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Rams number 2 overall selection from 2009, LT Jason Smith lost most of his rookie year to various injuries.  First it was his knee and then a concussion.  Now, Smith will miss the rest of the offseason OTAs and minicamps with a stress fracture in his toe.  It is only the offseason, so this is [...]

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 [...]

With all the talk of the upcoming NFL draft, there will always be comparisons to last year’s draft and how every player matches up to last year’s high picks.  So, this year Oklahoma State’s offensive tackle Russell Okung was being compared to the Rams second overall selection Jason Smith.  The conversation starts on Twitter…
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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 offensive tackles.

Alex Barron – Along with Marc Bulger, the decision whether or not to keep Alex Barron is a crossroads decision for the [...]

Rams #2 overall selection in the 2009 NFL draft, tackle Jason Smith has missed more than a month of action after suffering a concussion.  He even had to be rushed to the hospital after not being able to sit on the sidelines for the next game due to the lights and loud noises.
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Jason Smith was inactive for last week’s game against the Seattle Seahawks, but that did not keep him from making the news.  He was taken to the hospital after the game suffering headaches and feeling sick.  He passed the precautionary tests, but has yet to pass a baseline test, which would allow him to take [...]

The Rams selected tackle Jason Smith number 2 overall in the 2009 NFL draft to be their left tackle of the future for the next 10-12 years.  But, Jason Smith has started this season on the right side before getting hurt and has bizarrely been in a 3 tackle rotation with Adam Goldberg and Alex [...]

Hat Tip to Turf Show Times for pointing me in the direction of this article.
Doug Farrar of the incomparable Football Outsiders studied Jason Smith on every play in his first preseason start against the Atlanta Falcons.  His impression?  Smith struggled with some of the mental aspects of the game, but showed some flashes of brilliance.  [...]

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 latched [...]