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Is Jake Long’s career over after re-tearing his ACL? ESPN.com Rams Insider Nick Wagoner tells The Fast Lane.
Listen to Wagoner to Talk Jake Long and Rams
Listen to Wagoner to Talk Jake Long and Rams
I wouldn't bring him back any sooner than year after next then only on a prove it contract, he's been hurt more than Sam.
They drafted GRob to be the LT of the future . . . or, lately with Big Jake's injury, the LT of the here & now. BonnifayRam suggested earlier moving Jake to RT, which would be nice as that would provide us with bull elephant tackles at the corners of the OL. That would imply letting go of Barksdale who is in a contract year.
With this latest injury, it may be better overall to cut ties with Jake altogether and try to hold on to Joe if he stays reasonably healthy after this season. We would still need a solid swing tackle to spell either one of them if one of the starting tackles went down. Hell, we need! a swing guard to take over if Beetlejuice or whoever emerges as his starting partner at guard goes down!
It's over as a premium LT.
How big was drafting GRob now, huh? Now we can still draft a QB instead of a LT.
Huge. So glad we took him and not Sammy Watkins. Nothing against Watkins, but we'd have a gapingly huge hole at LT without GRob in the house.
I think there'd have been a lot less argument for Watkins if we didn't have Long.Huge. So glad we took him and not Sammy Watkins. Nothing against Watkins, but we'd have a gapingly huge hole at LT without GRob in the house.
I think there'd have been a lot less argument for Watkins if we didn't have Long.
I know some will disagree here, but to me, it was an admission back then that the Long signing was a mistake. At least we'll only have less than $3 million of dead money for him next year.