Rams News Recap: April 6

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NFL Probably Won’t Vote on L.A. Stadium Proposals for Six Months –LATimes
The competing NFL stadium proposals in Inglewood and Carson have made significant progress in recent months, but that doesn’t mean the league is ready to choose one of the projects any time soon.

Four Area draft Prospects Work Out for Rams –PD
The Rams took a look at four draft prospects from the St. Louis area Monday during their local pro day at RamsPark.

Rams Mock Draft Roundup: 10th Edition –Simmons
The draft is now just a few weeks away, and the analysts are turning in more predictions.

Breaking Down Tim Barnes’ Contract –Wagoner
The St. Louis Rams recently re-signed center Tim Barnes to a one-year contract.

Rams Look to be Betting Big on Defense –Wagoner
For the first time since Jeff Fisher arrived as head coach of the St. Louis Rams in 2012, the team is going through a full offseason without some sort of alteration made to the defensive coordinator position.

Morning Ram-blings: Tre Mason to Break Out? –Wagoner
St. Louis Rams coach Jeff Fisher has not been shy about what he wants his offense to be. For two decades, it’s been a run-heavy attack intended to wear opponents down and let the defense finish the job.

Greg Cosell in the Film Room: Quarterbacks In The Draft –Video

Todd McShay Talks WR’s in the Draft –Video

Scout’s Tales: Scouting Special Teams Ace Daren Bates
There are numerous ways NFL teams acquire players, and the Rams’ scouting staff is always hard at work trying to find the next guy who can help them win.

War Ram Eagle: Rams Celebrate Their Auburn Connections –AL.com
The St. Louis Rams’ rallying cry during the 2014 NFL season could have been “War Ram Eagle.”

Keeping Tabs on Rams’ Pre-Draft Visits –Wagoner
The 30 pre-draft visits that each NFL team can have with incoming prospects have begun all over the league. Each team takes a different approach to the process.

Rams WR Chris Givens’ Hoops for Hope 3-on-3 Tournament –Video

What Are the Titans Going to Do With the Second Overall Pick? –Video

 

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Morning Ram-blings: Paying for relocation
By Nick Wagoner

http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-rams/post/_/id/17571/morning-ram-blings-paying-for-relocation

EARTH CITY, Mo. -- While we are still a long way from having anything official when it comes to the game of musical chairs between Los Angeles, St. Louis, San Diego and Oakland, one thing is certain is that any team that moves to Los Angeles is going to have to cough up a sizable chunk of money to make it happen.

The exact amount remains to be seen but Nick Canepa of the San Diego Union-Tribune offered up some interesting thoughts on the matter in this column at utsandiego.com.

Under Canepa's plan, the teams moving to Los Angeles would pay more than the possible $250-500 million numbers that have been kicked around. In fact, he wants the number to be $1 billion.

But there's a twist. Instead of just divvying up that money amongst the league's current teams, it would be given back to the cities losing teams to build stadiums for expansion franchises.

Of course, as Canepa is quick to point out, his idea is nothing more than pie in the sky and the league would almost never take such a step. But it's an interesting read to consider, nonetheless.

I.C.Y.M.I.�

A roundup of Monday's St. Louis Rams stories appearing on ESPN.com. ... In the Ram-blings, we began with a look at the breakout potential of running back Tre Mason. ... We then examined the Rams' big bet on their defense becoming the dominant group many think it can be to elevate the team to the next level. ... Finally, we took a quick glimpse at the one-year contract for center Tim Barnes.

Elsewhere:

John Clayton tackles his weekly mailbag with five things learned in free agency.

ESPN Insider Field Yates labels the Rams as one of his teams that still needs to draft a quarterback.

Good read from Jeremy Fowler on Florida offensive tackle prospect D.J. Humphries.

At 101sports.com, D'Marco Farr discusses the need to restrict chop blocks to protect the players.

At stltoday.com, Jim Thomas provides his second NFL mock draft.