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  • #1

    Does Kennedy need to be replaced??

    I am hearing so much about who is available and can we trade and we shouldn't have gotten rid of Young.

    GUYS!!

    D-Tackle is our deepest postion I think. It's not the end of the world here. We still have...

    Lewis
    Pickett
    Hosley
    Howard
    Thompson
    not to mention 2 other warm bodies, and in a pinch Jackson (which I think is a better fit with Hargrove and Fisher coming on strong) or Moran can move in there.

    We are fine.
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  • #2
    Re: Does Kennedy need to be replaced??

    Agreed. I don't think Kennedy's injury really hurts the Rams because we made it a point to get plenty of depth on the defensive line. Holsey was a starter last season and did well on a poor d-line. He should be able to rotate in with Lewis and Pickett well. Although if Lewis suffers another injury, we might be a little thin in terms of experienced talent.

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    • #3
      Re: Does Kennedy need to be replaced??

      If one of the DE wild cards (Hargrove, Fisher, Flowers) can step up and become a consistent contributer, that will allow T.Jackson to move to DT, where he has played well before.

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      • #4
        Re: Does Kennedy need to be replaced??

        I agree... nothin from nothin is nothin, which is what JK contributed.

        However, the boy is sucking up dollars for nothin.....

        Dump him! And find the best way to save the money for nothin...

        "I shoulda learned to play defensive tackle,
        I shoulda learned to play that line,
        Make a million dollars sittin on my butt,
        Make a million dollars ridin on the pine..."

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        • #5
          Re: Does Kennedy need to be replaced??

          Originally posted by coy bacon
          Dump him! And find the best way to save the money for nothin...
          THAT WOULD COST MORE MONEY!!!

          The best way to save money is to keep him. By releasing him, we'd take a cap hit equal to his accelerated bonus, and thus, Kennedy would in effect cost the Rams more money against the cap.

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          • #6
            Re: Does Kennedy need to be replaced??

            I agree on move Ty Jackson back to DT and Kennedy I'd keep him anyway he was working fine and he should be ready for second half of season and if not anyway I'd keep him to the next year
            vicdan

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            • #7
              Re: Does Kennedy need to be replaced??

              I'm starting to think Kennedy beat Coy up and stole his milk money when they were kids.

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              • #8
                Re: Does Kennedy need to be replaced??

                Nick, you can try all you want but you will never get Coy to understand the salary cap and and accelerated signing bonus.

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                • #9
                  Re: Does Kennedy need to be replaced??

                  What if we all chipped in and bought him a copy of Madden so he could play around and get the basic idea? :p

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                  • #10
                    Re: Does Kennedy need to be replaced??

                    I agree that the team is deep at DT and the loss of Kennedy will not be a major impact. I think Jackson is better playing the DT position than DE.

                    What if we all chipped in and bought him a copy of Madden so he could play around and get the basic idea?
                    Aug. 12th release date. Hey, aren't the Rams playing that day?
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