The Rams are finding innovative new ways to use Mark Barron and reaping the benefits of his skill set. He is playing the role of the LB/S hybrid which plays to his strengths. Too bad our coaching staff could not find a way to utilize his skill set. Article link below. http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/jeff-gordon/gordo-rams-hit-the-jackpot-with-barron/article_40f4c480-97a0-5301-a331-247bf3a047f5.html The Rams made a puzzling move before last year’s NFL trade deadline.General manager Les Snead sent fourth- and sixth-round picks to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for safety Mark Barron.Skeptics asked many questions about this deal. Why pay a premium for still another safety when the team already had T.J. McDonald and Rodney McLeod?Why add a safety with middling pass coverage skills to a secondary that struggled to defend deep throws? Why not use those picks to add needed offensive help instead?One year later that trade looks brilliant. Barron, the seventh pick in the 2012 draft, has become one of the MVPs of an elite NFL defense.He is a hard-hitting safety-linebacker hybrid who makes plays all over the field. He is a prototype Jeff Fisher defender, a vigorous tackler who hunts footballs and disrupts offenses.
