Unbelievably, the Rams' signing of Vernon Gholston turned out not to even be their weirdest move of the past week. Tonight, they traded former #2 pick overall Jason Smith... and their offensive line got worse.
If there was any offensive tackle considered worse than Barry Richardson heading into this season, Jets tackle Wayne Hunter would have been a good bet, but thanks to the brilliant Brian Schottenheimer Pipeline of Mediocrity, it is in fact Hunter whom the Rams have acquired for Smith. Promoted to starter last season, Hunter richly earned a reputation as one of the worst tackles in the league. Pro Football Focus scored him as giving up 11 sacks for third-worst in the league, committing the fourth-most penalties and giving up the most quarterback hits by a tackle. This is supposed to protect Sam Bradford HOW? Seriously, Jason Smith was a huge disappointment, but trading Smith for Hunter is a major downgrade.
Say what you will about Jason, but he was never so bad that he got booed off the field by his own fans. Just last week, Hunter gave up 2 and a half sacks against the Giants and had to be restrained by a teammate from getting into a brawl with fans berating him behind the Jets' bench. He was replaced by a former undrafted free agent and banished to garbage time in the 4th quarter against Carolina Sunday night, when he gave up another sack and got booed again.
Coming into the season, Hunter was effective coming off the Jets' bench, but that pretty clearly is his high-water mark. The Rams, on purpose, are going into the season with two of the worst tackles in football as their main options at right guard.
Les Snead, what the hell are you doing? Any more shitty ex-Jets out there we need to pick up in an apparent effort to make this team even worse?
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