Poona Ford at the forefront of the Rams’ purpose-built ‘Stop Barkley’ brigade
After Saquon Barkley ran past, through and over them twice last season, the Rams made a big move to stop the Philadelphia Eagles’ star running back from doing it again.
Ostensibly, general manager Les Snead and coach Sean McVay signed lineman Poona Ford to improve the overall run defense. To give a young ascending front an experienced player.
But it really boiled down to one thing: Stop Barkley.
“I have heard that,” Ford, chuckling, said this week. “But, you feel me, I don’t look at it like that.”