Per JT on twitter...Langford cut

[Sum1]

Rams save $6m.

 

[TheDYVKX]

Shame. Wish it didn't come to that, but he was making a lot. Very good player and leader for us.

 

[Sum1]

Shame. Wish it didn't come to that, but he was making a lot. Very good player and leader for us.

You never know...maybe he's brought back at a reduced rate.

 

[RamsJunkie]

I was expecting somebody to be cut soon wasn't sure if it would be him or long but not a surprise. Kinda sucks wanted to keep him if he would restructure but he probably didn't want too as he is a pretty solid player and will get payed like one in free agency

 

[ZigZagRam]

I predicted this before last season even started.

Langford is a good player, but we simply didn't need to spend that much on a rotational DT with the emergence of Aaron Donald.

Best of luck to him. Another team will be happy they signed him.

 

[rick6fan]

I feel bad for us, good player good guy, but he'll land somewhere making a good salary.

 

[fearsomefour]

Too bad.
Langford has been very solid. Would have retained him.

 

[Athos]

Too much money for a rotational player. Great player. He'll wind up somewhere good.

 

[A55VA6]

Not surprised. He was one of my predicted cuts.
I think are Wells and Dunbar are big possibilities as well.

 

[ZigZagRam]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Jake Long cut soon.

 

[ChrisW]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Jake Long cut soon.

I'm waiting for this and Scott Wells.

 

[RamBill]

Rams release DT Kendall Langford
• By Jim Thomas

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/foot...cle_b2a66f28-799d-55b9-91d1-c4ac9ea82d74.html

In the first of what figures to be several salary cap-related moves, the Rams have released defensive tackle Kendall Langford.

The move saves the Rams $6 million in cap space for 2015. Langford lost his starting job to rookie Aaron Donald this past season and saw his playing time greatly reduced. The Rams made the move now to give Langford a little extra time to find another job before the start of the free agency period March 10, by which time the market will be flooded with released players.

Langford, 29, signed a four-year, $22 million contract with the Rams in 2012, as part of the first free agency class for coach Jeff Fisher and general manger Les Snead. Langford had spent his first four NFL seasons with Miami, who drafted him in the third round of the 2008 draft out of Hampton.

He was due $6 million in base salary and was scheduled to count $7 million against the cap in 2015, the last year of his Rams contract. He now will count only $1 million against the cap, in the form of "dead" money from un-amortized signing bonus money.

Making the transition from 3-4 end to 4-3 tackle once he joined the Rams, Langford started all 16 games in both the 2012 and 2013 seasons. He recorded 69 tackles and five sacks in '13, both career highs.

His numbers fell off to 51 tackles and one sack last season.

Donald, en route to NFL defensive rookie of the year honors, took over the starting job from Langford in Game 5 of the 2014 season _ the Rams' Oct. 13 Monday night game against San Francisco.

The Rams return both Donald and Michael Brockers as starters, but Thursday's release of Langford could leave the Rams searching for depth on the interior of the defensive line.

 

[Orchid]

Too much money for a rotational player. Great player. He'll wind up somewhere good.

Seattle... Arizona.. Indy.....Jags...Cowboys

He will do fine.

To Mr. Langford - Thanks for the effort/play and best of luck in the future.

 

[RamBill]

Rams release Kendall Langford
Posted by Josh Alper on February 26, 2015, 4:28 PM EST

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/02/26/rams-release-kendall-langford/

The Rams joined some of their rivals around the league in creating more cap space on Thursday by parting ways with a veteran member of the club.

Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the team has released defensive tackle Kendall Langford. Langford was set to make $6 million in the final year of a four-year contract that he signed before the start of the 2012 season and the Rams will now have that money to use in other ways this offseason.

Langford started the first 32 games he played for the Rams and had five sacks as an interior rusher during the 2013 season, but the drafting of Aaron Donald in the first round of last year’s draft moved him into a rotational role. Langford was also a longtime starter in Miami before joining the Rams and that experience should lead to interest in his services from other teams.

Tackle Jake Long, who is coming off a torn ACL, and quarterback Sam Bradford could provide further cap relief for the Rams through releases or restructurings before the start of the new league year.

 

[Barrison]

So if he has a good year next year will we get a compensatory pick?

 

[RamBill]

Nick Wagoner ‏@nwagoner

Rams have indeed released DT Kendall Langford. Door is open for Langford to return at reduced rate but he'll seek starting job first.

 

[RamBill]

So if he has a good year next year will we get a compensatory pick?

No...if a player is released he doesn't count in the comp pick formula.

 

[ram007]

So if he has a good year next year will we get a compensatory pick?

No

 

[RamBill]

Nick Wagoner ‏@nwagoner

Rams releasing Langford saves $6 million against the salary cap. Projecting $143 million cap, Rams now have around $9 million in space.

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Kendall Langford ‏@KendallLangford

Thanks for the well wishes and a huge thank you to the @STLouisRams for the opportunity to play for such a great Organization! #ramsnation

 

[rams24/7]

Imo he plagued his best football in STL last season. Decent starter, solid backup. Cap number is just to high for a backup. I'd like to see us try and resign him to a 2-year deal.

If Long and Wells aren't cut I'll be pissed. Langford is the best of the 3