St. Louis Rams To Add CB Bryan McCann?

by Ryan Van Bibber on Sep 26, 2011 1:38 PM CDT in 2011 NFL regular season

Bryan McCann #37 of the Dallas Cowboys attempts to break free from Christian Ballard #99 of the Minnesota Vikings at Mall of America Field on August 27, 2011 in Minneapolis, MN. (Photo by Adam Bettcher /Getty Images)

The paper thin St. Louis Rams secondary was badly exposed against the Baltimore Ravens this week. Rookie receiver Torrey Smith embarrassed Justin King for three touchdowns and 133 yards on three catches, the first catches of his NFL career. King was filling in for Ron Bartell, who is out for the season, at least, with a broken vertebrae in his neck.

Bradley Fletcher is the only Rams corner of starting quality. Bartell's injury and a training camp loss of Jerome Murphy leaves the Rams with Justin King, Al Harris and Josh Gordy. Suffice it to say that they need help. According to Tony Softli, they may be close to acquiring that help in the form of recently released Dallas CB Bryan McCann.

Softli, chronically unable to hew to Twitter's 140 character limit, tweeted the news moments ago:

Corner help coming for Rams?? - A few League sources are blowing up my IPhone about DC Bryan McCann, Saying he will sign with the Rams today or tomorrow at the latest. He signed with Cowboys last year as an undrafted free agent, In his second game, he had an interception for 101 yards and a TD in a 33-20 victory over the New York Giants, a week later, he returned a punt 97 yards for a touchdown in the Cowboys' 35-19 win over Detroit. The Rams could use this dual performer, keep in mind he was on the street last week.

Seriously, why not just break it up into a couple tweets?

McCann isn't going to make anyone forget about Ron Bartell. An undrafted free agent out of SMU, he made nine appearances for the Cowboys last year and two this year. He was cut so that the receiver starved Cowboys could add former Ram Laurent Robinson.

McCann is fast. He ran a 4.28 forty prior to the draft last year. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the Rams had him do some returning with Amendola out for the near future. Justin King has that kind of speed, but his coverage instincts are terrible and he seems unable to spot the football in the air. Most describe McCann as a highly competitive player, which begs the question of just how long until the Rams can stifle that trait. (I kid).

Stay tuned.

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Thank God

the Rams have been Saved

by JBaccSTL on Sep 26, 2011 1:46 PM CDT reply actions

At this point...

…anyone would be an improvement. Justin King shouldn’t even be on the practice squad, much less on the field at game time.

by CumberlandRam on Sep 26, 2011 1:49 PM CDT reply actions

not yet.

by daniell on Sep 26, 2011 1:50 PM CDT reply actions

what is wrong with al harris

that king starts over him? even a step slower he is football smart and king is not.

by hbwb on Sep 26, 2011 2:07 PM CDT reply actions

Still say

move Harris to FS he has the ball skills and strength to make the transition. Send Butler and King packing and sign 2 CB. I have NEVER seen a guy get a warning that were gonna go deep and then proceed to get completely torched 3 times. I am all for this kid returning kicks with 4.28 speed. If Norwood takes one more out to the 15 I will need a new TV. He just don’t have the burst he once had. Just like they say in Madden 12 he needs to just take a vacation when he catches in the endzone.

by RWRAMS28 on Sep 26, 2011 3:21 PM CDT reply actions

I really liked McCann

4.28 speed is hard to come by, I wasn’t impressed with his return skills this year, he was better last year

he is great on ST’s though and is always down the field first making tackles

he has a lot of work to do as a cornerback but the skill set is there, he needs coaching and work on his technique but I think he has the ability to be a good #3 CB, not sure about a starter

regardless I hated the move cutting him, enjoy this kid, give him some time and coaching and you may have something

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by Archie Barberio on Sep 26, 2011 3:41 PM CDT reply actions

I'm really tired

I thought u was talking bout king there for a second. I was bout to go shell shock. I’m glad were adding someone to the db group. Damn king made it where we couldn’t play our d. We needed like a extra defender to help out king

by Lenoirrams on Sep 26, 2011 3:55 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions