Posts Tagged ‘James Laurinaitis’

Looking Ahead: Linebackers

With the Rams completely out of contention this season, and everyone already looking ahead to the Rams Super Bowl (also known as The NFL Draft), it is already time to take a look at where the Rams roster stands for 2012 and beyond.  Today, we are going to take a look at the linebackers. 2012 [...]

On The Bubble: LB Edition

With the cutdown from 80 to 53 players coming on Saturday, there is no better time than the present to look at the Rams roster and who will make the team, today is linebackers.  The decisions here have been made easier by the early moves to waive Na’il Diggs and David Vobora.

James Laurinaitis Says His Chest Will Be “Fine”

I started to get a bit worried about the Rams for the first time this season when hearing about James Laurinaitis tweaking his pectoral muscle yesterday in practice.  The Rams young and up and coming defense is epitomized by Laurinaitis, who is steady, hardworking and a fast learner.  He took over the starting role in [...]

Training Camp Position Breakdown: LB

Training camp is over and the cutdown days are almost upon us.  So, let’s quickly sort the rest of the team out to see what they have.  Today is the linebackers aka ex-The Ohio State University linebackers. James Laurinaitis – James is the Rams cornerstone on defense for years to come.  Although he is not [...]

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 [...]

James Laurinaitis Got One Vote for DROY

In a series of very odd votes (yes, two!), James Laurinaitis only came out with one vote for the defensive rookie of the year.  The one single vote put him in 5th place in the voting. Obviously, we are biased here, but it seems like Laurinaitis’s play in 2009 should warrant more than 1 vote.  [...]

Who To Keep: LB

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 linebackers. James Laurinatis – Laurinatis will be a starter and a 3 down middle linebacker and the defensive quarterback for the foreseeable future [...]

Smith Behind Laurinaitis When It Comes to Development in Camp?

Pro Football Weekly reports that rookie Jason Smith has not exactly been having a great camp: Short of calling Rams first-round draft pick Jason Smith a disappointment, team insiders agree that he is far behind second-round draft pick James Laurinaitis in terms of his development at the pro level. While Laurinaitis appears to have quickly [...]