Back in 2002, Pisa Tinoisamoa led the St. Louis Rams in tackles. He became the first rookie in franchise history to pull off that feat. He also had the most tackles on the team in 2004, 2005 and 2008. Friday, he was released from the Rams -- likely a cost-saving measure since he would have counted $4.25 million against the salary cap this season and was signed through 2011. After landing James Laurinaitis in the second round of the draft, the Rams will likely slide Chris Draft to the strong-side and let the rookie Laurinaitis start in the middle from the get-go.
Still, there aren't many lingering free agents at linebacker, and the Rams were already thin at the position -- even after the draft. On the surface, this move doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense. The Rams linebacking corps was a major concern heading into the offseason, and Tinoisamoa was their best one.
It seems like new head coach Steve Spagnuolo is content to completely start over from scratch, even if it means his personnel isn't as good as it could be in 2009. The eyes are firmly planted on building a foundation for the future.
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5-09-2009 @ 12:15AM
floridacat2 said...
matt..you say give cambell a chance?? How about three years of nothing..isn't that giving him a chance. How many chances do you give a quaterback who doesn't throw the deep ball? I mean come on man. Todd collins is a way better quaterback than cambell will ever be!! And i don't care what you say thats the god honest truth and you know it.. But zorn has the hots for him for some reason or another...don't ask me..We will never make it to the big game with cambell..and you will all see for yourself this year..why waist another year,,? its just crazy..oh well i guess i don't get paid the big bucks to coach, but it sure is plain and simple to me..yeah give him a chance..like he hasn't had one...whatever dude!
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