Every now and again I get to post a legitimately “nice” item. You know, something other than injury carts and two-fisted practices and the new hope of the franchise having to spatula himself off the turf. So when Carrie at the United Way of Greater St Louis emailed me with this item, I was all […]

Coach Spagnuolo invited Dick Vermeil to speak to the Rams early in camp. It was a generous gesture, and signaled a willingness to embrace the giants of the past, without fear of being compared unfavorably to them. But Vermeil came not just to gladhand, but to lift up these players. OJ Atogwe came out of […]

Expanding a note from the “Ugly” section of our Minnesota game recap, the current Rams’ depth chart at cornerback is nothing short of frightening. With both Jerome Murphy (ankle sprain, out for a week according to Sando) and Kevin Dockery (hip pointer, “day to day” says Spagnuolo), the Rams’ DBs have been decimated. So who’s […]

Preseason Week 1: Vikings (0-0) at Rams (0-0) August 14, 2010 12:00 CST 7   28 NFL.com: Recap | Play by Play | Video Hope for the Saint Louis Rams has been long delayed. So what was a few plays longer? After an exchange of scoreless series, the Vikings prepared to punt away to the Sam […]

Last year at this time, I wrote up a new type of power rankings for the division, focused on the ten individuals — players, coaches, or other — who would have the single greatest impact on their team’s win/loss total for the year. (2009 Rankings: Part 1, Part 2). Topping my list last year was […]

He’s waiting for your call, Mr. Devaney VanRam at TurfShowTimes, master of the rhetorical question, asked into the wind: How many receivers will the Rams keep on the active roster? My guess, based on the Rams’ increased use of four-wide formations in camp so far, is at least five, and probably six. Which means that […]

The Rams had needs all over the board, heading into the 2010 draft, with defensive line a priority. So much of a priority that Ndamukong Suh and Gerald McCoy were in the team’s talks (in public, anyway) until the final week of pre-draft hype. However, once draft clock started, the Rams waited until the third […]

You might look at these photos and say “whoa, suddenly Will has skills!” Sadly, not true. The parents of RamsHerd drove up for the weekend, and my dad brought his big-guy camera along to get some action shots. We were set up on the 25 yard line close to the end zone where the action […]

Sam Bradford, genuine item. The Rams played their second annual Lindenwood scrimmage tonight in front of an appreciative crowd that happened to include SI’s Peter King. And while the Rams’ new $50 million dollar man didn’t take the first snap, he did make the most memorable throw: SI_PeterKing Just leaving Rams scrimmage at Lindenwood U. […]

I didn’t get to yesterday’s broiler on the practice field — and apparently most of my twitter folk did the sensible thing and stayed in the shade as well. CL7TWO another hot hot day of camp… 115 on the heat index or something… take this thing day by day So instead we entertain you with […]

Jason Smith watches practice from the sidelines. Note: I attended the evening practice. For a nice wrapup of the morning practice, check out this post by

Steven Jackson and Chris Ogbonnaya, your #1 and #2 backs? I wasn’t able to make it to yesterday afternoon’s practice, out of some misplaced dedication to my newfound desk job. I looked up at 3:00 though, and found my entire department empty. Wha?? Fortunately, the intrepid Rams fan

One item I totally omitted from my in-practice tweets, and from this morning’s in-depth training camp thoughts — not intentionally, but it was easy to miss because it felt so routine. The team scrimmaged 11-on-11, treating our line of the fence as the end zone, offense in traditional white jerseys and defense in navy blue […]

Mardy Gilyard greets the fans. It was a long walk back to my car after Saturday’s afternoon practice, the first full team practice and the first of the Sam Bradford Era. Longer than usual, thanks to the rather popular idea that it might be fun to spend a beautiful afternoon getting a first hand look […]