0 comments by Derek Pease on 6/18/2011
With the lockout still looming large over all of our heads. Rumor and speculation about when it willend seem to pop up every day from some “well connected source”. In the midst of the excitement about a possible end to this bleak offseason one thing seems to remain lost amongst the collective conscious of fans […]
0 comments by Derek Pease on 6/10/2011
A wiser, or at least more famous, man than I once said that any publicity is good publicity. What I took away from this is that if you’re in the news, for whatever reason, you’re alive, you have a pulse…you’re relevant. This hasn’t been the case around Rams Park since their 8-8 2004 playoff season. […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 6/9/2011
With no established receivers on the roster, the Rams seemingly can’t avoid being written into speculative internet headlines with every semi-available name-brand WR out there. Even one who is 34 years old and just spent the last two years in prison. So pardon us if we’re getting a little weary of it. A quick […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 6/8/2011
Locked out or not, where Bradford goes the Rams are following. James Laurinaitis, Sam Bradford and Ron Bartell are reconvening their hugely successful player-run minicamp this week, only this time they won’t be under the noses of the locked-away coaches and staff. They’ll be deep in enemy territory, in Phoenix, Arizona. The location change shouldn’t […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 6/2/2011
Reporters that inhabit the odd center of the sports/business/legal Venn diagram are descending on Saint Louis once again, in advent of tomorrow’s decision from the three-panel Judgeship of the 8th Circuit Court. On deck: a ruling, finally, on whether or not to re-lift the Lockout, upholding or kneecapping the decision by Judge Susan Nelson. Link: […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 5/31/2011
Torry Holt looks as natural in coach’s gear as he ever did on the field. Just sayin’… James Laurinaitis bringing the defense together. Sam Bradford acting like a coach on the field, barely a year removed from his draft day. If these examples of young leadership on display last week at the player-initiated minicamp at […]
0 comments by Derek Pease on 5/27/2011
Leadership, Hungry, Driven. It’s been awhile since anyone has used adjectives like these to describe the Rams. That is until this week’s OIFPW’s, or Organized Independent Football Player Workouts. I figure since the NFL is on lockout status, and the players no longer have a union, there really aren’t teams right now. So OTA’s cannot […]
0 comments by Will Horton
Even Google’s suggested search results are aware of a troubling meme for Gilyard. Nobody at Rams park runs like Mardy Gilyard. He darts, cuts, stutters and slips up the field, tracing a path through the open field like cigarette smoke through the air. To call it “elusive” isn’t close enough … like a squirrel, he […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 5/26/2011
Ownership is lined up on one side. Contract labor is lined up on the other. And like many labor disputes in the past, the company employees caught in the middle are expected to shut up and stay out of the way. For the most part, that’s what the GMs and coaches of the NFL have […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 5/24/2011
Sam Bradford runs through the play calls on the practice field, getting his protections straight. “Rise and Grind” has become the unofficial anthem of the self-motivated athlete — the mantra spoken as he wills himself forward through pain and frustration toward a goal of his choosing. Away from the lights, the promise of glory, or […]
0 comments by Brennan Smith
New Rams DE Robert Quinn, all smiles on draft day, faced an arduous path on his way to the pros. Robert Quinn’s football career has been a true test of character. It began after he was diagnosed with a serious brain tumor while in high school after suffering severe headaches and blackouts. He underwent serious […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 5/22/2011
Sam Bradford stands under center in his first game as a pro, a few yards north of midfield, trying to lead his team out of an early 3-0 hole. His eyes scan the Cardinals’ defense from right to left, a typical pattern for him, as he barks out the play and the protection scheme. He […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 5/20/2011
While the focus is on Bradford, his offensive line is doing work. He may have just finished his first season in the NFL, but already Sam Bradford is the only quarterback close to being a “sure thing” as starter in the NFC West. The Seahawks may or may not bring back Matt Hasselbeck (probably not), […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 5/17/2011
At this point, my entire set of 2011 posts might as well be categorized as “offseason.” Because unless something breaks next month, the possibilities of having an “on-season” are dubious. The 8th District Court here in St Louis issued a ruling Monday, finding with the owners and issuing a permanent stay to Judge Nelson’s lift […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 5/15/2011
Football Sundays are back! Join us in reliving the Rams’ 2010 season, week by week. The predictions were coming in all preseason — despite the buzz around Sam Bradford, the 2010 season was going to be another long mudslog through the worst division in football. SI’s pundits, former NFL scouts and sophisticated prediction machines agreed: […]
