Rams cut Mulligan

KMOX.com

The Rams released tight end Matthew Mulligan Saturday in what appears to have been a cap move. The move gains the Rams $725,000 against the salary cap.

Mulligan had just eight catches for the Rams last season, but blocked a punt and caught a TD pass to help beat the Redskins in the '12 home opener. He was a positive factor as a run-blocker and wasn't the bad penalty waiting to happen he had been with the Jets.

Mulligan's release is a little surprising on the merits - he was probably the Rams' best run-blocking TE since Ernie Conwell - but the Jared Cook signing gave the Rams a major TE surplus, and it's not a stretch to expect Cory Harkey or Mike McNeill to step up into Mulligan's blocking-TE role.

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