St. Louis Rams free agents: Rams sign DT Gary Gibson
by Ryan Van Bibber on Aug 4, 2011 10:49 AM CDT
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PrintThe St. Louis Rams agreed to a one-year deal with defensive tackle Gary Gibson today. Re-signing Gibson comes as a slight surprise after the team added DTs Justin Bannan and Daniel Muir via free agency in recent days. What does Gibson's return suggest about the defensive tackle rotation and will the Rams re-sign any of their other free agents?
Gibson unseated former first-round draft pick Adam Carriker for the starting DT job in 2009, before the Rams shipped Carriker off to Washington last April. Gibson was a minor free agent pickup by the Rams in the spring of 2009 and entered the league as an undrafted free agent in 2005. Adequate is the best way to describe what he gave the Rams defensive line, playing next to Fred Robbins. Bannan represents an upgrade for the interior over Gibson because of his strength, better geared to battle top interior offensive linemen and close gaps.
Neither Gibson or Muir would appear to be guaranteed a spot on the final roster; however, both seem to have a better shot the younger players at that position. Both of those veterans should give Jermelle Cudjo and Darell Scott competition for their places on the 53-man, and you have to think the odds are against the two younger players in this race.
The Rams are expected to re-sign one more free agent, OT Adam Goldberg, a stated priority of the team. After trading John Greco, the Rams need some additional, quality depth for the offensive line.
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GIBSON!
The yeoman of all yeomen is back!
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good DL depth is a good problem to have
by kevio3000 on Aug 4, 2011 11:02 AM CDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
absolutely
As much as I like Gary, I would have no problem if he started 0 games this year.
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by 3k on Aug 4, 2011 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yee
"I kind of stepped my swagger up. You look at the Madden game and the swagger's so low, maybe they'll bump me up. Before it was a meatball flex, so you've got to liven it up a little bit." - Animal Jr.
I heard some good things about Cudjo last year..
He having a bad camp or something? Otherwise I’d hope he gets a chance to develop.
Two things about me will never change. I will always root for the Rams, and I will always root against the Niners.
Good signing, excellent depth...
Holler if you hear me!!
We miss you Adam Carriker!
The dominance on the line. Blasting through guards to get to the QB. Stuffing the run. The forced fumbles. The regular batted passes you’d make. Pressuring the QB to the point where’d they’d be lucky to complete 30% of their passes. Man, you were worth every bit of that 1st round pick and then some. Damn it! The light went out on my bong again! I’m so hungry. Better get a pizza and some Doritos!
At first I was like "WTF is he talking about?"
and then I was like “Oooooohhhhhh”
Two things about me will never change. I will always root for the Rams, and I will always root against the Niners.
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