Cutting Brandon Allen means John Wolford could be backup of future for Rams

The Los Angeles Rams wasted little time making roster cuts on Friday by moving on from Brandon Allen, and giving John Wolford an opportunity to be a reliable future backup.

With Saturday’s deadline for roster cuts quickly approaching, the Los Angeles Rams made numerous key moves the day before to help trim down to 53 players, one of which happened to be cutting Brandon Allen.

Since Blake Bortles has been a lock for the backup spot to Jared Goff, the Rams had an interesting battle taking place for the No. 3 spot at quarterback between Allen and John Wolford.

While Allen seemed to have an advantage heading into the preseason finale against the Houston Texans from his experience alone, the former Arkansas star didn’t exactly make a strong case for himself after tossing two interceptions.

As for Wolford, the Wake Forest product actually put on quite a show by tossing two touchdowns while completing 8 of 15 passes for 105 yards in the process.

One game certainly doesn’t determine what the future holds for either of these two players, but also keep in mind that Allen has been fortunate enough to receive numerous opportunities over the years to prove himself worthy of a roster spot.

Meanwhile, Wolford was a player the Rams decided to take a shot on after things failed to work out in AAF with the Arizona Hotshots, and honestly this may have been a blessing in disguise.

Despite all of the excitement surrounding Bortles heading into 2019 to provide Los Angeles with a reliable backup to Goff, everyone seems to know this will most likely end up being a one-year rental.

Bortles has already indicated he would love nothing more than to receive another chance as a starter in 2020, and as long as Goff is around, that’s simply not going to take place in Los Angeles.

In other words, if Bortles does end up improving his game enough to land another starting job on a different team, the Rams will be in for another No. 2 quarterback behind Goff for 2020.

Could this backup end up being Wolford? At this point, it’s difficult to determine what kind of NFL future Wolford has since early signs point to the young quarterback heading to the practice squad, but it’s difficult to ignore his potential.

Luckily for Wolford and the Rams, Sean McVay has a strong history of quarterback development to potentially help him improve with experience moving forward.

So if this turns out to be the case, the decision to move on from Allen while allowing Wolford to develop with the practice squad (assuming this happens) could work wonders for Los Angeles on offense.