This needs to be said.
It's time for the St. Louis Rams to move on from Sam Bradford.
In four years as the St. Louis starter, Bradford has never thrown for 4,000 yards, tossed 25 touchdown passes in a season or led the Rams to a winning record.
Bradford is a $78 million anchor around the neck of the franchise, a glaring example of how the old collective bargaining agreement and rookie contracts effectively punished teams with high draft picks.
Back in September, team president Kevin Demoff told Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com, "We have decided that Sam Bradford is our guy. If they came to us and wanted to do a contract extension right now, we'd do it in a minute,"
It's time to rethink that plan.
Now, the Rams could wait, limp through the rest of the 2013 season with Kellen Clemens as their signal-caller, and take their chances with Bradford or a player from the 2014 draft.
Or, the team could get aggressive and try to swing a deal for Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins.
Cousins has shown considerable potential in relief of Robert Griffin III at times, and his fourth-round rookie contract is practically invisible compared to Bradford's.
The sticking point? Compensation.
It might take a first-round pick to pry the Redskins' talented backup away from Washington.
That's a steep price to pay for a player with Cousins' limited NFL resume.
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