Rams News Recap: Mar. 22

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Sam Makes His Case at Veterans Combine –PD
The fire’s still burning for Michael Sam. The former All-American defensive end from Missouri wants to play pro football, and he’s not giving up on the dream just yet.

NFL Official: Los Angeles Situation is “High Tension” –Bonsignore
The lush, manicured landscape and desert oasis ambiance of the luxurious Arizona hotel the National Football League has gathered this week seems like a curious place to stage a game of demolition derby.

What Rams’ Starters Look Like Today –Wagoner
There’s still a long way to go in this offseason but free agency has mostly come and gone. There are still plenty of things for the St. Louis Rams to get accomplished and the resources to do them.

NFL Draft Prospects: Offensive Tackles –Video

Quiet Before the Relocation Storm at NFL Owners Meetings? –PD
Who knows what twists and turns are ahead in the ongoing Los Angeles/relocation/St. Louis stadium saga.

Rams Mailbag: Concerns on the Offensive Line –Wagoner
We’re more than a week into free agency and the St. Louis Rams have been pretty active, just not in the areas many of us expected.

Stan Kroenke Ready to show NFL Owners Detailed Inglewood Stadium Plans –L.A.Times
Rams owner Stan Kroenke ready to show detailed plans of Inglewood stadium to other NFL owners

NFL Draft Prospects: Centers –Simmons

 

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Morning Ram-blings: Aaron Donald rewards dad
By Nick Wagoner

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There will be plenty of news to come out of this week's owners meetings here in Arizona. Much of that as it pertains to the St. Louis Rams will focus on what's going to happen with the race to Los Angeles.

But before we get into all of that, I thought we could kick off a new week with something a lot more fun and pretty darn cool. Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald is one of the most quiet, humble young players I've been around in 11 years covering the Rams. He rightly lets his play do the talking as evidenced by his defensive rookie of the year award.

So it should probably be no surprise to see that Donald is using his newfound stardom and wealth to help the lives of others, namely those who helped him reach such lofty heights.

Video surfaced over the weekend of Donald rewarding his father, Archie, for all of his support with a brand new pickup truck. In the video, you can hear Aaron telling Archie that the truck is his followed by an unfettered joyful reaction from the elder Donald.

Fittingly, as the video shows, the new truck is a Dodge Ram.

I.C.Y.M.I.

A roundup of the weekend's Rams stories appearing on ESPN.com. ... A look at how the "big nickel" fits in with the Rams' defensive plans. ... Breaking down Garrett Reynolds' two-year contract in St. Louis. ... This week's mailbag focused on concerns about the team's offensive line moving forward. ... Finally, we took a way-too-early look at who the Rams' starters would be if the season started today.

Elsewhere:

The Los Angeles Times offered a first look at Stan Kroenke's Inglewood stadium renderings.

At stltoday.com, Jim Thomas writes that five area players have been invited to the NFL Super Regional Combine.

At 101sports.com, D'Marco Farr writes about the need to cut down on chop blocks around the league.

The L.A. Times reports that the Carson stadium project got more than 14,000 signatures in support of adding the stadium project to the ballot.

At AL.com, a look at the Rams celebrating their Alabama presence.

Quarterback Nick Foles chatted with TheMMQB.com.