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Rams Roster Rundown

Van Ram over at Turf Show Times has a new post up detailing where the Rams stand as far as their roster is concerned. He runs down position by position looking at where the Rams are the weakest and where they could add players late in free agency.
That article is located here.
The main question [...]

Posted by Jeff Roman on Jun 30 2008

Source: Rams Disappointed Not Landing OL Sims

From: Pro Football Weekly
We hear the Rams were pretty disappointed after the division-rival Niners beat them to the punch in securing the services of veteran OL Barry Sims, who started 119 games in nine seasons in Oakland before being released at the end of February. Word is the team believes it needs more depth at [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jun 29 2008

Rams QBs: All Time

This week, Pro Football Reference published three articles rating QBs for all time. They showed the worst regular season QBs of all time, the best regular season QBs of all time and the best playoff QBs of all time. They ranked the QBs for both career and single season.
First the good [...]

Posted by Jeff Roman on Jun 25 2008

OL Sims Sims Chooses Niners

Barry Sims has made a decision on his recent job search and has decided to stay in the Bay Area and sign with the San Francicso 49ers. Pro Football Talk has the dish here
He has played for his whole career previous to this transaction with the team across the bay, the Oakland Raiders.
The Rams [...]

Posted by Jeff Roman on Jun 23 2008

PFW: Could Final Pick in Draft Make the Rams Roster?

From: Pro Football Weekly
The Rams selected Idaho LB David Vobora with the last selection in this year’s 252-player draft, but with depth at linebacker in short supply in St. Louis, we hear Vobora will be far from irreverent, as both he and fellow seventh-round pick Chris Chamberlain appear to have an excellent shot at making [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jun 22 2008

Jackon’s Latest Interview a Little too Much in Detail

Steven Jackson recently gave an interview to Michael Silver in which he goes into painful detail about getting dumped by his agent, his contract, and yep, his colonoscopy.
We can speculate about his player-agent relationship, but simply agents do not fire players who are going into the final season of their contract. Jackson and Silver chalk [...]

Posted by Jeff Roman on Jun 21 2008

Offensive Line Depth has Never Been So Cool

While we are in the doldrums of the NFL offseason the only thing to talk about is the small pool of free agents available to sign. June 1st used to bring a bounty of overpriced veterans into the free agent market, but the last few years have been different. Teams are being more careful with [...]

Posted by Jeff Roman on Jun 20 2008

Barry Sims: Who is this guy?

For the last few days, Barry Sims has been touring around the NFL like he is Reggie White circa 1993. He has met with the Rams, Ravens, Patriots and 49ers. He is looking to both compete for a starting spot and play on a playoff team. First and foremost, only the Patriots [...]

Posted by Jeff Roman on Jun 19 2008

Klopfenstein and Pittman Impressing so far in OTA’s

From: Pro Football Weekly
Rams head coach Scott Linehan, who team insiders tell us continues to look and act like he has been given a new lease on life, believes the two most improved players in this year’s OTAs were third-year TE Joe Klopfenstein, who has struggled more often than not during his first two seasons [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jun 16 2008

New QB Gradkowski Trying to Settle in with New Team

New Rams QB Bruce Gradkowski is trying to fit in with his new team, and admits that just trying to make it as the 3rd QB is going to be a challenge. “It’s tough, but that’s how it goes,” Gradkowski said Thursday after organized team activities concluded at Rams Park. “I just look at [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jun 13 2008