12intheBox
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I know it's not all their fault - you can only get as much access as a team is willing to give - but Rams media leaves a lot to be desired - especially when you compare them w some of the "marquis" teams coverage.
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Boston Ram
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I usually agree with you, but Rhaney was really disappointing to me this preseason. I thought/think Barnes has earned the starting C job. Rhaney looked better at G but boy I can't bear thought of him potentially playing in a game that matters. I still think he should be cut but as stated before I don't know what he has done in practices, he may be doing something there that warrants a spot.
Yeah I'm not sure he is there mentally yet. When he was allowed to go out there and play at OG he was very good.
@Boston Ram ...you may have missed the disclaimer "while holding his point" which should have included "of attack" dude was always missing blocks and getting blown off the LOS....while definitely not ideal, I could see were they think he may improve....May...improve...nowhere near that yet...but IMO, he was as good as Barnes or Jones in this area....and since he can run a lil bit, I guess I'd take him over...whoever was the 2nd/3rd guy....trust me, I feel ya...these guys need to really improve in 9 days....Seahawks are wounded...They'll want to apply max pressure on Foles..and remove all running lanes...O-Line can win that game alone by being stout...at the point of attack.
12intheBox
Legend
@jthom1: I'm also told Cody Wichmann has made squad. Nothing's official yet. Rams have not released their cuts at this point.
What I liked about Rhaney, was his absolute tenacity. Dude never stops helping, looking to hit someone else. RIP Jones.
12intheBox
Legend
I've never heard of a 4th round bust before.
Anyone who applies that label is putting stock in their own over inflation of his value. He was a great college lineman. Sometimes that's a peak for a guy.
Agree, I thought he showed much more blocking in the run game and you always saw him on the 2nd level looking for somebody to flatten. That and the only one to mess up shotgun snaps was Jones. They all got beat equally in pass protection but Rhaney showed more in run blocking.
4th round picks aren't busts. I really only consider the first or second day picks as bustable. That's just me though.
A 4th rounder who took maybe 10 snaps for you is a bust in my mind. It's a wasted pick, and you shouldn't expect to cut 4th rounders without some sort of production on any level, whether it's special teams or on offense/defense.
A 4th rounder who suffered a major back injury is not exactly a definition of a bust. They gambled on somebody who was injured coming out of college with the foot injury, knowing there was a real chance he never became productive, but also knowing that if he had been healthy he would have been picked much higher.
Gambles by definition don't always work out.
I am not even mad Jones is cut. He had the opportunity to be our starting center, and he did not take it.
12intheBox
Legend
If that is the case then the 4th round sees a lot more busts than hits. Just the way it is ....
And this doesn't mean that his career is over. Stranger things have happened in this league - he could catch on and start elsewhere.
Whether you would consider him the definition of a bust or not, Barrett Jones was a wasted pick.