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Cutting to the Rams stuff... and no, Mr. Farrar, Bradford is not going to be released if he doesn't renegotiate his contract. That would be stupid on the Rams' part without a viable replacement.
http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/02/12/2015-nfl-free-agency-draft-nfc-west-offseason
St. Louis Rams
• Key free agents: QB Shaun Hill, WR Kenny Britt, TE Lance Kendricks, OT Joe Barksdale, OT/OG Mike Person, OG Davin Joseph, DT Alex Carrington, LB Will Herring
• Players team needs to bring back: Hill is a league-average journeyman who can and should be replaced at the top of the position group. Britt, whose best seasons have come under Jeff Fisher in Tennessee and St. Louis, has the potential to be an explosive playmaker if he keeps his head on straight -- the Rams should balance risk and reward accordingly. Kendricks is a good blocker and red-zone threat, and unless the Rams want to select two or three more receivers in the draft, they should hold on to the ones who have succeeded for them. Barksdale and Joseph are decent spot-fillers at this point (Joseph used to be a Pro Bowl-caliber player), but the team should look to do better overall on the line.
• Positions in need of improvement: The Rams have about $27 million in 2015 cap space tied up in the contracts of quarterback Sam Bradford and left tackle Jake Long, and both players will be released if they don't renegotiate -- Long is probably a goner either way. Whatever the Rams do with Bradford and Hill, it's clear that they need better options at the quarterback position, because they're set up very well at so many other spots. Long's injury situation put Greg Robinson at left tackle before the team would have preferred, but he developed pretty well as the season progressed. The rest of the line could use improvement, and the receiver group is still up in the air. Overall, however, this franchise is on hold from a division success perspective until a top-tier quarterback can be acquired and developed.
http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/02/12/2015-nfl-free-agency-draft-nfc-west-offseason
St. Louis Rams
• Key free agents: QB Shaun Hill, WR Kenny Britt, TE Lance Kendricks, OT Joe Barksdale, OT/OG Mike Person, OG Davin Joseph, DT Alex Carrington, LB Will Herring
• Players team needs to bring back: Hill is a league-average journeyman who can and should be replaced at the top of the position group. Britt, whose best seasons have come under Jeff Fisher in Tennessee and St. Louis, has the potential to be an explosive playmaker if he keeps his head on straight -- the Rams should balance risk and reward accordingly. Kendricks is a good blocker and red-zone threat, and unless the Rams want to select two or three more receivers in the draft, they should hold on to the ones who have succeeded for them. Barksdale and Joseph are decent spot-fillers at this point (Joseph used to be a Pro Bowl-caliber player), but the team should look to do better overall on the line.
• Positions in need of improvement: The Rams have about $27 million in 2015 cap space tied up in the contracts of quarterback Sam Bradford and left tackle Jake Long, and both players will be released if they don't renegotiate -- Long is probably a goner either way. Whatever the Rams do with Bradford and Hill, it's clear that they need better options at the quarterback position, because they're set up very well at so many other spots. Long's injury situation put Greg Robinson at left tackle before the team would have preferred, but he developed pretty well as the season progressed. The rest of the line could use improvement, and the receiver group is still up in the air. Overall, however, this franchise is on hold from a division success perspective until a top-tier quarterback can be acquired and developed.
