0 comments by Will Horton on 7/30/2011
Harvey Dahl has a new young quarterback to watch over. The Rams have been quiet while most of the big names in the free agent and trade market swirl around to land in other NFL cities. But when they’ve struck, it has been with precision, targeting the top players available at positions of need. And […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 7/29/2011
Red jersey season is about to begin, and everyone is all smiles. Rams fans in St Louis can be thankful to the lockout for one thing – the jumbled up offseason schedule didn’t allow the team to accede to coach Spagnuolo’s desire to move their training camp out of town. So instead of a long […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 7/28/2011
The Rams made their big splash so far in free agency with the signing of free safety Quintin Mikell. And we welcome him gladly. But now, with no more moves 48 hours later, the honeymoon period has worn off and the rumblings of frustration are reverberating among Rams fans. While Billy Devaney and Kevin Demoff […]
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The Rams have a little more room to play in the free agency pool… but not a lot. For those a little confused (and count me among them) by the Rams spending big on Quintin Mikell — 4 years, $27 million dollars, with $14 million guaranteed according to reports — just hours after it was […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 7/27/2011
The Rams have a little more room to play in the free agency pool… but not a lot. For those a little confused (and count me among them) by the Rams spending big on Quintin Mikell — 4 years, $27 million dollars, with $14 million guaranteed according to reports — just hours after it was […]
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New Rams free safety Quintin Mikell is equally talented against the run and the pass. The Rams made a surprising move in free agency Tuesday, signing perhaps the best free safety available, Philadelphia’s Quintin Mikell. Earlier today, we looked at pessimistic reports of the Rams’ salary cap room, and at the Rams’ apparent low priority […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 7/26/2011
Remember when we learned that the NFC West was the “richest” division in football in terms of cap money to spend in free agency? The news spawned a whole new round of free agent dreaming. “Why not Barry Cofield AND Reggie Bush AND Sidney Rice?” asks the dreamer. As it turns out, the cap-crunchers have […]
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For the last four months, ever since the players and owners stood up from their respective tables and went the paths of decertification, lawsuits, and locking the doors, it’s been awful hard to talk about football. Like a giant family of children caught in the middle of a very loud, very public and very messy […]
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Is UK running back Derrick Locke poised to join the Rams? The lockout is over and the first beneficiaries are the young men whose careers were most threatened by “irreparable damage” — the huge crop of free agents left over after the draft ended and were caught in labor limbo. The window for a UDFA […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 7/20/2011
The Bengals’ Evan Mathis could be a free agent steal after an injury-shortened 2010. Following up from this morning’s article, here is a quick look at some free agent options at the Guard position, courtesy of this list that Pro Football Focus put together back in March. I’m culling that list down to a players […]
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Is John Greco the Answer or not? Ignoring the stories of how Vincent Jackson and Logan Mankins are holding the NFL season ransom unless they are paid $10 million dollars, a deal between players and owners seems actually possible this week. Employees at Rams Park are preparing for training camp to begin this weekend, with […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 7/16/2011
There’s a rumor going around that the NFL lockout is about to end. No, really this time. And amidst that news comes the revelation that DeMaurice Smith is one crafty motherscratcher. It is now known that the owners began preparing in earnest for this lockout more than two years ago, as they negotiated a $4.3 […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 7/15/2011
Rams center Jason Brown signed the richest contract ever for a center in 2008. Says PFF’s Khaled Elsayed, “he has yet to go any way toward earning that big deal.” Since Billy Devaney came to the Rams, St. Louis has committed more money to the offensive line than any other team in the division: a […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 7/10/2011
Roger Goodell and DeMaurice Smith together in a rare show of positive spirits. Photo by Brian Blanco, AP. On a Monday, a blazing hot summer sky ripped open with explosions, the symbolic fires of war lighting up peaceful landscapes filled with the aromas of hot dogs and warm beer. Such began a week of paradox […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 7/1/2011
A Rams fan’s perceptions of Danny Amendola get turned upside down The St. Louis Rams, newly energized by the Josh McDaniels offense, will be a very hot topic for fantasy football players looking for those ever-elusive sleepers. Logically, Danny Amendola, the Rams’ leading pass catcher (85 receptions and 3 TDs on 114 targets, all team […]
