Why Was Langford Cut?

[Amitar]

This thread is about Langford not C Long.

Not sure why they did not dump Wells, Joseph, and see if J Long can even play or not before cutting Langford.
Did the Rams even try trading him?
From what I could see does it free up $7 mil in cap space?

 

[Fatbot]

We have Ethan Westbrooks, Carrington, and Brockers/Donald.....I think Carrington's deal was for a couple years, no? If not, I'm positive the other 3 are still under contract....

Carrington was 1-year, he gone as of now. Westbrooks is not a real DT -- he is smaller like Hayes and Sims. Those 3 can provide swing depth there but Langford was the only backup behind Brockers with 300+ lb. girth to reliably stuff the run.

 

[Fatbot]

From what I could see does it free up $7 mil in cap space?

$6million. The Rams got the gift of $1million dead money.

 

[Amitar]

I'm not convinced this was a good move. I think it is going to be a mistake.

 

[Afro Ram]

The cutting of Langford does seem a lot more questionable now that I know were suddenly thin at DT. Seriously, what is taking a structure/cut of Wells and Dahl so long? The way Fisher and Snead handle this is going to be very interesting to watch. OL HAS to be addressed this year in a big way.

 

[RamWoodie]

Welcome back @RamWoodie ! I always appreciate your input.

That said, I agree he was overpaid as a rotational DT, be we don't have any depth at that position yet. We have 2 DTs under contract. I fully expect we will add a 2nd tier DT in F/A and perhaps even in the draft, but to say we have depth there is just incorrect, IMO.

Thanks BigRamFan! Also as has been pointed out, there's good depth at DT...but not so much that they may not draft another around the 3rd round OR through FA.

The main thing was freeing up cap space, and we know when Langford came through FA, he was overpaid (as most are), to outbid others for his service. It's just the nature of the beast.