Rams Shopping Holt And Pace?

From Jim Thomas of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Of course, another option to free up cap space is simply restructuring the contracts of Pace and Holt. The agents for Pace and Holt did not return phone messages left Thursday and Friday.

The trading period doesn't resume until Feb. 27. If the Rams are intent on using a trade of Pace or Holt to free up cap space for free agency, the players would have to be moved right around that time. It would make no sense to wait until April, just before the draft, to make the trade, because by then all of the top free agents will be gone. Invariably, most of the ever-dwindling number of quality free agents are off the shelves by mid-March. Teams can begin releasing players Monday to free up cap space. And there are cap-saving options on the roster other than Pace and Holt, although none that would free up as much money. For example, releasing strong safety Corey Chavous would save $1.2 million. Releasing linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa would free up $2.25 million.  

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