Rams carrying just five receivers on the roster, two rookies

by Ryan Van Bibber on Oct 12, 2010 3:49 PM CDT in 2010 St. Louis Rams season

The St. Louis Rams officially signed Danario Alexander to the active roster today. The move gives them five receivers on the 53-man roster. That seems awfully thin, considering one of the active receivers, Laurent Robinson, has been particularly injury prone.

Any notion of the Rams re-entering the fray for Vincent Jackson has also been buried, a thousand times with latest coming from NFL.com's Steve Wyche.

Danny Amendola, Mardy Gilyard, Brandon Gibson, Robinson and Alexander comprise the Rams receiving unit. More worrisome is that it's still unknown just how much Alexander can play, having dealt with atrophy in leg muscles following surgery. I said earlier today that it's unlikely they'll can count on him for much at this point.

Are those five guys enough? It's certainly makes you wonder. A young team like the Rams has something of a duty to develop their talent. Guys like Mardy Gilyard need to become contributing players for this team in the years ahead, so that they don't continually find themselves starved for help at an essential position.

They also added WR Brandon McRae to the practice squad today. McRae spent training camp and the preseason with the Rams, showing some potential, and should know the offense should they need him to replace one of the active receivers. And I'll be the pessimist, but I suspect Clayton won't be the last WR injury for the Rams, hopefully the others won't be as serious.

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Has anybody picked up Keenan Burton?

Seems to me he would be a better addition than Alexander, assuming he is still available…in any event, why add someone to the active roster if there is some question as to whether he is physically able to perform?

by tbell61 on Oct 12, 2010 3:53 PM CDT reply actions

Ha ha. ha he he ha ha....

He couldn’t catch his pink slip. Yea let’s go down that road again. Time for our young WR’s to show up. GAME ON!!!!

by Da Rookie on Oct 12, 2010 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions

+1

i always liked keenan, hope he is with a good team.

Bradford to Onobun!

by Infemous on Oct 12, 2010 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Two or Three tight end sets.

I think we need to make the move to two or three tight end sets, like New England has been doing a lot this year. Fells and Hoomanawanui can definately catch as well as any receiver we have. Fendi is a great athlete, so let’s make some plays for him. With 2 or 3 tight ends on the field that can all either block or receive your bound to get some mismatches with the defense.

Then Amendola can play our Wes Welker role, and maybe Danario can come in and stretch the field?

by Scato on Oct 12, 2010 4:26 PM CDT reply actions

Wishful thinking...

…but I LOVE the optimism :)

by Pekka for Predator Pontiff on Oct 12, 2010 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions

Not saying were gonna have an offense as good as NE. I’m just saying let’s get our best athletes on the field and design around them, not design plays and force our personnel into them.

by Scato on Oct 12, 2010 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions

I know you're not saying that. We gotta play the hand we've been dealt. But our hand sucks, and 2-TE formations ain't gonna get us much :(

by Pekka for Predator Pontiff on Oct 13, 2010 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions

love this idea

by PezzSports on Oct 12, 2010 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions

why sign him to 53 man?

If we don’t intend to use him at all

If you love something, set it free. If it doesn't come back, find it and kill it.

by gomer7 on Oct 12, 2010 4:55 PM CDT reply actions

Only get 45 guys a game.

8 guys on the 53-man roster don’t get used. He’ll probably be inactive for a couple weeks, but other teams won’t be able to sign him like they would if he was practice squad.

by StopSpe on Oct 12, 2010 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions

to get reps with the 1st and 2nd liners

i’m assuming anyway

"Twin-headed infinite swirling vortex of grotesque suckitude known as Tony Clark and Eric Byrnes"

by sergey606 on Oct 12, 2010 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions

and to protect him from being grabbed up by another team right before he becomes useful

by dbcouver on Oct 13, 2010 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions

Oops

Stop Spe already said it

by dbcouver on Oct 13, 2010 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Sam is goin go get comfortable throwing short passes.

Get him in the rhythm to try some long balls. He was touted for deep ball accuracy coming into the NFL and we should try to tap into that skill. With everyone stacking the box I think its a good idea. Our receivers should be able to get some kind chance down the field.

by ramsrule on Oct 12, 2010 5:37 PM CDT reply actions

I completely agree

on every route they run, they should have a short guy, running a short slant or run across the field.
Besides stacking the box, the other team likes to blitz a young QB. If the rams are able to dump it off quickly, they will have to cover the short routes better, opening up more room for SJax.
Still impressed the guy put up well over 100 yards last game

"Twin-headed infinite swirling vortex of grotesque suckitude known as Tony Clark and Eric Byrnes"

by sergey606 on Oct 12, 2010 6:06 PM CDT up reply actions

Ahhhhh

that’s it we’re not going to complete another pass the rest of the season. Bradford was a mistake, Amendola’s gonna be smothered by the other team’s best CB and none of our other receivers can catch let alone get open. Jackson’s wasting another year in his prime getting beat up by the whole other team … Hoomawallawalla and our favorite Fendi the Freak better bail our passing game out or lets roll out all those 2011 draft posts.

Steven Jackson .... Boss

by Swatsky on Oct 12, 2010 6:00 PM CDT reply actions

i hope this was intentionally over exaggerated

Bradford to Onobun!

by Infemous on Oct 12, 2010 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Look on the bright side....

…the only way to go from here is up LOL!… Part of the deal is chemistry with a rookie quarterback. The difference in pop on the ball is crazy from bulger or feeley to bradford. I imagine trying to catch a pass from bradford is like high fiveing a passing car LOL!

by leadhead on Oct 12, 2010 6:18 PM CDT reply actions

Is it just me

or does anybody else hope that we lose the rest of our games so that we can draft A.J Green. I mean i don’t wanna see blowouts but seriously even if we make the playoffs we’re gonna get knocked out in the first game. For me it’s Super Bowl or bust, if we can’t get their I want a guy that can get us their to be added to the team. Green, a RG in the 2nd and Devine in the 3rd. I know everyone seems to think we need defense bad, but I think our defense has proved that they can play at a high level when our offense plays halfway decent. With those 3 picks our Offense will be top notch.
I also know that we could pick up a different WR later (Jones, Baldwin, Floyd) but I think Green is just elite. He’s come out and shown it these 1st two games back, n he’ll show it for the rest of the season. Just as he has previous years.

by Caruso on Oct 12, 2010 7:02 PM CDT reply actions

I want to win as many games as possible.

We can’t afford all these top 5 picks anyway. I’d rather win 6 than 2 no matter who we get in the draft.

Darcy needs to go because:
Onobun > Gates... And because Darcy sucks.

by Carneros on Oct 12, 2010 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions

No guarantees

but part of the new collective bargaining agreement is expected to be a rookie salary cap.

The Personal Finance Playbook.

by Toddius on Oct 13, 2010 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions

Line up Fendi at WR

He’s big, physical and fast. Just like Q…. Gates lines up as a WR a lot of the time so we may as well try him out…

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by clwxz5 on Oct 12, 2010 7:28 PM CDT reply actions

absolutely agreed

They say his TE problem he just can’t block. He shouldn’t have that problem on the outside. He should be able to manhandle a corner.

The only thing comparable to a Rams win is a 49er loss!

by DevsLaRams on Oct 12, 2010 9:29 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Or outrun a

LB.

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by Toddius on Oct 13, 2010 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions

coaches need to do better with match-ups

also, defense/special teams wins championships while offense wins games to get to playoffs………..?

by jlcdb70 on Oct 12, 2010 8:34 PM CDT reply actions

+1

I feel like the coaches don’t properly utilize players all the time and don’t play matchups well.

Darcy needs to go because:
Onobun > Gates... And because Darcy sucks.

by Carneros on Oct 12, 2010 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions

Throw deep

Early and often. What the hell, make em or break em

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you can pick your butt.
But you can't pick your friends butt.
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by johnniewarthawg on Oct 12, 2010 10:16 PM CDT reply actions

+1

Throw deep when we are ahead.

by ramsrule on Oct 13, 2010 5:07 AM CDT up reply actions

I think we are going to have this yoyo type of effect...

…The rams when 0-2 went for it on 4th down and layed it on the line. The Rams at 2-2 run the ball on 3rd and 20 when down by 3 friggen touchdowns. I suspect that this game against the chargers, the Rams will be much more risky after they got blown out by the lions and everyone is thinking they are the same old sorry ass rams.

by leadhead on Oct 13, 2010 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions

danario = great

Im excited the guy is 6’5 with 4.40 speed and a knack for the big play. I think he could be a poor mans Randy Moss easily Moss is 6’5 with 4.25 speed so hes really just a slight downgrade

by zaviex on Oct 13, 2010 5:30 AM CDT reply actions

Deep Threat

Without a deep threat receiver or two we aren’t going anywhere, now is all any team has to do is shut down our running game. At least we won two this year, here’s to hoping we get some good receivers in the draft! But then again we might not see any football next year if the players and owners don’t come to an agreement. Here’s to hoping we make it to the playoffs in 2012!!

by bwramsfan on Oct 13, 2010 6:30 AM CDT reply actions

At least it gives young guys a chance

I guess we will see if Gilyard & Fendi are ready. Isn’t McRae also a Kick returner?

by rlf707 on Oct 13, 2010 9:03 AM CDT reply actions

if dx pans out for next year think about the situation we have

clayton, avery, dx, amendola. gibson and gilyard. I think thats a pretty solid receiving core. If AJ green falls in our lap then take him but don’t necessarily need to make a big play at wr in the draft. However, if dx doesn’t do anything and clayton doesn’t get resigned. we are in TROUBLE. WR takes priority then

by mh39 on Oct 13, 2010 10:09 AM CDT reply actions