Is WR Reggie Brown on the Rams radar?

by Ryan Van Bibber on Sep 2, 2009 11:55 AM CDT in 2009 St. Louis Rams preseason

Here's some St. Louis Rams related speculation to feed you over the lunch hour.

According to a report at RotoWorld, ESPN's Adam Schefter confirmed today on Sports Center that the Eagles are willing to trade WR Reggie Brown thanks to a cup or receivers that runneth over. And the Rams could be a possible destination. Besides the need, the Rams connection should be obvious: Brown played for the Eagles where Rams offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur was the QBs coach.

Drafted in the second round of the 2005 draft, Brown has had a pretty consistent career in Philly catching 40 or more passes in each of his first three seasons, including a career-best 61 receptions for 780 yards and 4 TDs in 2007. You didn't see his name much in the box scores last year because of a training camp injury that gave DeSean Jackson the chance to flash his talents as the Eagles leading receiver.

Brown is healthy this year, and had a nice outing against the Jaguars last week, decent enough to give him some trade value. Of course, the possibility remains that the Eagles could cut him when they trim their roster to 53 players at the league's September 5 deadline. Word is the Eagles haven't been overly impressed with him through the preseason.

Like another recently traded player, Brown could benefit from a change of scenery. The Rams would get an young (he's 28), experienced receiver who knows Shurmur's offense. If Brown has anything left - one rough season shouldn't be the deciding factor - and the price is right, that would give the Rams nice depth at WR. With Avery having missed plenty of time with a broken foot, the team could use some familiarity in the receiver ranks. Brown would be in the top four with Avery, Robinson, and Burton.

The Rams do have an open roster spot at the moment, thanks to their decision to place WR Brooks Foster on IR. Of course, they could easily find roster space if the right opportunity came along.

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Interesting.

He’s signed through 2014 at a fairly reasonable price (’09 – $644,000, ’10 – 1M, ’11 – 1.2M, ’12 – 1.6M, ’13 – 3M, ’14 – 3.7M)

I think he’s worth the gamble. Plus, I’ve never really liked the way the Eagles ran their passing game so, maybe a change of scenery would be good for him.

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by Tackle Box on Sep 2, 2009 12:20 PM CDT reply actions

He's probably -- maybe -- an improvement over Curry or Carter at the 4th receiver

Considering that those are our two veteran guys right now, acquiring Brown for a low cost wouldn’t be that out of line. But honestly, the upside isn’t that much higher, I don’t think.

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by taiko on Sep 2, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions

The scenery won't be that different

Pat Shurmur was Andy Reids’ assistant for the past decade. How much different do you think his offense is going to be?

As for Reggie, I think he’s gotten a bad rap here. His hands can be inconsistent, but otherwise I think he’s a solid WR. He was hurt last year and could never really get into the flow of things. It seems that he’s in the doghouse this year… but I think he could still be a real solid player for someone. And like we’ve said, he already knows the offense the Rams are going to run inside and out. I’ve always liked the guy.

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by JasonB on Sep 2, 2009 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Who called the offensive plays?

I definitely thought about Shurmur and the Eagles before I posted, but I also know that Andy Reid is an “Offensive” coach, so I wonder how much influence he has on the play calling and scheme.

Plus, as much as I love Jackson catching the ball, he’s not Brian Westbrook.

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by Tackle Box on Sep 2, 2009 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions

Andy has pretty much always called the plays, but Shurmur always had a hand in the scheme and gameplanning. He always had the title of “QB coach” but he was basically like another offensive coordinator. He was among the three or four guys that had any say in what happened with the offense.

Spags knew he had that kind of responsibility, it’s probably the reason he hired him.

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by JasonB on Sep 2, 2009 11:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Right.

But everyone has their own preferences and style (even those that learn under a certain coach). All I’m saying is that just because Shurmur was under Andy Reid doesn’t mean he’s going to call the same game Andy did. It will be a similar scheme but i think you’ll see a differnce (albeit, not completely drastic) in the types of plays that are called and when they’re called.

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by Tackle Box on Sep 3, 2009 7:18 AM CDT up reply actions