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The Los Angeles Rams made their 53-man roster cutdowns on Tuesday and the one player who drew the most ire for making it onto the team was veteran linebacker Troy Reeder. Not only because Reeder is Reeder, but doubly so because Reeder is not fifth round rookie Chris Paul, who was released by the team and could be claimed on Wednesday’s waiver wire pickups.
Here was the comment with the most likes by Rams fans on Tuesday:
Ramfest: Troy Reeder is garbage man WTF. Pooh Paul Jr is an actual draft pick and looked good. There are many Troy Reeder on waivers…
Hawthorne Ramathorn: Couldn’t agree more
Muttonheaded: Great minds Rfest!
Others continued in this line of thinking:
Vancouver56: Reeder over a much younger Paul doesn’t make a lot of sense.
MarkLZCran: I agree unless he’s going to be the special teams captain.
WestCoastRams: He sucks on defense because he’s slow af.. He isn’t magically gonna be faster when he’s out there on special teams.. I would’ve rather kept Ingle & let him be our ST ace, a hitter with decent enough athleticism..
muttonheaded: Hell yes! Reeder obviously has no Read Instincts, Paul does & call would be faster and a much better tackler on special teams
Gowinanzalez: troy reeder must be blackmailing the mcvay and sneed…there is no way in hell he should be on the roster over chris paul jr.
LA Champ: we don’t know what Paul is gonna turn into/ that’s where the anger comes…we KNOW what Reeder is.
DMoney74: Troy F’n Reeder
And agree or disagree, this is my favorite comment:
oldboy1x: just because we make the same mistake 7 years in a row doesnt make him good
There was some pushback however on whether or not keeping Reeder over Paul was a bad idea, or at worst not a big deal:
RamsGII: This is great roster and we should be proud of our team. Yet half the comments are knocking on Reeder a 7 year veteran. Obviously he belongs on the team and in the NFL. I’ll trust the greatest coach in Rams history on his decision too keep Reeder. Its going to be an exciting year.
MarkLZCran: Look- we all agree that Willis Reeder sucks on defense but the Rams must think he has value on special teams. Teams do sometimes keep guys because they excel on special teams so Reeder must be one of those guys. Somebody has to cover punts and KOs. Reeder is the 4th ILB. The Rams will be in 3-3-5 so often that the #4 ILB won’t get too many snaps on D.
There is no answer as to whether or not a player “deserves” to make a 53-man roster. There’s no such thing as deserving a spot, there is only making it or not making it. The fact of the matter is that if the Rams didn’t use a...
