Monday, August 31, 2015

Cutdown to 75 (updated)

Roster moves made by the Rams Monday:

Placed on injured reserve:
E.J. Gaines

Roster cuts:
Steven Baker
Travis Bond
Imoan Claiborne
Jay Hughes
Keshaun Malone
Tyler Ott
Michael Palardy
Tyler Slavin
Brad Smelley (waived injured)
Korey Toomer (waived injured)
David Wang
Damian Williams
Doug Worthington (assumed waived injured)


RamView's predictions were right for 9 of the first 13, and I figured they would keep Darrell Williams over Treetop Bond; possibly they have Williams targeted for the practice squad. I don't see what they see in Williams and think Bond has more than outplayed him. I don't think he is PS-eligible, though. Claiborne is a bigger surprise. He seemed to play well enough in games, and he sure made his mark on Dez Bryant. Toomer was a contributor on special teams last year, but Cameron Lynch has done well there, and has PS eligibility. Hard to predict what to do with injured players; Toomer was injured all camp. Same for Doug Worthington, who was cut Tuesday. Damian Williams is also a surprise, I can't believe anyone would think he hasn't outplayed Emory Blake.

I'd expect each of the backup QBs to play a quarter-plus Thursday night, though it's way too late for Austin Davis to do much about his fate.

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