06.22.2009 1:01 pm
Kathleen Nelson gives us the following update:
Better late than never, the St. Louis Rams will retire No. 75, worn by Hall of Fame defensive end Deacon Jones, who played for the Rams from 1961 to 1971 and was elected to…
06.19.2009 4:03 pm
The St. Louis Business Journal is throwing out the name of Fred Smith, the chairman, president and CEO of FedEX, as a potential bidder for the Rams.
“Fred Smith was, and has been for a long time, intrested in obtaining an NFL…
06.17.2009 2:09 pm
The St. Louis Rams’ rookies, quarterback and selected veterans will report back to Rams Park on July 29 for training camp and hold two practices on July 30. The rest of the team will report July 30, and the squad…
06.10.2009 3:04 pm
In an interview with the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, Dave Checketts re-affirmed his desire to try to purchase the Rams. “It would be a great next step, it really would,” he told the paper.
Checketts first told Bernie Miklasz…
06.09.2009 3:28 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Beginning with Wednesday’s practice, the Rams will turn their attention to their NFC West opponents, working on schemes to attack and defend the Cardinals, Seahawks and 49ers.
Why do this so early?
“First of all, we’ve always felt that the first goal…
06.06.2009 2:02 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ken Flajole, the Rams’ new defensive coordinator, prefers to wait until the pads go on and the curtain goes up before making any firm decisions on his players.
“I think pads are the tell-tale. Then you’ve got to get them out underneath…
06.05.2009 5:39 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A few years ago, James Laurinaitis and Larry Grant were competing for the same job: first-team middle linebacker at Ohio State. “It was kind of me and him battling for the spot my sophomore year,” Laurinaitis recalled.
Laurinaitis won that fight and…
06.05.2009 10:52 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Adam Goldberg is in a bit of an unusual situation. All spring, during the minicamps and the OTAs, he’s been the first-team right tackle. But everyone knows that the Rams expect first-round draft pick Jason Smith to be in that spot come…
06.04.2009 6:08 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Don’t tell Rams center Jason Brown that just because the Rams have been mired at the bottom of the NFC West the past two years they can’t soar to the top this season. After all, Brown has seen it before.
He was…
06.04.2009 10:45 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Rams’ third, and final, spring minicamp is under way this morning at Rams Park. Two practices are scheduled for today and Friday, with a final workout Saturday morning. OTAs resume the following Tuesday before wrapping up June 19.
At this…