Rams News Recap for April 2

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Rams News Items From April 2

Some Info From Inside the Rams? –Report
For those of you that don’t know me, I don’t post often, I worked for an NFL team and have a coaching contact and a senior scout contact with the Rams. They don’t typically look at these boards during the season, but they do occasionally during the off-season, and here is some recent info from them.

Rams notes: Fan Group Plans Rally to Keep Rams in St. Louis –PD
In the early 1990s, a group known as Save the Rams unsuccessfully fought to keep the Los Angeles Rams from leaving southern California.

Gordon: Revisiting the DeSean Jackson Decision
Many, many Rams fans never recovered from the 2008 NFL Draft when their team passed on slot receiver/kick returner DeSean Jackson.

Rams’ ‘Top 30′ Visits Underway –Wagoner
Along with the rest of the NFL, the St. Louis Rams have begun the process of bringing in college draft prospects for what is known as “top 30″ visits.

Breaking Down Shaun Hill’s Contract –Wagoner
The St. Louis Rams made their one-year deal with quarterback Shaun Hill official Monday after agreeing to terms late last week.

Morning Ram-blings: Finding Clowney’s Fit –Wagoner
On ESPN Insider on Tuesday afternoon, ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay took the top defensive linemen in this year’s NFL draft and listed the teams Insider that would fit each player best in their projected draft range.

Rams hosting Auburn’s Greg Robinson for visit –NFL.com
It was more a question of when than if, but the Rams are reportedly hosting former Auburn offensive tackle Greg Robinson on a visit to the team’s facility Wednesday.

Jadeveon Clowney Assesses His Pro Day Performance –Video

Nick Wagoner’s Rams Buzz –Video

Nick Wagoner on Greg Reid’s Arrest –Video

Kiper & McShay Talks Picks 13-16 of the NFL Draft –Radio Interview

 

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Morning Ram-blings: Raves for Clowney
By Nick Wagoner

http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-rams/post/_/id/7272/morning-ram-blings-raves-for-clowney

If there were any lingering doubts that South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney is the best player in this year's NFL draft class, he did what he could in shorts and a T-shirt to put those to rest at his pro day Wednesday.

As one would expect from a simple workout from a player who never had any questions about his athletic ability, Clowney's performance drew nothing but rave reviews.

ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay was already on board with Clowney as the best player in this year's class and Wednesday's workout did nothing but re-affirm Insider that, as he writes in his Insider piece.

Panthers reporter David Newton was also in attendance for Clowney's big day and also left as impressed as anyone else who watched the workout.

That Clowney put on a show for the scouts and media in attendance is no surprise. The questions surrounding his work ethic remain, though they may be covered up a bit by his jaw-dropping raw talent for the time being.

But if indeed Clowney has firmly established himself as the top player in the draft and the Houston Texans decide to take him with the No. 1 overall pick, it will simultaneously complicate and ease the Rams' process at No. 2.

As it stands, Clowney is likely to be better trade bait than any of the quarterbacks in the class though one could argue that a team could then trade up to No. 2 to have first crack at its choice of signal-callers.

It would also take away the temptation for the Rams themselves to select Clowney, who would be a great fit schematically and a strong addition but at the team's most loaded position.

Either way, it doesn't appear anything will be decided on that front until May. In the meantime, the Rams have plans for a private workout with Clowney at a later date and he's on the team's list of "top 30" prospects scheduled to visit St. Louis.

I.C.Y.M.I.

A roundup of Wednesday's Rams stories appearing on ESPN.com. ... In the Ram-blings, we looked at how Clowney would fit in the Rams defense according to McShay. ... In this week's Buzz video, we examined what the Rams have done in free agency so far and the work left to be done this offseason. ... From there, we took a closer look at the one-year contract quarterback Shaun Hill signed with the Rams. ... Finally, the top 30 visits for draft prospects with the Rams are underway with some big names already coming through Rams Park.

Elsewhere:

At stltoday.com, Jim Thomas has the details on the arrest of recently-signed cornerback Greg Reid.

Jeff Gordon revisits the Rams' decision to pass on DeSean Jackson when he was first drafted.

Yahoo! Sports provides its take on the Kenny Britt signing.

Wondering what's left in free agency? NFL.com has a list of its best remaining veterans on the market.