NFC West 2010 Power Rankings, Part 1

Last year at this time, I wrote up a new type of power rankings for the division, focused on the ten individuals — players, coaches, or other — who would have the single greatest impact on their team’s win/loss total for the year. (2009 Rankings: Part 1, Part 2). Topping my list last year was […]

Why the Rams should stop fooling around and sign Danario Alexander

He’s waiting for your call, Mr. Devaney VanRam at TurfShowTimes, master of the rhetorical question, asked into the wind: How many receivers will the Rams keep on the active roster? My guess, based on the Rams’ increased use of four-wide formations in camp so far, is at least five, and probably six. Which means that […]

Rams Camp Spotlight: George Selvie Earning Praise

The Rams had needs all over the board, heading into the 2010 draft, with defensive line a priority. So much of a priority that Ndamukong Suh and Gerald McCoy were in the team’s talks (in public, anyway) until the final week of pre-draft hype. However, once draft clock started, the Rams waited until the third […]

Photos from Lindenwood

You might look at these photos and say “whoa, suddenly Will has skills!” Sadly, not true. The parents of RamsHerd drove up for the weekend, and my dad brought his big-guy camera along to get some action shots. We were set up on the 25 yard line close to the end zone where the action […]

Bradford winning fans at Lindenwood scrimmage

Sam Bradford, genuine item. The Rams played their second annual Lindenwood scrimmage tonight in front of an appreciative crowd that happened to include SI’s Peter King. And while the Rams’ new $50 million dollar man didn’t take the first snap, he did make the most memorable throw: SI_PeterKing Just leaving Rams scrimmage at Lindenwood U. […]

Rounding up the Herd: Wednesday Edition

I didn’t get to yesterday’s broiler on the practice field — and apparently most of my twitter folk did the sensible thing and stayed in the shade as well. CL7TWO another hot hot day of camp… 115 on the heat index or something… take this thing day by day So instead we entertain you with […]

Rams Practice Notes: August 3

Jason Smith watches practice from the sidelines. Note: I attended the evening practice. For a nice wrapup of the morning practice, check out this post by

Rams Practice Notes: Monday August 2

Steven Jackson and Chris Ogbonnaya, your #1 and #2 backs? I wasn’t able to make it to yesterday afternoon’s practice, out of some misplaced dedication to my newfound desk job. I looked up at 3:00 though, and found my entire department empty. Wha?? Fortunately, the intrepid Rams fan

Rams Camp: Bonus notes & linkage

One item I totally omitted from my in-practice tweets, and from this morning’s in-depth training camp thoughts — not intentionally, but it was easy to miss because it felt so routine. The team scrimmaged 11-on-11, treating our line of the fence as the end zone, offense in traditional white jerseys and defense in navy blue […]

Practice Observations: July 31

Mardy Gilyard greets the fans. It was a long walk back to my car after Saturday’s afternoon practice, the first full team practice and the first of the Sam Bradford Era. Longer than usual, thanks to the rather popular idea that it might be fun to spend a beautiful afternoon getting a first hand look […]

The last day of Sam Bradford’s innocence

When he’s on the field, an easy smile has always come to the face of the new holder of the richest rookie contract in NFL history. The smile seems to say that this game of football has been pretty fun so far. He had fun at Putnam City North in Oklahoma City, though he never […]

The new Rams’ “Old School” mentality toward player development

UPDATE, following Saffold’s contract signing today: OneRamsWay Per OL coach Steve Loney, as expected, Saffold will work at right tackle. So take Saffold’s part in this post with a grain of salt. The larger concern remains, though. The Rams had their pick of an epic rookie class of left tackles with the #2 pick in […]

Rams Scoring Woes? Don’t Blame the Offensive Line

At least, not according to an intriguing set of offensive line rankings put forward by Neil Hornsby and the fellows at Pro Football Focus. Unlike in purely results-oriented rankings like those at Football Outsiders, PFF rates the pure blocking play of the linemen, regardless of the outcome of the play itself. So, for example, if […]

Brandon Gibson, unscripted

The Rams have taken a good idea — making training camp practices open to the public — and made it better, by opening the gates for a full 29 practice sessions. [Here’s a link to the Rams’ training camp schedule.] Players are going to be getting plenty of fan interaction after the morning sessions, the […]

The Big Terrell Owens Question

Apparently, Terrell Owens couldn’t possibly be more available. That’s the subtext behind the rumors being floated around that the number of teams still talking to Owens and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, is down to two: the Bengals, and the Rams. This leads to a predictable pundit war for credibility, with ESPN’s Chris Mortensen saying that […]

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