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By Nick Wagoner Senior Writer On the day he was dealt to the
Rams in a swap of former first round picks, linebacker Bobby Carpenter couldnt
help but view the trade as a new start for his football career. The Rams
officially traded offensive tackle Alex Barron (the 19th pick in the 2005
Draft) to Dallas for Carpenter (the 18th pick in the 2006 Draft) on Monday
afternoon, giving both players a chance for a new beginning in their new
cities. I think its going to be a fresh start, Carpenter said Monday
afternoon. Coming to a new organization and its a really young group of guys,
its an energetic group and the coaches are very passionate. Just being in the
building today, there was a ton of energy. Just coming up here, its a totally
different feel and everybody is very positive. The new beginning works on a
number of levels for Carpenter, who many believe was never quite a fit for the
defensive schemes being run in Dallas. The Cowboys run a base 3-4 defense that
asks much of their outside linebackers in terms of rushing the passer and the
inside backers in terms of stopping the run. Carpenter was asked to play
inside in that scheme after being projected mostly as an outside linebacker
entering the draft. As such, he started only a handful of games and finished
with 66 tackles, 3.5 sacks and two passes defended. He got the most playing
time of his career in 2009 when he put up 48 tackles, two sacks and a pass
defended working mostly in sub packages that asked him to do a lot in coverage.
They have had a good team for a number of years, Carpenter said. Its just
been tough to get on the field. They have had some coaching changes. I am
excited to come up here. I did a tremendous amount of work on second and third
down last year and doing some pass coverage and blitzing. I should be able to
work in the scheme. For the Rams, Carpenter will get his first chance in the
league to play in a more traditional 4-3 defense that he played in while at
Ohio State. There, Carpenter was a force in posting 14.5 sacks along with 191
career tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss and three interceptions. In coach Steve
Spagnuolos defense, linebackers are asked to do a variety of different things,
something Carpenter believes he brings to the table. Hopefully a fast,
aggressive, rangy guy, Carpenter said. I think I have a lot of athletic
ability I can bring to the team and thats something coach Spags loves. I think
I kind of fit that role. One of the tasks in that role, whether he ends up
playing on the weak side or the strong side (James Laurinaitis is entrenched in
the middle), is covering tight ends. Carpenter did plenty of that in Dallas
last year and says the time he spent covering All Pro Jason Witten was
beneficial to him. And if the adjustment to the new defense proves difficult at
times, Carpenter will have plenty of shoulders to lean on and brains to pick.
The Rams now boast four Ohio State linebackers in Carpenter, Laurinaitis, Larry
Grant and Nail Diggs. Theres a reasonable chance three former Buckeyes could
form the starting trio at linebacker. Thats definitely kind of an anomaly
there in the NFL to have four guys in a position group all from the same
school, Carpenter said. Its going to be great to come in there and play with
those guys. We have a talented group of linebackers so its going to be
exciting. On Monday morning, Carpenter paid his first visit to his new
football home and came away impressed with what he saw. Most of that time,
Carpenter spent meeting with the coaches and getting a general grasp on the
scheme and what will be expected of him in St. Louis. I sat down with some of
the guys today to get the overall general scheme, Carpenter said. I think
obviously Ill probably play somewhere on the outside whether its strong or
weak that is still to be determined. It kind of depends on how I fill into the
scheme. Well see how I can do and where I can play. In meeting his coaches
and teammates, Carpenter couldnt help but feel he wasnt the only one working
on a fresh start. I think its going to be a great opportunity to come here,
Carpenter said. They have got some great defensive minds and really a young
team. I think its going to be very enthusiastic, a lot of energy and I think
we are looking to hopefully accomplish some good things this year its
something I was not necessarily taken aback by but it was refreshing to see
that.
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