Rams News Recap: Dec. 4

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Revisiting the trade that landed RGIII in Washington: Big advantage Rams –PD
When the Rams made their blockbuster trade with Washington in early March 2012, it didn’t register with Michael Brockers. All along, the Louisiana State product thought he was going to Dallas.

Redskins vs. Rams Preview –ESPN
They’re connected by one of the biggest draft trades in history. They’re also going in opposite directions, in some ways as an indirect result of the 2012 trade in which the Washington Redskins sent three No. 1 picks and a No. 2 in exchange for the St. Louis Rams’ second overall pick.

Rams Coach Fisher “We’ve set the bar high defensively” –Video

Fisher: “Winning 2 In A Row Is Our Goal This Week” –Video

RG III trade hasn’t worked for Redskins –ESPN
The desire was understandable and remains so even now. The Washington Redskins needed a quarterback after going more than 20 years without one who could be labeled as a franchise guy.

Rams Have No Regrets About Redskins Trade –Wagoner
Although the St. Louis Rams have exhausted all of the additional draft choices they received from the Washington Redskins in the 2012 megatrade that landed Robert Griffin III in the nation’s capital, they haven’t yet received all of the dividends.

Morning Ram-blings: Stadium Plans and Fans –Wagoner
In the latest edition of ESPN the Magazine, Senior Writer Mina Kimes offered an interesting look at the big business of sports and stadiums and how quiet, backroom deals are now being done to cut out the middle man.

Columnist Bryan Burwell Dies At 59 –Video

Wired: RB Tre Mason Mic’d Up vs. the Raiders –Video

Fisher: “The RG3 Trade Was A Good Deal For Us” –Video

Rams TE Cory Harkey Joins the Hekker Hot Seat –Audio

Are the Rams a Dangerous Team Down the Stretch? –Clayton Audio
 

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Morning Ram-blings: Prediction time
By Nick Wagoner

http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-rams/post/_/id/14368/morning-ram-blings-prediction-time-10

EARTH CITY, Mo. -- It's Friday so you know the drill.

Time to make our run through some analysis and predictions of the St. Louis Rams and Washington Redskins game set for 1 p.m. ET Sunday at FedEx Field.

It's no coincidence that as the Rams get into the lighter part of their schedule, they're getting a bit more love from pundits and analysts around the league.

The NFL Live crew offered its picks with Jeff Saturday and Darren Woodson weighing in.

Mike Sando breaks it down in this week's Inside Edge.

Our group of experts makes its pick with unanimous love for the Rams for the first time in a long time.

I.C.Y.M.I.

A roundup of Thursday's Rams stories appearing on ESPN.com. ... The Ram-blings opened the day with a look at the backroom deals that take place to build stadiums in major league cities. ... Redskins reporter John Keim and I previewed Sunday's matchup. ... The leftovers from tight end Jared Cook's eloquent words on Ferguson. ... The Rams have no regrets about the 2012 trade they made with Washington. ... The loss of friend and colleague Bryan Burwell is difficult but remembering how wonderful he was is not. ... The Rams injury report shrunk a little bit on Thursday.

Elsewhere:

Keim writes about the Redskins-Rams trade from the Washington perspective.

NFL Insider Adam Schefter also dived into the trade.

New York Jets defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson, who is a St. Louis native, didn't hold back in his thoughts about Ferguson.

At 101sports.com, Bernie Miklasz discussed our friend Burwell.

At stltoday.com, Miklasz wrote this touching tribute to Burwell.

Jim Thomas wrote Burwell's obituary.