St. Louis Rams

Former University of Kentucky receiver Keenan Burton says he's reached a three-year deal with the St. Louis Rams. Burton says his agent, Todd France, finished the deal on Thursday. Burton says he believes the contract to be worth more than $1 million. Burton was selected by the Rams in the fou...

By VanRam But if Favre comes back now, at 39, he risks tarnishing that legacy. He had a great season last year, but  the two season's prior to that his INT% was higher than his TD%. Sure, that had a lot to do with his supporting cast, but 4,000 seasons aren't common for 39-year-old QBs. To find a team with the...

 CA - Vernon Davis is a great talent, but Martz has never been a big user of the tight end in the past. Over at Turf Show Times, our Rams blog, VanRam had the ...

By VanRam Nothing out of the ordinary there as far as the Rams go, but I did find a note about Mike Martz interesting in the review. Long time Rams fans won't recall any big seasons for tight ends under Martz. In fact, prior to last season when Randy McMichael had 39 catches, 431 yards and 3 TDs (considered...

 CA - Now in his third season in St. Louis, will Jim Haslett be able to get the Rams’ defense straightened out? As we all know, the Rams finished the 2007 season ...

By VanRam A few items of interest on a Tuesday morning... The Rams invited veteran NFL fullback Dan Kreider to training camp. Kreider has been the Steelers FB for the last five seasons, playing in just 10 games last year thanks to an ACL tear. Kreider made his living as a blocker.Linehan makes his debut on th...

 - I watched Bills quarterback JP Losman and marveled as he resembled Kurt Warner in his St. Louis Rams heydey. I also watched three Browns quarterbacks ...

By VanRam There's an argument to be made for trying to find a big guy to play tackle in the middle, a roundish nose tackle type. However, the Rams feature a solid rotation at DT with Carriker and Glover starting and Ryan and a possibly much improved Claude Wroten behind them. At DE, the future starts now w...

By Paul T Well, there really is not much to say about Madison, other than thank God the Rams were dumb enough to release him last season. Hedgecock has proved to be the ideal fullback for the New York Giants, with his ability to level ...

By VanRam We've talked punting. We've talked special teams. We talked backup linemen and their semiotic connection to a Bee Gees impersonation. We poked and probed around the dimly lit corners of interest where it pertains to the Rams this week to get our football craving satisfied while we wait for a...

By VanRam The Rams didn't punt that much more often this season than they did last season, but compared with the league trend though, they punted quite a bit in 2007. As for Jones, you can see his impact in the average yards per punt and the longest punt. Interesting aside, the longest punt in 2006 was jus...

By DAULERIO During yesterday's story about Rams running back Steven Jackson and his messy colon cleanse, I questioned the potential fantasy football impact such a procedure would have on the top five running back. Thankfully, some of the wise men from Yahoo!'s Fantasy Football think tank decided i...

  USA - And therein lies one of the biggest differences between Martz's St. Louis Rams offenses from early this decade and the one he is building in San Francisco. ...

By VanRam You've got to love those Rams fans who showed their loyalty by selling their tickets to Packers and Steelers fans, so half the people in the stadium were rooting against us. It was like playing road games. We ran out of the tunnel and got booed. It was ridiculous. I was livid. In St. Louis, it's one of...

By 3k This year's 16-part series will take each game, chop it up, and spit it out with relevant editorial and statistical analysis...courtesy of VanRam.  I'll mostly be typing bad jokes about the Green Bay secondary's hairstyles. More after the fold.

By VanRam According to Football Outsiders DVOA, the Rams overall ST rank moved from 31st to 27th with their DVOA jumping from -4.4% to -4.3%. The return game, which should have seen a boost with last season's addition of Dante Hall, went from -13.7% to -7.6% DVOA. Hall played just 7 games, returning 29 kick...

 CA - Kurt Warner lost his job a year after winning his second NFL MVP and leading the Rams to their second Super Bowl in three years. Michael Vick and JaMarcus ...

 CA - Jun 18, 2008 In college and with the Rams, Curtis showed significant statistical increases from year one to year two. Brown will be entering his fourth year in the ...

By VanRam Concurring with the sentiments of so many Rams fans (myself included), Sando notes the team's most important offseason acquisition is new Offensive Coordinator Al Saunders. Combining Saunders' proven ability to turn out productive offenses with top flight talent like Marc Bulger an...

By Eleven Warriors He had the misfortune of going to the Rams right when the Kurt Warner Experience was coming online, but will probably be an AFL first-ballot Hall-of-Famer if such a thing even exists. Michael Wiley spent three years in with the Cowboys ...

The Kennebunk High School girls tennis team was one step away from a return trip to the state finals after the Rams advanced to Wednesday's Western Division Class A finals against Deering at Bates College. Results were not available as ...

By Jordan Vandiver They have all the ingredients to resurrect "The Greatest Show on Turf", the Rams could be a thorn in everyone's side this year, with a great pass offense manned by Marc Bulger, and what could be a good defense. ...

  USA - It feels good feeling that the coaching staff has confidence in me, that Coach Linehan has a lot of confidence in me, and Coach (Jim) Haslett has ...

 - As part of the NFL's International Practice Squad Program, 16 teams from the NFC West, NFC South, AFC West and AFC North will be assigned players that will ...

By Frank Hughes Catlin was assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks, where he coached from 1983-1995. He earlier worked as an assistant coach for the Dallas Texans and Kansas City Chiefs in the American Football League, then the Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo Bills in the NF...

By VanRam 3. Arizona Cardinals - St. Louis' old football team made significant upgrades at some key areas this season, in the secondary and the pass rush, in the hopes of building on their surprise 8-8 second place finish in the NFC West. The aging Edge James and quarterback controversy could hurt thei...

By bigmaq Odd that most sports' pundits pick the Seahawks to again win the west, having been burned the last couple of years by suggestions that the Hawks are about to be dethroned by (pick one) another NFC West team. ...

By VanRam Superpower -- His versatility. Jackson is an excellent inside-out runner who is smooth and fluid. He is light on his feet for his size and can make the first defender miss in the hole. He can run around or through defenders, making it difficult to get him off his feet. He has excellent hands and cr...

By VanRam Now, for the sake of comparison, former Rams FB and part of the Giants' Super Bowl team this season, Madison Hedgecock weighs 266 lbs. Hedgecock is 6'3" making it easier to carry 266 lbs. At 6'1", Leonard's not likely to approach that weight level, and, really, doesn't need to become a clone o...

 CA - Also, the Eagles weren’t the better team on paper in each of their 3 NFC Championship losses. They lost to the “Greatest Show on Turf” Rams that would usher ...

 CA - They played the NFC West 49ers and Rams. Washington had passing issues. The best passing offenses they played in 2007 were Arizona, Detroit, Indianapolis, ...

By Hal Schaeffer Among the many weapons that Rams’ offensive coordinator Al Saunders has at his disposal to implement his multifaceted attack against NFL defenses, none is more important than the quarterback. Saunders’ playbook is both voluminous and complex, and it requires a skilled and intelligen...

2008 NFL Playoffs Predictions: the NFC - Bleacher Report

By VanRam The Rams addressed the wide receiver position in the draft, a key need after the loss of Isaac Bruce and questions about Drew Bennett. Second round pick Donnie Avery brings the expectation of the former University of Houston WR stretching the field like elastic. This site and the internets...

By Hal Schaeffer Let’s see, who are the top D-line prospects in the 2009 draft???? The selection of Chris Long in the 2008 NFL draft has caused a number of Rams’ fans and observers to feel that the team’s long-standing problems on the defensive line have been solved. Far from it. The Rams’ defensive line has be...

By Punit Vachharajani But if an enterprising businessman takes over, the Rams’ stay in St. Louis may end rapidly. The main prospect for relocation is undoubtedly Los Angeles, the team’s former home, the site of so many great Rams teams. And if L.A. doesn’t want the Rams, some other city will — a city that doesn’t alrea...

Michna proof you can't rush success  IL - The Rams experience was a great one and I can't say enough about it," Michna said. "I learned so much from Mike Martz (former St. Louis head coach and ...

By VanRam Whatever happens, there's nothing out there to suggest that the Rams will be leaving St. Louis in the immediate future. So, the best thing to do for us fans is probably to focus most of our attention on the 2008 season, while maintaining a keen awareness of whether or not we need to start printi...

By Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- One of the new owners of the Rams says he has been approached by "several people" about selling the team and there is "every intention" of keeping the ...

St. Louis Rams Draft Report  TN - Long should also help against the run where St. Louis ranked 12th out of 16 NFC teams last year. Second round wide receiver Donnie Avery from the University ...

Rams pick Wisconsin site for training camp   United States - Camp will run through mid-August, breaking just before the Rams' first home preseason game, Aug. 16 vs. San Diego. The university is about 15 miles north of ...

By VanRam I still think, barring injuries, the Rams can compete for the division title. They match up well against the Seahawks , who figure as the preseason favorites for that coveted spot. We'll take a look at how they compare to the Cardinals later this week.

By VanRam I like the way the Rams stack up against their division rivals, who've been wrongly holding the division title we grew accustomed to having. This, of course, is all on academic at this point. We'll get a much better sense of things in week three when the new look Rams pay a visit.

By VanRam CB Justin King wowed everyone with his speed, but he's not going to contribute right away according to Linehan. I did hear (or read somewhere) that King has good ball skills and some suggested converting him to WR. Probably should see how he projects at CB first though.

By styg50 34 Washington Redskins -- WR Devin Thomas, Michigan State  Once Jim Zorn was hired as the new head coach of the Washington Redskins, it was clear that the club would be adding taller receivers soon. The Redskins probably couldn't have anticipated that Devin Thomas would fall to this point...

By Punit Vachharajani Sunday’s St. Louis-Atlanta game will feature two of the worst teams in the NFL, each battling to climb back up to “mediocre” status. Normally, this game would get some attention from the media as it would provide a potent source for jokes and wry comparisons to the much more anticipated Gree...

By Dave Halprin (Grizz) TE – Jason Witten chipped in with his standard six catches and a TD. He’s improved his blocking and his receiving skills are on par with a wide receiver. He was beating cornerbacks in coverage a couple of times in the game. He’s hard to stop. But, uncharacteristically, he dropped two very easy pa...

News Main E-mail Posted: 5 hours Setterstrom to start at left guard Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- From the practice squad to the starting lineup, Mark Setterstrom has moved quickly to establish himself with the St. Louis Rams. A seventh-round draft pick (242nd overall) out of Minnesota in 2...

By Josh Jacobson With only 386 shopping days left until Super Bowl XLII, the Rams front office has some work to do before they can book their trip to Glendale or even hope to be back in the playoff chase. After spending all season looking at what can be done on the field, let’s take a look at [...]

By Steve Weinman Rams Offense vs. Redskins Defense: Three St. Louis skill players received the news that they will be making the trip to the Pro Bowl in Honolulu this year, and all have merited the honor with their play. Action Jackson sits at sixth in the league in rushing with 1,236 yards, but the potent scree...

When the Rams went back to the Super Bowl in 2002, the world outside of sports had grown decidedly un-fun, thanks to terrorist attacks and general holy-shit-we're-fucked! sentiment. St. Louis now had a potent defense overseen by coordinator Lovie Smith, but against the New England Patri...