Bernie Miklasz plays devil’s advocate in his latest column, and lists five reasons why Bradford-to-St Louis is not yet a done deal. Most frightening to St Louisans? The prospect that, like John Elway and Eli Manning before him, Bradford could be drafted by the Rams but refuse to play for them. If Bradford really, really […]

Peter King’s MMQB this week leads off with a “49% chance” that Bradford ends up in Washington. We’ve already discussed the “king’s ransom” of picks that it would take to pry Bradford away from St Louis: here’s what Peter King throws out as a possible package: My money’s on the 51 percent of Brandt’s prediction […]

The day started with breakfast with Billy Devaney. It ended with “a lot of questions answered.” Sam Bradford’s Pro Day has now come and gone, and the Rams have between now and their private workout on the 19th of April to cement contract terms with Tom Condon, and fully push the reset button on this […]

Yesterday’s rumored deal between the Rams and Eagles sparked a firestorm of response — perhaps most interestingly during the course of yesterday’s “Fast Lane” show on ESPN Radio, which from 3 pm to 6pm broadcast the entire life cycle of the rumor from birth to death. (Count D’Marco Farr and Brian Stull among the bitterly […]

Regarding the rumor that the Rams have offered a trade for Donovan McNabb, I ask you: which smells worse? Option A: Option B: Dealing for a hugely expensive 11-year veteran QB with questionable wheels when the team has one other weapon on offense, and a stable of unproven receivers, less than a week before Sam […]

Okay, let’s say that it is a done deal, the Rams will draft Sam Bradford. Are the Rams actually fully organizationally “ready” to draft a Quarterback? Let’s revisit the three rules of Jason Cole’s Step by Step Guide to drafting a QB, and see what it means for the rest of the Rams’ draft, and […]

If you’ve been following mock drafts, you know that the conventional wisdom now has the Rams taking Sam Bradford #1 overall, throwing caution (and the lessons of Alex Smith, JaMarcus Russell, Tim Couch, David Carr and Vinny Testaverde) to the wind. But thanks to the fine work by @MockDraftMaster to aggregate and score this year’s […]

Sad news today as the Rams mourn the passing of Merlin Olsen, a few short months after his number was retired. VanRam at TST has a nice tribute, as does Matt at RamsGab. The official Rams site has a very classy graphic tribute to his career. The full writeup is here.

The few worthy names in the free agent pile have quickly disappeared off the boards, snapped up like fat tourists in a shark tank. Nate Burleson, top FA wide receiver? Signed to Drew Bennett money. Julius Peppers? The Bears offered a Scrooge McDuck-esque swimming pool full of cash. Personal favorite Aaron Kampman? After a whirlwind […]

The Rams’ first splash in free agency was more of a ripple than a big splash — signing AJ Feeley away from somebody or another, to replace Mr. Carrie Prejean as the Rams’ backup quarterback. But wait, there could be reason to get excited about this pickup! As intrepid reader @RossMiles points out, Feeley is […]

We might have seen the last days of Oshiomogho Atogwe on the Rams, and we won’t get even a draft pick in compensation if he leaves. That’s the risk the Rams face based on their decision today, to tender Atogwe at the lowest level. If the Rams had tendered Atogwe at a higher level — […]

It was a new year, and Rams fans were more than ready for a new start. When news broke that Marc Bulger was considering retirement, a collective “hallelujah!” rang out; since then, however, the story yet to be confirmed in any meaningful way. And as Coach Spagnuolo is fond of reminding us, “Marc is still […]

What did we learn from the NFL Combine? Lots of things, some more useful than others. Devaney and the Rams have narrowed (or widened?) the field of potential top picks to four players: DEs Ndamukong Suh, Gerald McCoy, and QBs Sam Bradford and Jimmy Clausen. While it’s in keeping with his tendency to not tip […]

John Clayton put on his “business of football” hat and wrote a pretty compelling argument on ESPN about why the Rams will take a quarterback first overall — without distinguishing between Bradford or Clausen. It’s not about football, says Clayton, it’s about money — specifically, top-3 money. (Well, it’s a little bit about football, as […]

Josh Johnson… a dealbreaker? All the chatter between RamsHerd and What the Bucs about a possible deal between the Bucs and Rams has, from our perspective, centered on one critical question — does the deal make sense? Judging from the results from our Facebook poll, at least five Rams fans think so. Now, though, there’s […]