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If you’ve followed the LA Rams, you will note that the front office has a pretty savvy way of playing the 53-man roster cuts in such a way that the team seems to emerge with a regular-season roster that is more talented than expected. The LA Rams strike like a python in tall grass whenever a high-ceiling prospect is abandoned on the waiver wire on his was to be signed to the practice squad.
The LA Rams picked up RB Raymond Calais and OLB Justin Hollins using this trick and ended up getting some kickoff returns from Calais, and some QB sacks from Hollins.