Rams News Recap: Feb. 16

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Mayock: RGIII Trade Impacts 2015 NFL Draft’s Top QB’s
The Washington Redskins’ gamble on Robert Griffin III three years ago, trading three first-round picks and a second-round pick to move up just four spots to acquire what it hoped would be a franchise quarterback

Rams Focused on Quality, not Quantity –PD
The Rams head to their fourth NFL Scouting Combine under coach Jeff Fisher and general manager Les Snead with just a handful of draft picks and the realization that quality is more important than quantity this time around.

Plenty of Options for the Rams, but Drafting a QB Remains Most Intriguing –FSMW
The Rams have many needs to address, but it’s the potential quarterback quandary that looks most interesting as the 2015 NFL Draft creeps closer.

Rams Look to Simplify Offense with Frank Cignetti –Wagoner
One of the first orders of business for the St. Louis Rams before the real offseason begins is going through an extensive period of self-scouting.

Rams Only Team with No 2014 Cap Carryover –Wagoner
As it stands, the 2015 NFL salary cap is projected to come in at $140 million, though that figure is subject to change.

Morning Ram-blings: Possible LA and St. Louis Outcomes? –Wagoner
With so many moving parts to the relocation rumors surrounding the St. Louis Rams, Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers, the conspiracy theories and ideas being bandied about in all corners of cyberspace have kicked into overdrive.

Rams NFL Combine Preview –Video

Bernie Says Both Sides can Win in STL/L.A. Stadium Deal –Audio

Under the Lights: Rams Safety Rodney McLeod –Video

 

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Morning Ram-blings: Chargers firm on stadium issue
By Nick Wagoner

http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-ra...ing-ram-blings-chargers-firm-on-stadium-issue

EARTH CITY, Mo. -- The San Diego Chargers have spent 14 years trying to get a new stadium in place in San Diego. Those efforts have run the gamut from hopeful to skeptical to apparently frustrated.

That frustration came through loud and clear Monday when the Chargers posted a statement on their website in which they made it clear to the San Diego Stadium Committee that if they're going to put forth the effort, they had better be sincere.

Chargers reporter Eric Williams covered that ground in this piece Monday afternoon.

Obviously, this isn't directly related to the St. Louis Rams but the connection is easy to make since the Rams join the Chargers and Oakland Raiders as teams in search of a new stadium.

The statement from the Chargers doesn't hint at anything so much as it comes out and says them. The Chargers acknowledge that they're monitoring the Los Angeles situation and goes as far as to make clear that they don't think it would be fair for another team to infringe on their share of the Los Angeles market.

What does it mean for the Rams? That's hard to say at this point. The possibility still exists that a team like San Diego could be a second occupant in the Hollywood Park stadium project that's partially owned by Rams owner Stan Kroenke. But it's also worth noting that there might be other options for the Chargers to explore in Los Angeles should they decide they want to go that direction.

As always, there's still a lot that has to happen before we have definitive answers on how it all plays out.

I.C.Y.M.I.

A roundup of Monday's Rams stories appearing on ESPN.com. ... The first in the Countdown to Combine series looks at quarterbacks to watch for the Rams this week. ... The Ram-blings looked at some speculated outcomes of the Los Angeles and St. Louis stadium projects. ... The Rams want to simplify the offense under coordinator Frank Cignetti. ... The Rams were the only team in the league with no carry over from the salary cap of 2014.

Elsewhere:

John Clayton's weekly mailbag examines the emergence of even more 3-4 defenses.

A report indicates the the group Kroenke has teamed with on the stadium project used to make major contributions to Inglewood mayor James Butts.

At 101sports.com, Rodger Saffold talked it over with the Fast Lane.

At stltoday.com, Jim Thomas writes that there's not much available at quarterback.

Here's a list of those free agent options, such as they are.