Rams Gab

Steve Spagnuolo talks about Steven Jackson, the Rams quarterback plans and his wife’s cooking on the NFL Network set.  Check it out here.

Some reports surfaced over the weekend that Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo has a so-called “out clause” in his contract allowing him to leave the Rams if the Rams get a new owner.  Being that the Rams just signed an agreement to bring on a new owner in the next two months, this is a [...]

Some St. Louis Rams tidbits from Jim Thomas over at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

To a large degree, Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo liked what he saw from rookie quarterback Keith Null on Sunday against the Houston Texans.”We do think he did make progress,” Spagnuolo said. “Keith will probably joke about it, but it was one interception [...]

Today we are introducing a segment known as “Really?”, in which we try to deconstruct the arguments of the lunatic fringe of NFL fans.
In the overreaction from Sunday’s loss against the Arizona Cardinals, there have been calls from the lunatic fringe for the firing of Steve Spagnuolo 9 games into his first season as an [...]

“The text is full, whatever you call that thing. That’s kind of nice,” Spagnuolo said. “There are some good people in this league, and it was nice of them to think of sending something.”
-Coach Spagnuolo – Master of Technology – on his well wishes received after winning his first game in the NFL (or any [...]

Bernie Miklasz of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an excellent “5 Minutes” blog post up about the Rams and the two “pillars” of the Rams.  First Jackson:
But Jackson’s attitude and professionalism have been as impressive as his running. He’s been a total team player in 2009. A positive influence in every way. Someone who tries [...]

“I felt that … maybe it was a whole quarter that we (lacked) intensity,” he said. “But when I went back and looked at it, that’s not the case. It was probably three minutes of not quite the intensity that we had had.”
-Coach Spagnuolo on the Rams falling apart to the Colts in the fourth [...]

After the Rams’ week 3 loss against the Green Bay Packers, Steven Jackson stopped by Coach Steve Spagnuolo’s office and the pair spoke in private for a few minutes.  What was said has not been said by either party, leaving us with this about Jackson from Spagnuolo.
“I’ve seen nothing but great things,” Spagnuolo said. “I’m [...]

I’m not going to put a number on it. Let’s say first quarter, and there’s a chance they’ll come out in the first quarter, maybe come in the second quarter. Somewhere in that range…
Coach Spagnuolo on how long the starters will play in the Rams first preseason game.

It’s been great reading about the new and improved Rams. New coach Steve Spagnuolo is building up the defense. He started doing this by drafting James Laurinaitis, Bradley Fletcher, and Dorell Scott. Plus, from New York he brought over James Butler to go along with Oshiomogho Atogwe at the safety spots. [...]