Archive for February, 2011

I’ll admit it… I’m a sucker for the NFL Combine. I don’t believe it’s the most important factor in assessing potential draft picks, but I do think you can learn plenty about players from scouting them during this time. This blog is going to be combine-heavy for the next week or so, so if you have the same amount of interest as I do, this is the place to be. Saturday saw the first real on-field participation, so here are my thoughts on the offensive linemen that participated. Because of work commitments I am going to be a day or two behind [...]

Rams’ GM Billy Devaney had some interesting things to say from the NFL Combine the other day, but none more important than his comments about the possibility of the team trading down in the upcoming draft if the situation is right. According to Billy D, the front office has already discussed scenarios in which the team will trade down from the 14th overall pick. “Gosh, it’d be great if we get there and there’s three or four guys that we really love,” Devaney said. “Where we say we’d be happy with any of those guys and then we can move [...]

For anyone who, like me, isn’t awake nearly early enough in the morning to listen to Mike & Mike on ESPN, you missed the dynamic duo discussing our very own St. Louis Rams today as part of their two-a-days offseason segment. Lucky for all of us who aren’t early birds, the guys on The Fast Lane looked at the questions posed by their national counterparts in their afternoon show, and they provided their own answers to go along with the answers Mike and Mike gave. In somewhat of a cheap ripoff, I have decided to do the same thing here [...]

I like to try to stay positive when at all possible, but this is going to be the bad news version of Ramblin’ Fan. It’s not terrible news, but it certainly isn’t good. “Former” Rams’ safety OJ Atogwe made a visit to Washington DC to meet with the Redskins. Atogwe left DC without signing a deal, so I guess that’s something to be happy about. I wouldn’t expect Atogwe to sign any kind of deal before the CBA expires, but I have to say this visit makes me nervous. The fact that it’s the Redskins involved only makes it worse, [...]

The Rams announced over the weekend that they play to raise ticket prices for the 2011 season for almost every seat in the Dome. According to the team, the prices will go up $4 to $7 dollars for all seats except the ones in the upper deck, which will remain the same. Well, I can’t say I’m really surprised about this news. With all of the excitement surrounding Sam Bradford and the 7-9 season of 2010, it makes sense that the team would raise prices going forward. In their defense, this is the first time in four years that prices [...]

In a move that surprised me at first and then, not so much, the Rams released safety OJ Atogwe on Friday. Atogwe was due an $8 million roster bonus on Monday, which is why I’m not at all surprised that the team cut him loose, especially with the uncertainty of the labor agreement upon us. On the bright side, Atogwe said today that he hopes to be back in St. Louis next season, so there are apparently no hard feelings on either side. It looks like Atogwe will have to wait until after a labor agreement is reached to start looking [...]

I have really been debating with myself over the last few weeks about when to start looking ahead to the upcoming NFL Draft. If there’s one thing you need to know about me, it’s that I’m an NFL Draft nut. If I could, I would research and discuss the Draft 365 days a year for the rest of my life. I have looked at at least one mock draft every day since the Rams’ season ended, and I haven’t even started doing intense research on it yet. With all that being said, as much as I would love to start [...]

Whilestill in an intense battle with illness, I did manage to crawl out of bed today long enough to make it to work, so I figured it would be a good time to get back to reporting on the Rams as well. I have to admit that I’ve been out of the loop for the last week or so, but I was pleasantly surprised to learn that quarterback Sam Bradford was at Rams Park today. According to Jim Thomas of the Post-Dispatch, Bradford got in a workout in the weight room and said hello to coaches, including new OC Josh [...]

I just wanted to update everyone on the reason for my absence over the past few days. I have been seriously, seriously ill for about the last five days, and I haven’t been able to get out of bed for about the last three. I haven’t been sick like this since I was a small child, so needless to say I haven’t adjusted the best. I am starting to feel better, and I am hoping I will be at least functional by tomorrow. I plan on coming back with a vengeance as soon as I kick this thing, and there [...]

I have purposely been avoiding discussing the impending labor dispute over the last few weeks, but after today’s events I think it’s finally time to bring up the issue. The players union and the owners were supposed to meet for several hours on Thursday, but the two sides decided to call it off. Reports are that the two sides aren’t making any progress, which is certainly a concern for fans of the NFL. I still think a deal will get done before the season is locked out, but I’m much less confident after today. There are plenty of issues the [...]