The Kroenke Bombshell: A Method in the Madness?

Stan Kroenke: No longer content with minority owner status? Stan Kroenke, on the verge of announcing his intentions vis a vis the Rams, had a bombshell dropped in his lap: a 16% share of the Arsenal soccer club (long pursued by Kroenke) was put up for sale by a Lady Bracewell-Smith. His response? A bombshell […]

A Week of Deadlines

2010: Year of the Ram? This may not be the Year of the Ram, but I don’t need to be a Chinese Astrologer to tell you that this week is going to be critical to the Rams in a lot of different ways… starting with a critical ownership decision on Monday. Monday, Aril 12th, Stan […]

The other shoe drops: Marc Bulger is a free man

When the Redskins pulled out of the Sam Bradford sweepstakes, choosing the “win now” option of Donovan McNabb over the “rebuild for the long term” option of a high-pick quarterback, it meant there was no looking back for the Rams. Well, the Rams officially went all-in on their decision to get that high-round quarterback, by […]

McNabb to the Redskins destroys the Rams’ trade leverage

Well, now that the only realistic potential trader for Sam Bradford’s services now has its franchise quarterback, I really hope things go well for the Rams and Bradford during their private workout on the 19th. Because now there’s no turning back. Yes, you could argue that McNabb’s window is limited and that the Redskins could […]

The Bradford-Elway comparison

Bernie Miklasz plays devil’s advocate in his latest column, and lists five reasons why Bradford-to-St Louis is not yet a done deal. Most frightening to St Louisans? The prospect that, like John Elway and Eli Manning before him, Bradford could be drafted by the Rams but refuse to play for them. If Bradford really, really […]

Bradford to the Redskins? (Peter) King’s Ransom

Peter King’s MMQB this week leads off with a “49% chance” that Bradford ends up in Washington. We’ve already discussed the “king’s ransom” of picks that it would take to pry Bradford away from St Louis: here’s what Peter King throws out as a possible package: My money’s on the 51 percent of Brandt’s prediction […]

3/29: the day Sam Bradford came out of his shell

The day started with breakfast with Billy Devaney. It ended with “a lot of questions answered.” Sam Bradford’s Pro Day has now come and gone, and the Rams have between now and their private workout on the 19th of April to cement contract terms with Tom Condon, and fully push the reset button on this […]

Contemplating “Plan B” at Quarterback

Yesterday’s rumored deal between the Rams and Eagles sparked a firestorm of response — perhaps most interestingly during the course of yesterday’s “Fast Lane” show on ESPN Radio, which from 3 pm to 6pm broadcast the entire life cycle of the rumor from birth to death. (Count D’Marco Farr and Brian Stull among the bitterly […]

Dairy Farm vs the Rumor Mill: Which has more BS?

Regarding the rumor that the Rams have offered a trade for Donovan McNabb, I ask you: which smells worse? Option A: Option B: Dealing for a hugely expensive 11-year veteran QB with questionable wheels when the team has one other weapon on offense, and a stable of unproven receivers, less than a week before Sam […]

Revisiting the “Three Rules” of drafting QBs

Okay, let’s say that it is a done deal, the Rams will draft Sam Bradford. Are the Rams actually fully organizationally “ready” to draft a Quarterback? Let’s revisit the three rules of Jason Cole’s Step by Step Guide to drafting a QB, and see what it means for the rest of the Rams’ draft, and […]

Five Stages of Acceptance: Sam Bradford is the Pick

Yesterday’s poll, asking whether I should stick to my guns and go down fighting for the Ndamukong Suh pick or go with the increasingly strong momentum toward Sam Bradford, has generated mixed results: equal votes both ways. But more telling than the vote cast, to me, was the relative lack of response, even for a […]

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