What If Sports ran 1000 simulations of the 2009 season to find out which rookies would have the biggest impact. Two of our own St. Louis Rams were in the top 15. You guess is as good as mine…
15. James Laurinaitis, LB, St. Louis
I assume they have Laurinaitis penciled in at MLB for the Rams. [...]
While it’s clear the Rams have the intent of starting Jason Smith (they’d be crazy not to), the player who could make the most impact is none other than the 35th selection of the draft. While USC linebacker Rey Maualuga was still available (and was not chosen, to those fans still crying about it, get [...]
With the offseason fast approaching, it would be a good idea to delve into two of the position battles that the team will face this offseason.
Cornerback
The Rams are facing a battle for both nickelback and the other starting spot next to Ron Bartell. Tye Hill is the favorite for the other starting position going into [...]
While the Rams were not the only team to take a pass on him, there were plenty of questions as to why so many teams like the Rams passed on USC LB Rey Maualuga. Many thought that Maualuga would be a mid to high first-round pick, but instead ended up going in the second [...]
Via the list below posted by Jeff, let’s take a look at some of the Rams undrafted signees that have a legitimate shot at making the team, with some scouting data provided by NFL.com:
Roger Allen, OG:
Allen has a good upper strength and is able to secure the inside of the line. He has enough quickness [...]
Here’s the list of signees from Around the Horns:
Roger Allen/G/Missouri Western State
Ekenemchukwu Asiodu/LB/Central Oklahoma State
Jarrett Byers/WR/NE Oklahoma State
Ian Campbell/DL/Kansas State
Quentin Chaney/WR/Oklahoma
Dominic Douglas/LB/Mississippi State
Ray Feinga/G/Brigham Young
Jerome Johnson/FB/Nevada-Reno
Mike Newkirk/DL/Wisconsin
David Oswald/T/Brigham Young
Cordelius Parks/CB/Northeastern
Kirston Pittman/DL/Louisiana State
Mark Rubin/SS/Penn State
Daniel Sanders/C/Colorado
Phillip Trautwein/T/Florida
No matter how meaningless they are, pundits and everyone from Sam at the butcher shop all put together their draft grades for each team one day after the draft. These grades are less than meaningless, but yet we read them and continue to talk about them.
Yahoo! gives the Rams a B.
B. Smith should continue [...]
The Rams added a RB who should be able to compete for depth behind SJ39. Ogbonnaya is a RB from Texas University, coming in at 5’ 11”, 220lbs. He started 13 games last year and ran for 373 yards and 4 touchdowns, while adding 540 yards and three scores in the passing game.
He’s a capable [...]
There isn’t much to find on the QB from West Texas AM, but from what I can find, he should have every opportunity to make the team as a third stringer. He has good size at 6’ 4” 220lbs and according to NFL.com has great accuracy to go along with good speed for someone of [...]
The Rams stuck to their boards and their grades and filled out a lot of the many needs they had.
In the first round, the Rams got a starter at either tackle spot in Jason Smith. He should be starting at RT in his rookie season, but should move the LT in his sophmore season assuming [...]
