otherwise he’ll be a decent insurance policy, in that our season won’t completely go down the crapper if something happens to one of our starters.

Barron went to FSU, not Indiana

Let us rejoice!

I feel like I need to have a beer to celebrate or something!

i know people have capped on barron, and i did see the youtube videos of him getting run over, but i still think it’s better to have him available for swing tackle duty than to count on brewster, mcquistan, or young. if someone else emerges and forces him off the roster, i’m fine with that, but getting him for carpenter can only be considered a positive. i think the rams came out all right on this trade as well, making it the proverbial win-win. potentially some reward-very low risk for both teams.

Bobby Carpenter was going to get squeezed out anyway in all likelihood and I think Barron’s experience is much needed for our backup offensive line depth. Between Barron and Holland, at least we now how have people at both the T and G spots who have started NFL games and performed serviceably at times (it was once Holland went out that our 2008 offensive line fell apart).

Jerry decided he needed to cut Bobbie soon, so he asked Stephen: “Hey, Boy Wonder, how can I cut the Carp without looking foolish?”. Stephen replied: “Why don’t we trade Bobbie for someone else who’s also about to be cut by his team?”.

Jerry promptly got on the phone to the Rams, et voila: a trade that makes both teams look good, when both teams could have just as easily gone ahead and cut their player and then signed the other guy.

This may be one of the reasons why Stephen Jones is Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of the Dallas Cowboys.

He never lashed out or anything. Which is good. Cause a lot of people talked a lot of crap about him. Handled himself like a pro. Godspeed.

Welcome Barron. May you find more success here than you did in St. Louis. Work hard and act accountable. You’ll quickly win most of us over that way.

I read that he was not working out with his St Louis teammates.

we got that o-line depth everyone was wringing hands over during the draft. Now go find us a veteran safety and let’s roll with this thing.

BTW, Free played the last few series of the Seattle game at LOT last season, watch the end of that game to see a small sample of his work there besides the Vikes game. Yeah it’s the 2009 Seahawks, but he makes some nice downfield blocks in the run game.