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 […]
0 comments by Brennan Smith
Only two days ago I wrote the Rams need to make a splash in free agency. Today I am left confused, underwhelmed and annoyed. The theme of the Rams continues to be “better safe than sorry” while the big free agency fish swim off to richer ponds. Just today, the free agency golden goose, Sidney […]
0 comments by Will Horton
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 […]
0 comments by Will Horton
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 […]
0 comments by Will Horton
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 […]
0 comments by Will Horton
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 Brennan Smith
Last year, I would have gladly settled for mediocrity from the Rams. My expectations were at a relatively low level after starting over from a one win season and hinging the outcome of 2010 on a rookie quarterback with injury questions. Then the team exploded with a 7-9 season and an almost playoff berth built […]
0 comments by Derek Pease on 7/22/2011
Soooo…the premise of today’s post was supposed to be what approach the Rams are going to or should take when Free Agency opens tomorrow. Yeah, that’s not going to happen. As our town’s Mike Shannon so famously once said, “you have to get up pretty early to try and sneak sunshine by a rooster.” I […]
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 […]
0 comments by Will Horton
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 Brennan Smith on 7/19/2011
The addition of Cofield and Umenyiora could be huge Steve Spagnuolo’s reputation was built on relentless pressure and dominating defense, especially after leading the 2007 Giants to a Super Bowl title over the heavily favored Patriots. The men in blue turned Tom Brady black and blue all day, stifling a record breaking passing game through […]
