Sept. 19, 2005
With
Rex Tucker on the shelf for at least a couple of weeks with a calf injury, the Rams have begun working first-round pick
Alex Barron at right tackle — the position he is eventually expected to hold down for a long time to come, opposite Pro Bowl OLT
Orlando Pace. But the way we hear it, it could be midseason at the earliest before Barron actually moves up the depth chart over Tucker,
Blaine Saipaia and
Matt Willig, in no particular order. If Saipaia, who did a decent
job as the starting right tackle down the stretch last season, does only a so-so job in the starting role he has temporarily wrested away from the injured and ineffective Tucker, it’s possible Barron’s timetable could be accelerated. However, don’t expect to see Barron starting any time soon. As a frame of reference, Pace didn’t start at left tackle in his rookie campaign until Week Five. Also on the O-line front, we hear that fourth-round rookie
Claude Terrell has started taking repetitions at right guard after previously working mostly on the left side.
I dont know how well Claude Terrel will perform at RT
He seems to me to be a natural guard.If it pans out then Maybe Rex Tucker could perform well at guard.
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