Rams News Recap: June 1

[RamBill]

Kevin Demoff Talks About the Rams O-line and Rookies –Radio Interview

Rams Secret Superstars 2014: Zac Stacy –PFF
The St Louis Rams finished with seven wins for the third time in four seasons in 2013 and couldn’t get out of the bottom spot in the tough NFC West.

Position Battles: Outside Linebacker- Ray-Ray Armstrong Jo-Lonn Dunbar –TST
o-Lonn Dunbar has the upper hand at one of the starting outside linebacker spots. A fall off in Dunbar’s play, however, leaves doubts. Can second-year linebacker Ray-Ray-Armstrong make a push for the starting job?

8 Teams Could be Forced into Hard Knocks, Who Do You Want? –ESPN
The NFL had a hard time finding volunteers for HBO’s popular Hard Knocks reality show last season, so they changed the rulebook.

Rams Post-Draft Position Outlook: ST’s –Wagoner
With organized team activities (OTAs) a couple days away, we take a look at where each position stands heading into next week. The series concludes today by examining the specialists.

With Opportunity to Start, Tre Mason set to Prove to Rams that Size is Overrated –YahooSports
Three games into what would be his Heisman Trophy finalist season at Auburn in 2013, Tre Mason was … just fine. Good even. He was averaging seven yards per carry, but in limited work in the Tigers’ 3-0 start that included two narrow victories.

Will the NFL try to own Michael Sam’s story with ‘Hard Knocks’? –Video

 

[shaunpinney]

Thanks RamBill - sounds like Barrett Jones (KD's interview) is going to feature this year, sounds like he's put a lot of work in last year - anyone have before & after pics??

 

[RamBill]

Thanks RamBill - sounds like Barrett Jones (KD's interview) is going to feature this year, sounds like he's put a lot of work in last year - anyone have before & after pics??

You're welcome, SP

Some of the OTA's will be open to the media so we should see some pics soon. Wagoner gets asked about Jones in almost every Chat he does and he said he'll be doing an article about him soon.

 

[RamBill]

Morning Ram-blings: Best Ram ever?
By Nick Wagoner

http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-rams/post/_/id/8899/morning-ram-blings-best-ram-ever

EARTH CITY, Mo. -- As we continue to trudge toward the 2014 NFL season, there are many ways to pass the time. One of the most popular involves making lists.

Over at NFL.com, they recently attempted to put together a list of the best players in the history of each NFC franchise. The list includes plenty of all-time greats and is an interesting read, though it's sure to spur plenty of debate for many of the teams.

For the St. Louis/Los Angeles/Cleveland Rams, the choice was defensive end Deacon Jones, the inventor of the sack and one of the most dominant players in league history.

For a franchise with as much history as the Rams, there are plenty of other options, guys such as Merlin Olsen, Jack Youngblood, Jackie Slater, Marshall Faulk, Eric Dickerson, etc. But the argument for Jones is every bit as strong, if not stronger for Jones than the others.

In fact, if I were to compile a similar list, I'd probably end up with Jones at the top as well. It's a fun and interesting conversation but when it comes to the choice of Jones, there's not much to debate.

I.C.Y.M.I.

A roundup of the weekend's Rams stories appearing on ESPN.com. ... In Saturday's Ram-blings, we started with a look at Pro Football Focus' choice for a "secret superstar" from the Rams roster. ... Next, we looked at the tape of Friday's chat with a review of the many topics covered there. ... On Sunday, we completed the positional outlook series with a glance at the Rams' stable trio of specialists.

Elsewhere:

Columnist Ashley Fox writes that offseason restrictions are hurting the game.

Cards reporter Josh Weinfuss believes the Cardinals should cut ties with linebacker Daryl Washington.

Columnist Kevin Seifert provides an interesting take on backup quarterbacks and how experience can be overrated.

SI.com discusses the best fits for Hard Knocks.

Yahoo.com says Tre Mason has a chance to prove that his size isn't a detriment.

 

[FRO]

"Yahoo.com says Tre Mason has a chance to prove that his size isn't a detriment."

I didn't know there was an issue with Mason's size? I think shorter RBs have very good success in the game due to their low center of gravity and the fact they are hard to spot behind giant linemen. Barry Sanders and Marshall Faulk weren't tall and they were the best 2 RBs I've seen.

 

[SierraRam]

Thanks RamBill - sounds like Barrett Jones (KD's interview) is going to feature this year, sounds like he's put a lot of work in last year - anyone have before & after pics??

Before

after...

 

[shaunpinney]

jeesh that is some awesome transformation thanks @SierraRam