0 comments by Will Horton on 4/30/2012
There’s a common theme in early grades of the Rams’ draft: taking risks on big talent with big question marks. The media – locally and at large – has already made Janoris Jenkins the poster child of this draft and Jeff Fisher / Les Snead’s risk/reward approach to adding talent. Jenkins’ extensively documented rap sheet […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 4/29/2012
Day three of any draft is generally going to focus less on starters, but a team with as many needs and as much turnover as the Rams have should be able to find gems – and use them extensively in the season to come. Here is a quick look at the players added to Jeff […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 4/28/2012
Thursday night, Rams coach Jeff Fisher gave defensive line coach Mike Waufle an early Christmas present, gifting him with an exceptional package of size and strength in Michael Brockers. Friday night, Santa was even more generous, doling out gifts for WR coach Ray Sherman, defensive backs coach Chuck Cecil, and RB coach Ben Sirmans. Each […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 4/27/2012
“With the fourteenth pick in the 2012 NFL Draft (what?), the St Louis Rams select Michael Brockers, defensive tackle, LSU.” Before you even say it, allow me. “What the what? Remember Jimmy Kennedy? When are we going to draft weapons? What about Sam Bradford? A defensive player? A defensive TACKLE? You’ve gotta be kidding me?!? […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 3/27/2012
Before the season began, Doug Farrar characterized the Rams’ first round draft pick thusly: “Putting Chris Long and Robert Quinn alongside each other might just be illegal.” I thought it would be interesting to check back in on Quinn’s success last season in light of the PFF annual Pass Rusher Producitivity rankings. Chris Long began […]
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Perhaps only the Rams could bring in a block-first tight end who drew more penalties than all but two other players at his position and a broken-down receiver who caught only nine passes in eleven games, and give fans hope that both players might be clear upgrades at their position. That’s the state of things […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 3/17/2012
Now that the Redskins’ trade is official, Les Snead and the St Louis Rams have to reset their draft board, surveying the talent landscape around the sixth pick. And there they have a problem: the draft landscape is littered with guys who are basically replaceable by other talent later in the draft. If Justin Blackmon […]
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According to beat reporters Jim Thomas and Howard Balzer, the St Louis Rams stopped parading free agents through their hallways long enough to sign one – center Scott Wells, formerly of the Green Bay Packers. Preliminary reports of terms suggest that the deal is worth up to $25 million over four years, with about half […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 3/16/2012
Brandon Lloyd was the biggest trade deadline acquisition of the 2011 NFL season, stepping in and immediately becoming the primary target of the St Louis Rams’ passing game. In eleven games, Lloyd became as prolific a pass-catcher as any player since Torry Holt was patrolling the sidelines. Just six months later, though, the Rams are […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 3/14/2012
The Houston Texans surprised many by cutting Eric Winston. The Rams are among three teams immediately in the hunt. Free agency is off to a very fast start across the NFL, with skill players Vincent Jackson, Josh Morgan and Pierre Garcon all finding new homes and Reggie Wayne returning to his old one. So far […]
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The St Louis Rams moved quickly and aggressively on the first day of free agency for the second year in a row, reportedly signing Cortland Finnegan to a five year deal worth roughly $50 million. His contract appears to be a deal similar in length and average value to the deal signed by Jonathan Joseph […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 3/13/2012
The St Louis Rams prepared for free agency by cutting ties with cap-heavy veterans, including long-time warriors Ron Bartell and James Hall. These are bittersweet times for Rams fans, knowing that these moves are necessary for the process of rebuilding. But as Brennan put it earlier tonight: @BrennanJSmithHappy to see the Rams get draft picks […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 3/10/2012
By chance, we came to an agreement that a trade between the Washington Redskins and St Louis Rams appeared to be the most likely deal when setting the table for the ThisGivenSunday Writers mock draft. This gave me, acting as the GM of the Rams, a difficult choice at the sixth pick of the draft. […]
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Congratulations to Les Snead and the St Louis Rams. They have just won the Robert Griffin III sweepstakes. The loser? Robert Griffin III. No matter how the deal worked out, Griffin was going to be drafted by a team that didn’t need him (the Rams), or a team that wouldn’t know how to use him […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 3/6/2012
Cincinnati RB Isaiah Pead was our 3rd round pick for the Rams in the NFLDW Experts Mock. The third round of the NFL Draft Wizard experts mock opened up with a run on running backs, as these mocks often do. The third and fourth rounds of the draft have been a gold mine for NFL […]
