GreeneCounty said:
I am amazed how NFL is a passing league now and yet many teams have no depth in the offensive line ranks.
Me thinks that Snead/Fisher & Boudreau made an unusual decision when they elected to keep 10 Ol'ers on the master 53 player roster @ seasons beginning. Currently they have
12OL'ers under contract in Rams uniform.
#1-Scott Wells -Starting OC
#2-Chris Williams Starting OLG
#3-Jake Long-Starting OLT
#4-Harvey Dahl-Starting ORG
#5-Joe Barksdale- Starting OLT
#6-Tim Barnes-Top Interior Reserve
#7-Brandon Washington Top OT Reserve
#8-Barrett Jones OC/OG/ORT
#9-Shelley Smith OG
#10-Mike Persons OG/ORT
#11-
Rodger Saffold ORT Injured/Out
#12-Sean Hooey ORT Practice Squad
Snead's 4th rd pick who many here in ROD ville have posted on him on the negative side may like me at times insert ones own foot into our oral cavity could be getting some strong strange looks from Snead-Fisher & Boudreau if Saffold's evaluation come back BAD.
Currently the soft green rookie 6-5 308 pounder Barrett Jones has been meandering around in la la land with no real pressure @ starting but just getting himself back in football shape after a 6 month waylay. One tends to forget around here & maybe we need to recall that
Barrett Jones won the 2011 Outland Trophy (nation's top interior lineman) playing offensive Tackle. Snead & Fisher recalls Head coach Nick Saban saying many occasions that Jones is the top player he's ever been around & compared Barrett to the Hall of Famer Bruce Matthews who started @ all the OL positions in the NFL. Barrett has started 25 SEC games on the right side of the OL.
If Barksdale becomes our 2013 starter @ ORT I would not be surprised if Barrett finally begins his hard work @ fine tuning himself in @ ORT post reserve. Even when hurt late last yr he was on the field playing & winning for his team he has been truly durable!