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The former Michigan star appears on track to supplant Williams if the Rams do not extend his contract before or during the upcoming season.

He did not play against the New York Jets and played only on special teams against the Arizona Cardinals before Witherspoon supplanted him in the starting lineup.

Moss was supplanted as USC’s starting quarterback last month and has since transferred to Louisville.

“We’re in a global arms race with an adversary that, unlike any in American history, has the economic and the military capability to truly supplant and replace us.”

By the 1980s, when more modern methods of summoning help had supplanted its usefulness, the tower remained as a beacon for bored teenagers.