St.Louis Rams cut safety Corey Chavous
The Rams began their roster-shaping and their salary cap drive Friday, releasing veteran strong safety Corey Chavous. Chavous, 33, came to St. Louis as a free agent with the arrival of coach Scott Linehan in 2006. He was a three-year starter, a defensive team captain last year, and one of the most respected players in the locker room.
But his lack of speed became more of a liability on defense during his tenure with the Rams, and he lost his starting job to Todd Johnson late in the 2008 season. It became apparent as the season wound down, even before Steve Spagnuolo was hired, that Chavous didn’t fit into the Rams plans for 2009 and beyond.
Earlier in the week, Chavous’ agent requested that the Rams release him as soon as possible, thus giving Chavous more time to look for another job before the start of the free agency and trading period. Releasing Chavous saves the Rams $1.2 million in cap space.
Keep the ax a choppin… Who is next????
It Has Begun…..Watch out Drew, hope ur next!!!!
I just got my Invoice in the mail for this years season tickets. I got the shakes thinkin about what a waste that was last year, the more I hear about these cuts the better I feel. We need a substancial overhaul. Please keep it going Bill and Steve!!!!
Gee- what a loss. I never understood how that guy kept his job as long as he did. Yeah, he’s a leader in the locker room, but how does it effect the young guys to see him get torched on every play?
Lawarence the only thing I can think is that they were hoping some of his leadership and passion would rub off on some of the younger players so that they could cut him faster, but alas that didn’t happen and he got cut anyway. I think Spag’s is going to be looking for a big hitter this off-season to make teams fear going deep on the Rams.
I hope ur right Rizzo. We haven’t had a Thumper since Toby Wright was back there
Hilarious! Is that the only photo the Post could find of Chavous — a guy running AWAY from him?
Could someone call Drew Bennett to the coaches office and tell him to bring his playbook!…. Keep the cuts coming!
From what I heard Drew can’t be cut because it would cost more to release him than to keep him…
How fitting, Chavous flailing with his meak arm tackles. Please coach, get some guys that know the fundamentals of arm tackling