
* Josh Hull beat out Bobby Carpenter at LB. Yet, somehow, trading Alex Barron for nothing? Still doesn't sound like a bad deal. Despite Carpenter's big plays Thursday night, Hull and certainly Chris Chamberlain were more consistent special teams players, which was probably the telling factor, because I did like Carpenter as a cover backer.
* Eugene Sims (and C.J. Ah You, for that matter) beat out Victor Adeyanju. Note: that's two guys who can rush the passer vs., well, one who can't.
* The great story of camp turns out to be Dominique Curry, who went from the bottom of the depth chart to a roster spot because he grinded it out on special teams. Quincy Butler getting cut was the biggest surprise of the 22 to me. He could well have been beaten out because Curry has been such a special teams maven.
* Also note the great success the Rams front office had with rookie free agents again this year: Thaddeus Lewis, Curry, Cudjo, Darian Stewart and Keith Toston all made the opening day roster.
* I would think Marquis Johnson is a lock for the practice squad, but that a lot of it will be made up of players not on the team right now. Not sure what they're doing with Alexander. With all the talk about muscle atrophy in his leg, are they giving up on him because of the state of his leg, or are they maneuvering him to the practice squad? The former seems much more likely than the latter.