Barron’s been disappointing, there is no doubt. He’s shown a considerable lack of effort and the term “head case” comes to mind. But he has a lot of talent. He’s not Tony Madrich. I think if he had a decent enough cast around him he might wake up and be the player we expected…it’s too early to bail.

Barron is a free agent after 2009.
If we let him go before 2009, we may have to replace two starting tackles,this offseason which would be very difficult.
Let’s see how he plays in his contract year and then let him play somewhere else in 2010.

there any numbers comparing his penalties this year and last?

and it seems as though he’s actually learned how to count, although telling time still seems to be an area for improvement.

Bottom line. The Rams won’t cut him because of two reasons. First, he’s our best offensive lineman, he’s still young, and he’s getting better. Second, they are going to be replacing 3 or maybe 4 other o-line spots in the next 2 years, so to cut a player who is the best of the bunch and never gets hurt is just a bad idea.

Alex Barron is not the problem on this team (all of the qb abuse has come either up the middle or from the blind side). He’s not necessarily a solution, but he’s a pretty good piece of the puzzle. He’s worked hard over the past 3 years and I prefer to keep him around.