(AP) -- The longest tenured St. Louis Rams player, long snapper Chris Massey, has been released.
The nine-year veteran was a seventh-round draft in 2002.
The 32-year-old Massey lost out Monday to rookie Jake McQuaide, signed as an undrafted free agent out of Ohio State.
Massey appeared in 135 regular-season games with the Rams.
He and McQuaide alternated snaps in the first two preseason games.
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