There's nothing inherently wrong with cutting Rogers and hoping he makes the practice squad, just not sure there aren't many better than him RIGHT NOW for the 53. A year in the weight room and I think he'll make a great jack of all trades but prob not this year.
Tough to say. The Rams now have an OC from Atlanta and an Offensive Line Coach from Buffalo in Lafleur & Kromer, both of whom utilized blocking FB's for RB's who gained over 1000 yards last season. Harkey is built much more like an in-line TE than your traditional FB, although he has done both, except Fisher apparently thought he wasn't on the roster last season from his lack of use. Rogers is built like a fire hydrant, i'm not sure whether the weight room is his first need as a FB right now, perhaps he's undersized at 5'10", but this should allow him to get under pads when blocking and harder to latch onto when receiving. His strength was a bit of a known quality when picked in the draft, not that anyone can't benefit with more training, he already looks like a solid rock. He's only 10lbs. lighter than Buffalo's Jerome Felton who is 2" taller and helped lead LeSean McCoy to a pretty outstanding season. Harkey did well leading Gurley in his rookie season, that's why it's so hard to believe that Fisher would basically abandon him last year. While an in-line blocker is important, i'm more inclined to believe the Rams will make due with what they have in Everett, Higbee & Hemmingway, trying to train them up. Can't be any worse than when Kendricks was on-board, I don't recall him being much of a blocker. I'm guessing it really comes down to who is the better blocking FB, Harkey or Rogers, and what their future potential holds. jmo.
