Marc Bulger released

[Dpantherman]

Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on April 5, 2010 3:46 PM ET

'Tis the season for unloading expensive veteran quarterbacks.

The Rams announced the release of quarterback Marc Bulger Monday, ending an eight-year run with the team that began brilliantly but fell apart the last three seasons.

Bulger was scheduled to make $8.5 million next season and was never expected to be with the team in Week One. We're trying to figure out why they dumped him now instead of one week ago or after the draft.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/05/rams-release-marc-bulger/

[CLTPanther]

I'd say the money line on Bradford going to STL is now about 10000000000. Anyone notice how Bulger hasn't done a single thing since we walsted into STL and beat them in the dome in the playoffs when they hadn't lost there in years?

[Pumpkin King]

It's his birthday? That sucks.

[Sam Mills Fan]

Now THIS is a quarterback that makes sense to sign to back up Moore.

[CLTPanther]

What? The QB who has help win 6 games in the last 3 years? No spanks.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

Now THIS is a quarterback that makes sense to sign to back up Moore.

Why Bulger over Campbell? Because he's less likely to start? He surely hasn't looked any better than Campbell as of late.

[SmootsDaddy89]

What? The QB who has help win 6 games in the last 3 years? No spanks.

Yeah because the Rams were burgeoning with supporting talent the past few years and all.

[CLTPanther]

So were the Texans. How'd did Mr White Glove work out?

[Sam Mills Fan]

Why Bulger over Campbell? Because he's less likely to start? He surely hasn't looked any better than Campbell as of late.

He's older and he's not going to be seen as a possible "quarterback of the future". And he's fine as a backup, you're not going to be looking for elite quarterbacks to back up Matt Moore.

[Murph]

Bulger can be had a cheap price and we can lock him in for two seasons at that. Campbell has a tender and will cost draft picks.

Bulger may seem like Carr 2.0 but there is a difference. Bulger has the tools and prior success and was a victim of a crappy offensive system over the past few years.

[Pumpkin King]

Now THIS is a quarterback that makes sense to sign to back up Moore.

Is that a joke? No way we should sign him.

[SmootsDaddy89]

Oh yeah Bulger and the Rams have always sucked, just like Carr and the Texans when he was there, whoops I must have forgotten about that

[CLTPanther]

Guess you didn't notice the QB change

[Sam Mills Fan]

You guys have to realize how epicly awful the Rams are as well. They're historically bad. For whatever reason, they don't get the "bad" hype as bad as the Raiders and Lions do, but they're significantly worse than both of those horrible teams.

There isn't a QB in the league that could have succeeded there. Not one. Now that's not to say that Bulger is good enough to be a regular starter, because he's probably not. But as a non-threatening, veteran backup quarterback? He fits the bill perfectly.