Wednesday, August 29, 2012

RamView, 8/29

* Rams starters are expected to see action tomorrow night against Baltimore for at least a series after halftime. Kickoff is at 6:00, and I am still waiting for an explanation for why the damn game was moved up an hour. It's not on NFL Network.

* Injury list. Not expected to play:
- Harvey Dahl (illness)
- Eugene Sims (ankle)
- Darell Dorell Scott (knee)
- Darian Stewart (hamstring); Craig Dahl is healthy again and will start.

No updates on Brandon Gibson or Jamaar Jarrett, but I probably missed them. Assume they'll play.

Sam Bradford will also play, on the ankle he sprained 46 weeks ago.

Kendall Langford and Lance Kendricks sat out Tuesday's practice for "minor reasons".

* Transactions: the Rams picked up defensive end Mason (not Jethro?) Brodine and cut wide receiver Mike Campbell. Brodine was cut by the Raiders on Monday. Oakland signed him as a rookie free agent last year; he spent most of the season on the practice squad and was active the final three games. He's listed at 6'7", 255. He was a three-year starter at Nebraska-Kearney and holds a school record with 23.5 career sacks.

Meanwhile, the Jason Smith trade gets better and better. Not only did they deal him for one of the worst tackles in the league, they're paying the Jets $1.5 million of Smith's salary this season. Given how he's played the last 12 months, should the Rams even be that sure Wayne Hunter is going to make the team? Well, since they volunteered to pay an extra mill-and-a-half just to get him, I guess we know the answer to that one.

* Ex-Rams who didn't make the cutdown to 75 with their teams:
- Josh Brown, Jets
- Alex Barron, Seattle. Alex did have at least one false start this preseason.
- Anthony Hargrove, Green Bay
- Fendi Onobun, Buffalo
- Jonathan Wade, Miami
- Roger Allen, Carolina
- Dominique Curry, Detroit
- Demarco Cosby, Green Bay
- Jimmy Saddler-McQueen, Houston
- Cord Parks, New Orleans
- Demario Ambrose, Jets
- Terrail Lambert, Oakland
- Jamie McCoy, Pittsburgh
- Mortty Ivy, Pittsburgh
- Phil Trautwein, San Diego
- K.C. Asiodu, Chicago

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