Posts Tagged ‘chris long’

St Louis Rams Fantasy Update

What a difference a few weeks can make. Last time we reviewed the Rams roster from a fantasy perspective we’d just won our first game. Another win and a painful loss later and the Rams season is starting to look a little less rosy. Sam Bradford is still a worthwhile fantasy backup and viable bye-week [...]

Training Camp Position Breakdown: DE

After a break, as we count down to roster cutdown day, let’s take a look at the rest of the Rams lineup to see who’s who. Chris Long – Chris Long finally started to turn it on at the end of 2009; you could almost see the light bulb go off over his head.  He [...]

Rams Drop Gloves As Training Camp Nears End

Excuse me while I mix sports metaphors in the title of this post, but the Rams players patience grows thin as the practices feel longer.  No longer fresh from the offseason and each player sporting his fair share of bumps and bruises, the Rams had three count’em three kerfluffles at today’s training camp practice.  The [...]

Rams Featured On MMA Athletics

Rams Training MMA Style

The Rams have embraced the MMA-style training that is lead by Fox Sports reporter Jay Glazer.  Glazer and the full MMA training team were in St. Louis at the Rams training facility this offseason.  As proved by this picture of the Rams training facility.  Here is another picture of what appears to be Chris Long [...]

Who To Keep: Defensive Ends

With the Rams season over, it is time to think about who should be back next year at every position.  Let’s take a look through player by player. Next up are the defensive ends. Leonard Little – Little is an unrestricted free agent and may possibly retire.  If he is willing, the Rams should bring [...]

Long Improvement

ESPN’s NFC West blogger, Mike Sando, chimes in with a very encouraging stat about Rams young defensive end, Chris Long. Rams defensive end Chris Long had more sacks this season — 5.0 — than Terrell Suggs, Julian Peterson, Shawne Merriman, Albert Haynesworth, Richard Seymour or Aaron Kampman. This only further supports what we all saw [...]

Patience with Chris Long

Rams fans, myself included have been impatient with number 2 overall selection in the 2008 draft, defensive end Chris Long.  However, with the recent trade of Gaines Adams to the Chicago Bears, the prospect of developing sack-heavy defensive ends has come into focus.  Gaines Adams is a similar comparison to Chris Long as he was [...]