TE Butler Promoted To Active Roster

[r8rh8rmike]

11.25.2009 10:58 am
TE Butler promoted to active roster
By Jim Thomas
St. Louis Post-Dispatch


After officially placing defensive end C.J. Ah You (knee) on the injured reserve list Tuesday, the Rams filled his roster spot Wednesday by promoting tight end Eric Butler from the practice squad.

Butler, 6-2, 255, was signed by the Rams in March and was with the team throughout minicamps, OTAs, and training camp. He was signed to the practice squad Sept. 6 after being released in the final roster cutdowns on Labor Day weekend. He entered the NFL with the New York Giants in 2008 as an undrafted rookie out of Mississippi State

The Rams have added defensive end Sean Convover to fill Butler’s spot on the practice squad. Conover was one of three DEs who visited Rams Park for tryouts Tuesday. The others were Larry Birdine and Otis Grigsby.

Conover, 6-5, 275, was most recently with Detroit. The Bucknell graduate entered the league as a rookie free agent with Tennessee and played in 11 games with two starts for the Titans in 2006 and 2007, recording 25 tackles.

[r8rh8rmike]

Adding another TE. Haven't we been here before??

[txramsfan]

Well, McMichael has made about as much of a contribution this year to the Rams squad as I have so why not?

[ramfan247]

I heard he's being added to play fullback because Karney has an injury. We'll see though.