0 comments by Will Horton on 7/16/2011
There’s a rumor going around that the NFL lockout is about to end. No, really this time. And amidst that news comes the revelation that DeMaurice Smith is one crafty motherscratcher. It is now known that the owners began preparing in earnest for this lockout more than two years ago, as they negotiated a $4.3 […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 7/15/2011
Rams center Jason Brown signed the richest contract ever for a center in 2008. Says PFF’s Khaled Elsayed, “he has yet to go any way toward earning that big deal.” Since Billy Devaney came to the Rams, St. Louis has committed more money to the offensive line than any other team in the division: a […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 7/10/2011
Roger Goodell and DeMaurice Smith together in a rare show of positive spirits. Photo by Brian Blanco, AP. On a Monday, a blazing hot summer sky ripped open with explosions, the symbolic fires of war lighting up peaceful landscapes filled with the aromas of hot dogs and warm beer. Such began a week of paradox […]
0 comments by Derek Pease on 7/1/2011
What was once a weakness for the St. Louis Rams is steadily becoming one of their strengths. Spagnulo and company still have work to do but coach Spags’ defensive pedigree is showing. After years of just flat out blowing high draft picks on defensive busts the likes of Claude Wroten, Jimmy Kennedy(bust at least for […]
0 comments by Will Horton
A Rams fan’s perceptions of Danny Amendola get turned upside down The St. Louis Rams, newly energized by the Josh McDaniels offense, will be a very hot topic for fantasy football players looking for those ever-elusive sleepers. Logically, Danny Amendola, the Rams’ leading pass catcher (85 receptions and 3 TDs on 114 targets, all team […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 6/27/2011
One of the best new reads on the interwebs right now for hardcore film study is from Matt Waldman (@MattWaldman on Twitter). His new website, http://mattwaldmanrsp.com, offers Grantland-length features, but with none of the snark, fluff, or self-importance. Instead, you get the attention to football detail that you might expect from a seasoned NFL analyst […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 6/25/2011
Two years ago, on June 24th, I sat down to write my first feature for RamsHerd. In the tiny monkey-filled room of my brain, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. I’d been a part of the venerable Turf Show Times community for some time, writing occasional long-form rants and […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 6/24/2011
Infographic: The NFL lags far behind the other three major sports in fan relations. Click for full size image. While working on our series on the Rams’ rise up ESPN’s Ultimate Franchise Rankings (part 1, part 2, part 3), we discovered an interesting little statistical tidbit. The Rams’ ranking on “Fan Relations” leaped forward from […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 6/22/2011
Why is fixing this ranking so important? No less than the pride of the fan is at stake. Here’s a quick quiz, America of 2009, name a St Louis Ram not named “Steven Jackson.” Take your time, we’ll wait. The name recognition value of the franchise had hit a low ebb as the Rams’ Ultimate […]
0 comments by Will Horton
Why is fixing this ranking so important? No less than the pride of the fan is at stake. Here’s a quick quiz, America of 2009, name a St Louis Ram not named “Steven Jackson.” Take your time, we’ll wait. The name recognition value of the franchise had hit a low ebb as the Rams’ Ultimate […]
0 comments by Will Horton
Why is fixing this ranking so important? No less than the pride of the fan is at stake. Here’s a quick quiz, America of 2009, name a St Louis Ram not named “Steven Jackson.” Take your time, we’ll wait. The name recognition value of the franchise had hit a low ebb as the Rams’ Ultimate […]
0 comments by Brennan Smith
The good news is Stan Kroenke said he is planning to open his wallet for new additions and retaining some of his best football players. The bad news is, it may be the wrong football team if you are a Rams fan. Following his takeover in St. Louis, Kroenke shelled out another reported $1.2 billion […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 6/21/2011
Whether he wants it or not, help for Steven Jackson may soon be on the way. As a huge contingent of players and owners sit down to meet, ESPN is reporting that a basic framework of a deal is in place. Part of that deal? A return to a four-year path to unrestricted free agency, […]
0 comments by Will Horton
Ten Teams Least “Committed” to their city ESPN’s ranking among all 122 US Professional sports teams. (1 is best, 122 is worst) NFL Team Rating Stadium Age Titans 91 12 yrs Browns 96 12 yrs Jaguars 98 16 yrs Rams 106 16 yrs 49ers 108 51 yrs Bills 112 38 yrs Raiders 113 45 yrs […]
0 comments by Will Horton
According to ESPN’s Ultimate Franchise Rankings, Sam Bradford and the reborn Rams are now ranked #83 among the 122 professional sports teams across football, baseball, basketball and hockey. And we’re celebrating. As unimpressive as that rank might seem, this represents the highest they’ve ranked since 2007. More importantly, the trend line is pointing upward just […]
