Rams News Recap For April 24

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Kevin Demoff Talks Rams Schedule and Draft –Radio Interview

Softli: Why is Johnny Manziel Not a Fit for the Rams? –Radio Interview

Bernie’s Daily Bits: No Excuses for Rams
Yes, the Rams have a tough schedule for 2014. That’s a byproduct of playing in the NFC West, which is the home of the Seahawks and 49ers and the improved Cardinals.

Rams’ Bradford is Healing Quickly from ACL Surgery –FSMW
From his office at Rams Park, general manager Les Snead can look onto the practice fields and see the future of his team.

Kevin Demoff Hints at New Uniforms –ESPN
The Rams have used various shades of yellow or gold for most of the franchise’s existence, dating back to the team’s Cleveland-based days in the late 1930s.

Morning Ram-blings: Top 32 of Past 5 Drafts –Wagoner
It’s always an interesting exercise to go back and look at how the many draft analysts and experts ranked prospects when they were coming out of college.

Kiper and McShay Talk NFL Draft Round 1 Wild Cards –Video

Todd McShay Plays GM for the Top 5 Picks of the Draft –Video

Jeff Fisher Reacts to 2014 Regular Season Schedule –Video

Rams Rumors, News and Notes from Twitter: April 23

 

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Morning Ram-blings: Draft trends
By Nick Wagoner

http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-rams/post/_/id/7790/morning-ram-blings-draft-trends

EARTH CITY, Mo. -- With so much misdirection and subterfuge at this time of year when it comes to teams' plans for the NFL draft, it's often instructive to use a team, coach or general manager's history as a way of seeking out clues for how things might play out.

The St. Louis Rams have been as secretive as ever in the third year of the Jeff Fisher and Les Snead regime, making it hard to peg what they're thinking with the No. 2 overall choice, let alone at No. 13.

So ESPN NFL Insider Mike Sando did some looking into the past Insider to try to determine the future and added some additional legwork to try to get a feel for which way the Rams might be leaning.

In the piece, Sando discusses Fisher's lengthy history of not taking an offensive lineman in the first round. And by lengthy history, we mean to say he's never done it. But as Sando also points out, Fisher has never had much cause to do it and he wasn't always the main decision maker in his time at Tennessee.

For his part, Fisher has repeatedly said he's not averse to taking an offensive lineman in Round 1 and the fact that he hasn't is simply a matter of circumstance mores than some sort of anti-offensive lineman agenda.

We've discussed this topic in the past but there's no doubt that this year could serve as a true litmus test of Fisher's views on spending an early pick on a lineman. The Rams have the need, there are players available that would be good value -- will they pull the trigger?

I'm still not entirely convinced that they will.

I.C.Y.M.I.

A roundup of Thursday's Rams stories appearing on ESPN.com. ... In Thursday's Ram-blings, we took a look at ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay's rankings of the top 32 players from the past five drafts. ... We continued the McShay-themed Thursday with his thoughts on how he'd draft if he were in chargeInsider of every team in the league. ... From there, the prospect profiles continued with Florida State defensive back Lamarcus Joyner. ... We capped off the day with some leftover thoughts on the Rams' 2014 schedule.

Elsewhere:

In his ESPN Insider mailbag, NFL Insider Adam Schefter addresses whetherInsider the Rams will make a trade at No. 2.

ESPN uniform aficionado Paul Lukas speculates on the possibility of the Rams making a change in the near future.

NFL Nation offers way too early predictions for all 32 teams after the schedule release.

A look back at the first round of the 2004 NFL draft and the Rams' selection of running back Steven Jackson.

At Stltoday.com, Jeff Gordon writes that the Rams' 2014 slate is brutal.

Jim Thomas posits that the schedule provides some excitement but is daunting.