Which receivers will make the St. Louis Rams final roster?

by VanRam on Jul 23, 2009 8:55 AM CDT in Preseason Comment 10 comments

Trading ruled the day in River City...St. Louis, that is, for the diaspora of Rams fans. (If you really want to add a literary note the trades made by STL's pro teams yesterday, it looks like one team is overcoming the hobbles of dysfunction as another, one long considered to be above the fray, slides further and further in that direction.) The addition of Curry prompted the St. Louis Rams to make an ancillary move with the release of WR Chad Lucas.

Lucas was signed in March to round out the team's depth at WR. HIs name wasn't mentioned often in reports from spring practices, a reminder of his uphill climb to make the team in the first place. Barring a huge shocker, Curry is a lock to make the final roster. And with that, I thought it would be good time to update our TST final roster prediction for wide receivers.

Though the final number of wideouts the Rams is yet to be determined, it's difficult to imagine the team keeping more than six on the 53-man roster. Earlier in the month, the predicted six WRs were: Donnie Avery, Keenan Burton, Laurent Robinson, Tim Carter, Derek Stanley, and Brooks Foster.

With Curry, I think the Rams six WRs will be: Avery, Curry, Burton, Robinson, Stanley and Foster. This is a tough prediction to make, shooting wildly in the dark. Curry gives them a veteran presence, replacing Carter. There are a couple of other ways it could go, though. If the Rams find a better option for the return job, Stanley looks vulnerable. Or, Foster could become an addition to the practice squad. There are no guarantees, and the only receivers with any certainty to make the team are Avery, Curry, Burton and Robinson. Even then, I like what Burton has to offer, but he still needs to have a really strong, injury free camp.

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Burton

Being a psl holder and a former wide receiver i’ve been fortunate enough to be at the games and follow what the receivers do. Quite frankly, Burton has the potential to be as good if not better than Avery. He obviously doesn’t pose the deep threat ability that Avery possesses, but in his limited snaps last year I honestly believe he is a better all around receiver. He runs great routes and has very good hands. I think he could easily become a solid #2 receiver for us…now he needs to stay healthy

by Day1RamsFan on Jul 23, 2009 12:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

And the number sixth receiver spot goes to...

During the May 1-3 mini-camp Carter participated with the Rams on a tryout basis. Then two days later the Rams signed him to a one-year contract. Sounds like they saw enough to give him a shot to make the team. However, he sat out the 2008 season and he will be 30 by the time this season starts. Now that’s not really old but he’s no spring chicken either. Back in 2002 he ran the 40 in 4.32 at the combine…how fast is he now? I’ve not seen any recent stats on him.

Now Stanley is a youngster, he’ll only be 24 at the start of the season and he was a track All-America who reportedly ran the 40 in 4.32, same as Carter, but he’s coming off of knee surgery. Bill Coats, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reported that Stanley (knee) was limited during practice on June 4yh but on June 17th Jeff Gordon, of STLToday.com (that’s the online version of the Post-Dispatch for you out-of-towners) reported that Stanley remained the favorite to serve as the Ram’s primary return man this season.

To me, from the limited information I have, it’s pretty much of a toss up BUT, I’ve never seen Carter play. I have seen Stanley play and I liked him, he looked good to me. The only question to me is ’How’s his knee rehabing?’ cause I’ve not seen anymore reports about it. If he’s 100% fit when training camp starts I guess the two of em can duke it out for that 6th WR spot on the roster but personally, I’m rooting for Stanley.

Go Rams!

"We can't run. We can't pass. We can't stop the run. We can't stop the pass. We can't kick. Other than that, we're just not a very good football team right now." --- Bruce Coslett, New York Jets Head Coach circa 1990s

by Nbr1RamFan on Jul 23, 2009 3:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

good point on Carter

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by VanRam on Jul 23, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I believe they should move foster to the practice squad…

leaving us with avery curry burton robinson carter and stanley

by rams since day1 on Jul 24, 2009 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Based on what?

Brooks Foster was in, arguably, the deepest WR corps in all of college football. Why can’t he perform in a deep, though not stellar, WR corps in STL?

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by 3k on Jul 25, 2009 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm afraid that after Avery and Burton....

…we’d better hope for a lot of pass catching by McMichael and Jax. Other than the top two guys, our WR core is about as weak as our D-Line. Another thing that worries me is that Bulger couldn’t get us deep into the playoffs when he was younger and had the likes of Bruce, Holt and Curtis to throw to.

by edpjr on Jul 24, 2009 10:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Who was the Rams QB

the year we lost to Carolina in overtime thanks to Martz’ stupid coaching decision? Wasn’t that Bulger?

by andyrose on Jul 24, 2009 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, it was Bulger...

…the same guy that threw a critical INT when we were driving in the 2nd OT. The game wouldn’t even have been close except we had to settle for four straight field goals because we couldn’t score a TD from deep in the Red Zone. Martz was outfoxed by John Fox all day. And Bulger could only get us one stinkin’ TD in six quarters. I’ll always believe if we’d kept Kurt Warner, that season we’d have gotten back to the Super Bowl and exacted revenge on Brady and New England. Alas, twas not to be…

by edpjr on Jul 25, 2009 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't equate our WRs to our Dline

I have much more confidence in the depth of our receiving corps than I do our D-line. Who is our 3rd DE? What about DT? At least at WR, we have talent that goes 6-deep.

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by 3k on Jul 25, 2009 11:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs