Rams News Recap For April 20

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Rams News Recap For April 20

Offseason program begins; Bradford will be throwing soon –PDWith today’s start of the Rams’ offseason conditioning program, quarterback Sam Bradford will be limited along with a few other players coming off injuries.

Re-Grading St. Louis Rams’ Past 5 Drafts –BR
When it comes to previous drafts, St. Louis Rams fans are haunted with frightening memories of Tye Hill, Adam Carriker and a number of failed picks.

Rams Rumors, News and Notes from Twitter: April 20

Rams Could Be Planning to Draft a QB –PFT
At the Scouting Combine in February, Rams G.M. Les Snead told NBCSN’s Pro Football Talk that there’s no way his team would take a quarterback with the second overall pick in the 2014 draft.

Tracking Rams’ Pre-Draft Visits –Wagoner
For the better part of the past three weeks, the St. Louis Rams have spent most of their time welcoming a variety of NFL draft prospects to Rams Park and traveling around the country to see players in private workouts.

Greg Robinson will work out with St. Louis Rams in Auburn
Greg Robinson’s name has been linked to the St. Louis Rams over and over again since the NFL Combine, a match seemingly made in heaven.

All Signs Point to Rams Drafting QB –PD
With less than three weeks remaining before the draft, the Rams are strongly considering taking a quarterback, and in doing so are casting a wide net at the position.

ESPN’s Sport Science Lab: Blake Bortles –Video

Warren Moon: Johnny Manziel Won’t Get Away with his Style of Play in the NFL –Radio Interview

 

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Morning Ram-blings: Offseason guidelines
By Nick Wagoner

http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-rams/post/_/id/7630/morning-ram-blings-offseason-guidelines

The newest Collective Bargaining Agreement the players and owners signed in 2011 greatly reduced the amount of required offseason work for players.

Whereas offseason programs once began up to a month sooner, they now operate on a sliding scale based on if the team in question has a new coach in place. For teams such as the St. Louis Rams that have had a coach in place for multiple years, the wait is longer.

Which is why the Rams are finally scheduled to begin their offseason conditioning program on Monday. Along with the limitations on what's considered mandatory and voluntary, players working out also must fit in under more expansive and detailed rules.

ESPN NFL Insider Field Yates broke down the extensive list of rules teams must follow for their offseason programs.

The Rams are about to embark on what is called "phase one" of the offseason program, which essentially limits them to working out in a group setting under the guidance of the strength and conditioning coaches.

Actual on-field work won't begin until phase two, though even then the work is extremely limited. The time that's considered most important is phase three when teams can conduct organized team activities leading up to a minicamp. The Rams, however, again have no mandatory minicamp scheduled.

The on-field work won't start until after the draft, which will lead to a more condensed period for teams to get their work done.

I.C.Y.M.I.

A roundup of the weekend's Rams stories appearing on ESPN.com. ... In Saturday's Ram-blings, we took a look at quarterbacks at a crossroads and how their past performance might be an indicator of future efforts. ... Next, we looked at the film from Friday's Rams chat where we covered plenty of topics pertaining to the team. ... Finally, we tracked the known and expected visitor list the Rams have put together in the run-up to the draft.

Elsewhere:

At stltoday.com, Jim Thomas takes a look at some options for the Rams at quarterback in the upcoming draft.

Thomas also caught up with linebacker Jo-Lonn Dunbar.

Jeff Gordon participated in his weekly chat with some Rams questions sprinkled in.

AL.com reports that tackle Greg Robinson will have a private workout with the Rams soon.

Stlouisrams.com looks back at the draft day experience of center Scott Wells.