Janoris Jenkins: Rams Players Not Allowed to Talk to, Look at Stan Kroenke

Former St. Louis Rams cornerback Janoris Jenkins gave some insight into the weird goings on in the organization, including how the team is expected not to talk to or look at owner Stan Kroenke.

Former St. Louis (now Los Angeles) Rams cornerback Janoris Jenkins, who now plays for the New York Giants, claims players on the team aren’t allowed to talk to owner Stan Kroenke.

Jenkins revealed this on the radio show Going Deep with Amani & Dan on NBC Sports Radio.

Jenkins talked about the major differences between how the Rams and Giants are run, including the fact that the players can’t talk to the owner in Los Angeles.

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Per Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk:

"“It’s a big difference, to be honest with you,” Jenkins said. “Just being here in New York and seeing [G.M.] Jerry Reese every day at practice, it just motivates me because I never seen that in St. Louis. It was always the coaches not the owners coming around to see the players. It was always, ‘Don’t speak to Stan Kroenke’ when I was in St. Louis to here in New York, everybody is everybody, everybody is treated the same, the owner just walks around and communicates with you and gives you a reason to play football to know that you’re playing for someone that is always around and always cares and that you can communicate with.”"

Now, we’re not sure if Jenkins is confused and thinks Reese is the owner of the Giants, but regardless it’s pretty clear Rams players aren’t allowed to talk to their owner.

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Jenkins went further:

"“I felt I was just playing for my teammates and my coaches, I never seen the owner, once again, they told us not to speak to him when he come around and I just felt like I wasn’t comfortable there,” Jenkins said. “They said, if you ever see Stan come around the facility don’t speak to him, once I heard that my rookie year I just knew I wasn’t going to be comfortable, because when he came around it was like everybody better be straightforward nobody better not look at him, it was like kind of crazy.”"

Jenkins was a second-round pick of the Rams in 2012 and spent the first four seasons of his career with the team. The Rams foolishly let him walk during the offseason and instead chose to keep cornerback Trumaine Johnson.

Since then, Jenkins is flourishing with the Giants.

This latest piece of insight into how things work in Los Angeles is disturbing, but not surprising if true. Kroenke is quickly earning the label of the worst owner in sports, if he hasn’t done so already.

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