Shelton voids final year of his contract so he is a FA

[oldnotdead]

Interestingly, Coleman Shelton voided his final year to make himself a FA. Apparently, the Rams wanted him to renegotiate his two year deal. The Rams will likely release Allen despite being the only center they have on the roster. Cole Toner is a bit of an enigma in that he doesn't show up on the FA lists and yet isn't on the roster. The last I heard he was a protected vet on the PS being cross-trained as a center.

When Toner was with the Chargers a couple of years ago he didn't look good. Not bad per se but certainly not good. If the Rams weren't happy about paying Shelton less than $2M and aren't happy with Allen's injury history, they basically now have a huge hole in the OL. But with Shelton as good as gone and the long term outlook with Allen in doubt Toner might be their best option at this point.

One scenario I can see is the Rams drafting someone like Steve Avila out of TCU. That would mean keeping Allen one more year while they develop a rookie like Avila to play center in the NFL

A low budget FA would be Nate Herbig of the Jets. He's coming off IR with a calf injury but before that he played reasonably well as an occasional starter at center and OG.

Right now IMO Ramsey's trade looks like it will be post June 1 which is the reason for all the releases.

Thomas and Bruss look like the most obvious choices for the Rams at OG with Allen as a stop gap center. Yep this off season will be very interesting to watch and it starts in a couple of days.

 

[Soul Surfer]

This is why I was hoping they would train Anchrum as a center.

And Skura has played center so I'm hoping they re-sign him.

 

[Riverumbbq]

Sign John Michael-Schmitz early to start at Center, sign Ricky Stromberg later to fill the Shelton role as reserve C/OG.

 

[So Ram]

Interestingly, Coleman Shelton voided his final year to make himself a FA. Apparently, the Rams wanted him to renegotiate his two year deal. The Rams will likely release Allen despite being the only center they have on the roster. Cole Toner is a bit of an enigma in that he doesn't show up on the FA lists and yet isn't on the roster. The last I heard he was a protected vet on the PS being cross-trained as a center.

When Toner was with the Chargers a couple of years ago he didn't look good. Not bad per se but certainly not good. If the Rams weren't happy about paying Shelton less than $2M and aren't happy with Allen's injury history, they basically now have a huge hole in the OL. But with Shelton as good as gone and the long term outlook with Allen in doubt Toner might be their best option at this point.

One scenario I can see is the Rams drafting someone like Steve Avila out of TCU. That would mean keeping Allen one more year while they develop a rookie like Avila to play center in the NFL

A low budget FA would be Nate Herbig of the Jets. He's coming off IR with a calf injury but before that he played reasonably well as an occasional starter at center and OG.

Right now IMO Ramsey's trade looks like it will be post June 1 which is the reason for all the releases.

Thomas and Bruss look like the most obvious choices for the Rams at OG with Allen as a stop gap center. Yep this off season will be very interesting to watch and it starts in a couple of days.

Brian Allen will be healthy. Losing Shelton should actually be a good thing.

My biggest complaint was his size like Blythe.Matt Skura is bigger & has more upside.Still will see what the Rams do.