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Originally Posted by TheTalkOfTheArch
How do you get rid of Bulger?
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They don't, until at least 2010. The cap hit from moving Bulger in 2009, per Howard Balzer, is a whopping $11 million. That's probably about a tenth of our total cap allotment for the season. Good luck making meaningful strides to improve your ball club with that kind of hit on the books.
If the Rams want to phase out
Marc Bulger, then they need to find a young quarterback who can take over as the full-time starter no earlier than 2010. Perhaps that individual starts a few games at the end of 2009, but Bulger is going to be here through next season. It's a financial fact, unless this team wants to go into full-blown uncompetitive rebuilding mode.
Anyways, finding that young QB to groom is the only way the Rams move on from Bulger. They can do it in the mid-rounds of the draft, because not only does a mid-round QB not even remotely break the bank, but the expectation with a mid-round QB is that he'll need a while. Taking a QB in the first round adds a large contract on top of Bulger's already big deal, further hindering our ability to sign other talent, but there is also the expectation that the first-round guy you signed needs to be on the field.
We don't want to make the mistake of rushing our QB of the future onto the field when he's not ready and, in the process, exposing him to the kind of beating that has helped contribute to Marc's regression.