Loved Corey Harkey at UCLA and I knew he would make the Ram squad because he was the best blocking TE in the draft that year and has shocked everyone with his ability to catch the football as well. Joe Barksdale the jury is still out IMO...Seemed to get beat around the end more often than not, however, maybe being the number one guy from day one will give him more confidence. There is a reason the Rams thought about trading up for Zack Martin and that was to play RT!
On
Cory Harkey...a UDFA early last season...in the last week of pre season
Harkey was diagnosed with a fractured leg . It was announced that
Harkey will miss 3-4 weeks.
CH was not removed from the master 53 player Ram Roster & placed on another type roster???
CH missed the first regular season game. When
CH was removed from the weekly injury list the Rams record was 1 win 3 losses.... when
CH got a chance to get on the field fully healthy he made one catch for 17 yds!
When the season began
CH was the Rams 4th TE/H-Back behind Cook-Hendricks-McNeil. By the end of the season
CH had earned to start 10 Ram games. Also @ the end of the season Shotty was beginning to find out that
CH was not a one trick pony. At the end of the season when the Rams were roaring with the run attack
CH had back to back games and back to back wins when Shotty had
CH highly involved in the Rams offense. In the Saints game
CH has 3 rec. for 29 yds & 1 TD, in the Bucs game
CH followed up with a 3 rec for 22 yds...
CH is now a starter in 2014 & was certainly under-appreciated by many Ram fans IMO.
On the mentioning of the draft & OT Zack Martin IMO it was certainly to be a Ram OT....period not a OG or a center.