Help Wanted

by Ryan Van Bibber on Oct 10, 2007 11:01 AM CDT in Events

"Have you or any of your acquaintances ever played safety at the college level? High School level? Intramurals? If so, please contact the St. Louis Rams at..."

Ok, it wasn't a real want ad, but the Rams' injuries could soon require drastic measures. Yesterday the Rams added free agent wide receiver/punt returned Brandon Williams and safety Bhawoh Jue, gesundheit!

Jue figures to see the most playing time out of the two newest Rams (maybe) in the rotation with OJ Atogwe. If he can walk, he should be able to play better than Lenny Walls, thus relieving Bartell of safety duties and putting him back on the corner with Fakhir Brown. No word on Tye Hill's return, but I'm assuming that he's not ready based on past reports.

Personally, I'd like to see Hagans get some action in the game this week, maybe even at QB for a trick play.

Hopefully, this latest round of in-season pickups can be a boon to the Rams. Last year's midseason acquisition of Isaiah Kacyvenski helped to bolster a struggling Rams special teams and gave the defense a little more depth in a LB group struggling with injuries. Maybe Jue can be this year's Kacyvenski. Of course, Jue played in SD's backfield for the last two seasons, and as good as the defense was on the SD teams, their secondary was always a weakness. Still, he's gotta be better than Lenny Walls.

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Jue

As I remember Mr. Jue was a player that we coveted for our open safety posistion after the 2004 season when he signed with the Chargers. I remember him playing fairly well, but not well enough to make the squad this year obviously. Also, not well enough to get signed before a month after being cut.
He's definetly a name that I remember, not that old and a player that we had interest in previously.
He can't be as bad as Todd Johnson.

by jroman on Oct 11, 2007 10:35 AM CDT reply actions