Rams sign Daniel Muir

The Rams have addressed their depth concerns at defensive tackle, and then some, with this weekend's signing of Daniel Muir, who had been with the Colts. He gets a 1-year deal for $1.85 million.

Muir, 6'2" 312, turns 28 at the beginning of this season. He's entering his fifth year in the league and started for the Colts the last two seasons. His one-half career sack total will tell you he, like Justin Bannan, is here to be a run-stuffer. He had 52 tackles in 2009, 38 last season. He's got good size, is hard to move, is quick off the ball and reads plays and adjusts quickly. His play last season, though, was described more as rotational-player quality, and Pro Football Focus ranked him 77th at defensive tackle. He's not graded as a good tackler at his position. In fact, the Colts de-activated him the final two regular season games, though he did start in the playoffs.

Like with Mike Sims-Walker, this looks like a case of hoping the Rams signed the player from 2009, not 2010. RamView had rated Muir pretty highly, and I'll still call this a good signing, but I was thinking more of 2009 when I rated him. Again, though, if Muir can stiffen the Rams' spine at the goal line, he'll be worth the deal.

And I'd have to agree with assessments from the weekend that that's pretty much it for Gary Gibson's chances of re-signing here.

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