0 comments by Will Horton on 2/15/2011
Mark Clayton would love to return to the Rams. He may not have a choice without free agency in 2011. There’s a lot of doom and gloom being reported on the NFL labor talks, as many cognoscenti in the media predict that there won’t be any urgency until Training Camp, and no agreement until Labor […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 2/10/2011
Ryan Burns, in his latest Football Sickness podcast, said of the labor talks: “I’m like Milton Bradley and dinosaurs when it comes to the Lockout. I refuse to believe it exists.” This carefully architected attitude of disbelief allows us to imagine the Rams taking big steps forward — Bradford soaking in the McDaniels offense as […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 2/9/2011
ESPN’s latest Outside the Lines segment is a compelling look at a question that faces us not just as football fans, but as parents: is the game too violent for young kids? How old should you be before you strap on pads and helmets? It’s a question that Chris Long, one of the stars of […]
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I am a patient man. I’ll wait, I’ll wait, I’ll wait, I’ll wait. This man’s personal faith is ridiculously deep. 13 weeks into the miraculous 1999 Rams season, his car spun out of control off the highway at 70 miles per hour, his girlfriend in the passenger seat, life or death or dismemberment or at […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 2/4/2011
2009 2010 Improvement Points Scored 175 289 +114 Points Allowed 436 328 -108 The stats say the offense and defense both improved dramatically in 2010. So why does WPA favor the D? 2010 saw the Rams take a huge leap forward in respectability on both side of the ball, jumping from one win to […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 2/3/2011
This game hardly needs introduction: it is as revered in Rams history as any single moment or achievement of the franchise’s history. This game crowned the miraculous worst-to-first rise of the team colored royal blue and corn yellow, befitting its mix of world-class talent (Marshall Faulk, Isaac Bruce, Torry Holt, Orlando Pace) and products of […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 2/2/2011
Apparently winning RamsHerd’s first annual “Most Necessary Rookie Performance” award didn’t exactly mean that Rodger Saffold would start getting the star treatment. According to a nicely revealing feature in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Saffold is still plenty comfortable blending into the shadows. In a recent appearance at his alma mater in Bedford, Saffold wore a […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 2/1/2011
With the help from Football Outsiders’ Aaron Schatz, Hulu is reliving the ten greatest Super Bowls of all time. The Rams show up on this list three times. First up? Super Bowl XIV, Rams vs Steelers in Pasadena. You can enjoy a 22-minute flashback, courtesy of NFL films. “Super Bowl XIV took its shape just […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 1/31/2011
James Hall and the Rams’ rebuilt defensive line increased their sack total from 25 to 43 in one season. Mission accomplished? Or just beginning? Despite a seemingly annual procession of high draft picks, the Rams’ defensive line always played as less than the sum of its parts, until 2010. The transformation, led by coach Spagnuolo, […]
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One week remains until the Super Bowl, and the representatives for the players and owners have this time to sit down and come together and figure out how to salvage the 2011 season. All of it. Not just the games in September (or August, if an 18-game schedule is rammed down our throats), but the […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 1/28/2011
Like a ninja, Laurinaitis may be almost unseen but deadly effective. James Laurinaitis’ rookie year was about as good as it could be. He played every snap, made the defensive calls for a team that allowed 29 fewer points than the year before, led the team in tackles, and his name rang out as a […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 1/27/2011
Fenton, MO: The place where automotive dreams were made could become the place where Rams history hangs from the rafters. On August 24 of last year, Stan Kroenke was officially confirmed as sole owner of the Rams. Unofficially, rumors and speculation had already been flying around for weeks connecting him with the old Chrysler plant […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 1/26/2011
Danny Watkins: an ideal cross between Richie Incognito’s ferocity and Adam Goldberg’s technique? The Senior Bowl’s third day of practice winds down, and reports filtering in have one thing in common: unabashed love for DE Cameron Jordan, whose scouting report boils down to a single word: “unblockable.” However, the Rams’ interest in Jordan may be […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 1/23/2011
Mike Iupati was one of the breakout stars of last year’s Senior Bowl. Who will be there this year? With apologies to the East-West Shrine Game, Senior Bowl week is when my excitement for draft prospects and hidden gems really starts up. There is a great mix of talent here with top players able to […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 1/21/2011
“With the first overall pick in the 2010 draft, the Saint Louis Rams select… Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska!” I’m not ashamed to say that I was a member of the “Draft Suh” contingent among Rams fans, as were many of us. In the first rev of our 2010 Mock Draft, back in February of last year, […]
