Rams News Recap: April 23

[RamBill]

NFL Draft: Defensive Linemen + Rams Needs –PD

Rams Draft Preview: Wide Receiver –Wagoner
The NFL draft is set to begin April 30 and the St. Louis Rams hold six picks in this year’s selection process.

Todd McShay Returns to Receiver for Rams in Mock 5.0 –Wagoner
ESPN NFL draft analyst Todd McShay has been pretty consistent in sending a wide receiver to the St. Louis Rams with the No. 10 overall pick in his mock drafts.

Rams’ Offense, Defense Open Offseason from Opposing Angles –Wagoner
The St. Louis Rams kicked off their offseason program this week with nearly perfect attendance and an eye toward a breakthrough 2015 season.

Kevin Demoff Interview with Randy Karraker –Audio

Fly-Through: New St Louis NFL Stadium –Video

Todd McShay’s Mock Draft 5.0 –Video

Adam Schefter Talks NFL Draft with McShay & Kiper –Audio

Charley Casserly Talks NFL Draft With Rich Eisen –Video

 

[RamBill]

Morning Ram-blings: Overrated/Underrated draft prospects
By Nick Wagoner

http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-ra...am-blings-overratedunderrated-draft-prospects

EARTH CITY, Mo. -- It's a simple fact of the NFL draft that not every highly rated player is going to turn into a productive NFL player and, on the other side, that some players who don't get much attention will emerge as long-term stars in the league.

Attempting to predict such things is actually a big part of the job for teams as they evaluate players entering the draft. On Thursday, the folks at Pro Football Focus did what they could to take out some of the guesswork.

With that in mind, here's Pro Football Focus' look at the 10 most underrated prospects in this year's draft followed by their choices for the 10 most overrated prospects in the class.

Among the underrated prospects, the St. Louis Rams have showed interest in Wisconsin offensive tackle Rob Havenstein. Havenstein is a typical Wisconsin mauler who needs some work as a pass-protector. But he could also represent good value as late as Day 3 if the Rams are still searching for help by then.

As for the overrated prospects, there are a couple of prospects the Rams have showed interest in who make the list. Namely, Iowa offensive lineman Brandon Scherff, Michigan State cornerback Trae Waynes, Kentucky pass-rusher Bud Dupree and Mississippi State linebacker Benardrick McKinney.

Of that list, it's worth noting that PFF only considers Scherff overrated as a left tackle but as a potential star if he plays guard.

Of course, only time will tell how any of this works out.

I.C.Y.M.I.

A roundup of Thursday's Rams stories appearing on ESPN.com. ... In the Ram-blings, we began the day with a look at the St. Louis presentation to the NFL on the stadium front. ... Todd McShay goes back to a familiar name at wide receiver in his mock draft 5.0. ... We continued the draft series with a look at the wide receivers. ... We closed the day with a look at how the offseason program is different for the offense and defense.

Elsewhere:

Draft analysts Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay break down the worst-case draft scenario for the Rams.

Here's McShay's updated top 32 prospects.

At 101sports.com, Rodger Saffold discusses the start of the Rams' offseason program.

At stltoday.com, Jim Thomas breaks down this year's offensive line class.

NFL.com lists Rams coach Jeff Fisher as one of its "untouchable" coaches.

 

[DaveFan'51]

Fly-Through: New St Louis NFL Stadium –Video

Personally I REALLY like this! It has a great feel to it!! And I live in L.A.!!

 

[T-REX]

That's pretty cool! The only thing I can critic is the score board, they need to refine that IMO.