0 comments by Will Horton on 1/25/2013
By hiring Rob Ryan to be his defensive coordinator, Jeff Fisher completes a circle of sorts. Fisher came up in the NFL as one of many understudies of Buddy Ryan. Fisher's coaching life begain as his playing career ended, as a member of the elder Ryan's vaunted 1985 Chicago Bears defense. Years later, Buddy Ryan […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 1/23/2013
Every year there are dramatic risers at the Senior Bowl, from Ryan Tannehill and Von Miller in the past two years to Philip Rivers in 2004. At this level, many players have similar skills, but it takes head-to-head competition in front of the scouts for them to elevate. One example this season might be Eric […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 1/22/2013
If you're looking for draft value, the Senior Bowl is often a place to find it. By its name alone, you know exactly what it is, and what it isn't. The Senior Bowl isn't a collection of the most obscenely explosive talents in football — those players almost always leave school as soon as they […]
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0 comments by Will Horton on 1/20/2013
Holding two picks at the turning point of the first round, who will the Rams target? No one knows, of course, but something approaching a consensus is emerging among the mock draft community. I surveyed a dozen mock drafts that have been released in the past week, and two players have been mocked to the […]
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Our resident master of media, Tim Shields, has been producing fantastic video breakdowns of key Rams plays all season long. Now, he is branching out once again, this time into sports radio. This Sunday evening, after the playoff games are over, I will be joining Tim on his new radio show (tentatively titled "Shields of […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 1/18/2013
Well, Bob, here we are again. It’s the end of the year, and we’ve got guys whose contract with the Rams is up. It’s a fun time, isn’t it? I mean, fun for us, not so much for these guys who just spent five months getting the you-know-what beat out of them every week, and […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 1/17/2013
Veteran fantasy football drafters know about risk and reward. They know that waiting on a quarterback is a risk, as you let premier talents like Tom Brady and Drew Brees slip off the board. They know that drafting Peyton Manning, two years, one team change and at least four neck surgeries removed from his last […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 1/16/2013
Of yesterday's group of mock drafts released by the NFL.com pundits, none was more ominous than Albert Breer's, which called for zero quarterbacks to be drafted in the first round. Now, it appears that Mel Kiper is jumping on the bandwagon, as he releases his first mock draft of the season. (ESPN Insider link) The […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 1/14/2013
Last week we weighed the St Louis Rams' top needs that we'd like to see addressed in the 2013 NFL Draft. But of course, every draft class is different, and none come with a perfect set of players jigsaw-cut to fill any one team's roster holes precisely. With that in mind, we reached out to […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 1/11/2013
Whether the Rams draft for need or follow a strict best-player-available strategy, at the end of the day Rams fans won't be happy unless the safety position has been markedly upgraded. In keeping with Brennan's review of the top safety prospects for the Rams in the draft, an internal poll (taken before Brennan's article published) […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 1/7/2013
Holding the #2 pick in the 2012 draft and a mandate to rebuild the St Louis Rams in his image, Jeff Fisher had a big decision to make. Should he stick with Sam Bradford, to whom the franchise had committed vast resources — both financially and philosophically — or move on and draft one of […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 12/31/2012
The end of a long year already feels like the beginning of something new for St Louis football. That's a great feeling, and an unusual one, for Rams fans inured to losing seasons. A fan's normal practice come the first week of January is to stow all their Rams gear and their pride in the […]
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Do you believe in moral victories? If so, there was a lot to like in the St Louis Rams' spirited 20-13 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. If not, then the NFL Draft starts on April 25th and you can busily set yourself to playing armchair GM to get us to the next level. The positive […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 12/30/2012
The Seattle Seahawks are riding a five-game winning streak, and the last three of those games have seen them go on a tear of a magnitude unprecedented in NFL history. Through a combination of offensive firepower and defensive opportunity, Pete Carroll's team has amassed 150 points in their last three contests. Joked Jeff Fisher in […]
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0 comments by Will Horton on 12/27/2012
Maybe it's a by-product of being a Rams fan, but I have a love for home makeover shows, especially This Old House. The plot is always the same – a homeowner has a falling-down property, and the situation looks hopeless until a salty curmudgeon shows up with a team of expert carpenters, architects and designers. […]
