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Old 10-07-2014, 03:33 PM   #1
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Rams part ways with Ray Ray Armstrong after latest penalty on special teams

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As a rookie in 2013, Rams linebacker Ray Ray Armstrong committed nine penalties on special teams but kept his job in St. Louis into this season.

He doesn’t have it any longer. Rams coach Jeff Fisher announced Monday that Armstrong was released after Sunday’s game, which saw him pick up an unnecessary roughness flag for shoving Eagles punt returner Darren Sproles at the end of a return in last Sunday’s 34-28 loss. While Fisher said that the penalty wasn’t the only reason for Armstrong’s departure, he had expressed displeasure with stupid special teams penalties on Sunday and the move should serve as notice to others even if Armstrong wasn’t a “scapegoat.”

“Again, it’s the body of work,” Fisher said, via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “It had been addressed with him numerous times, and that penalty ultimately becomes my fault because when a guy’s making mistakes over and over, and he’s allowed to play, it becomes my fault. So we’re gonna get someone else in there that understands things a little differently. And it’s not the [result of the] game. This was gonna happen win or lose. This is not a scapegoat. You guys know me, I’m not about that. But we need to make a change and go a different direction.”

Fisher said that the team has been called for 16 pre-snap and post-play penalties, which are the kinds of things that can come back to haunt a team that’s lost their last two games by a total of nine points. And also the kinds of things that can help put you out of work.

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We tried out LB Paul Hazel today as well; 6'5" 252 lbs. 4.53 40 time...
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It has come to this.
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Is this bottom of the barrel.
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It just confounds me why they can't sign a stud pro-bowl LB off the street in week 6.

Damn our front office is weak.
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Is this bottom of the barrel.
No, but it is in that direction...
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It just confounds me why they can't sign a stud pro-bowl LB off the street in week 6.

Damn our front office is weak.
Although I got the sarcasm I don't think that's what any of us are asking for at this point. I think most of us would settle for a linebacker that could at least give chase 2 yards beyond the line of scrimmage. If you look at most of the linebackers on our team they are either designed to stop the run or rush the qb. I can't name one that doesn't look silly in coverage except for maybe hawthorne and he's never healthy. I don't even need them to be great in coverage. I just need them to run well enough to where they don't look out of breath chasing slow developing crossing routes across the middle.
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Although I got the sarcasm I don't think that's what any of us are asking for at this point. I think most of us would settle for a linebacker that could at least give chase 2 yards beyond the line of scrimmage. If you look at most of the linebackers on our team they are either designed to stop the run or rush the qb. I can't name one that doesn't look silly in coverage except for maybe hawthorne and he's never healthy. I don't even need them to be great in coverage. I just need them to run well enough to where they don't look out of breath chasing slow developing crossing routes across the middle.
Yes, but unfortunately we aren't gonna find one sitting on his couch in week 6.

I hope for 2 things...
1-I hope the 2015 draft is heavy at LB
2-We decide to draft one in round 1 and/or 2
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I don't mean to be mean but...

Ray Ray Armstrong is dumber than a bag of rocks. I wouldn't be surprised if he had trouble reading a Dr. Suess book or put together a few coherent sentences.
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The Rams shouldn't have been all that surprised with the outcome. His past track record speaks volumes.

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