Rams near final roster cuts ..

St Louis Post Dispatch:
Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010 12:00 am


Scoping out the Rams' roster, position by position, with the final roster cuts looming Saturday.

Quarterback

Currently on roster: 4

Likely to make final roster: 2 or 3

Safe and sound: Sam Bradford, A.J. Feeley

On the bubble: Thaddeus Lewis, Keith Null

Running back

Currently on roster: 4

Like to make final roster: 3

Safe and sound: Steven Jackson

On the bubble: Kenneth Darby, Chris Ogbonnaya, Keith Toston

Fullback/tight end

Currently on roster: 7

Likely to make final roster: 4 or 5

Safe and sound: Billy Bajema, Michael Hoomanawanui, Mike Karney

On the bubble: Daniel Fells, Fendi Onobun

Probably not: Darcy Johnson, Dennis Morris

Wide receiver

Currently on roster: 9

Likely to make final roster: 5 or 6

Safe and sound: Danny Amendola, Mardy Gilyard, Laurent Robinson

On the bubble: Danario Alexander, Keenan Burton, Brandon Gibson, Jordan Kent

Probably not: Dominique Curry, Brandon McRae

Offensive line

Currently on roster: 13

Likely to make final roster: 8 or 9

Safe and sound: Roger Allen III, Jacob Bell, Jason Brown, Hank Fraley, Adam Goldberg, Rodger Saffold, Jason Smith

On the bubble: John Greco, Ryan McKee, Drew Miller, Eric Young

Proabably not: Renardo Foster, Tim Mattran

Defensive line

Currently on roster: 12

Likely to make final roster: 8 or 9

Safe and sound: James Hall, Gary Gibson, Chris Long, Fred Robbins, Clifton Ryan, Darell Scott, George Selvie

On the bubble: Victor Adeyanju, C.J. Ah You, Jermelle Cudjo

Probably not: Ernest Reid, Eugene Sims

Linebacker

Currently on roster: 9

Likely to make final roster: 6 or 7

Safe and sound: Na'il Diggs, Larry Grant, James Laurinaitis

On the bubble: Bobby Carpenter, Chris Chamberlain, Josh Hull, David Vobora

Probably not: Devin Bishop, Cardia Jackson

Secondary

Currently on roster: 14

Likely to make final roster: 9 or 10

Safe and sound: Oshiomogho Atgowe, Ron Bartell, James Butler, Quincy Butler, Craig Dahl, Bradley Fletcher, Jerome Murphy

On the bubble: Kevin Dockery, Marquis Johnson, Justin King, Kevin Payne, Darian Stewart

Probably not: Brett Johnson, Antoine Thompson

Specialists

Currently on roster: 3

Likely to make final roster: 3

Safe and sound: K Josh Brown, P Donnie Jones, LS Chris Massey

I really hope we keep Onobun and to a lesser degree Fells and I also like both Adeyanju and C.J. Ah You.

Easy cuts to me are: Chamberlain and Ogbonnaya. If the point of playing RB were to avoid the holes that your offensive line opens up for you, Ogbonnaya would be a pro-bowler.

Carpenter on the bubble? Should have kept Alex Barron.