Getty ImagesThe most disappointing group of players on a wildly disappointing Rams team has been the offensive line. Thus, it’s not a huge shock the team is starting to make some changes.
Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports center Jason Brown will be benched for Sunday’s game at Cleveland. Tony Wragge will take his place.
The odd part here: Brown’s play was apparently not the cause of the benching. Thomas notes that Brown has consistently graded out as the team’s best lineman this year, and he had a solid game against the Cardinals.
Brown signed a five-year, $37.5 million contract in 2009, and is due $5 million next season.
It’s unclear at this stage why Brown is getting benched. We’ll let you know when we know, because the benching of a center on a 1-7 team is guaranteed to drive pageviews.
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Browns will take everything they can get!
Bench Josh McDaniels while you’re at it.
Too bad we’re past the trade deadline. The Steelers could use him!!! (And move either him or Pouncey to Guard)
What they need to do is bench Roger “false start king” Saffold. He is the 2nd coming of Alex Barron
As a Niner fan I can tell you that Wragge is a gamer. He’s not flashy, he’s not dominant. But he was never a liability when pressed into service.
Another exciting game this Sunday on the Lakefront ..Hell this one may even be better than the 6-3 thriller between the Browns and Seahawks .. Can the Browns season get any more disappointing ?.
The human forklift?
It may have something to do with it being Veterans day and his brother being killed in the line of duty in Iraq in 2003. He has played pretty solid this year
Also he often tips off the snap by looking back, bobbing his head, then snapping it. He did it some last year too.
Brown must be snapping the ball too hard for Bradford’s precious little hands.
He was a guard in Baltimore, probably better @ guard than center. Still can’t believe what the Rams paid him when he hit free agency.
I hope Wragge is successful in his second career after Scooby Doo.
Because he’s a fat lazy slob.
The NFL should bench the Rams permanently.
raider4life: Ha ha ha the you’re making fun of the Rams. After your Coach makes a few more trades you’ll wish you were the Rams.
He was upstaging the rest of the line so they are going to replace him with someone who grades out much lower.
He certainly wasn’t the worst on that line… I think he’s the scapegoat for the blocked FG in Arizona.