Rams News Recap: Sept. 9

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Things We Noticed: Game 1–PD
There were about a billion reasons why the Rams were embarrassed by the Vikings, but the lack of a deep passing game wasn’t one of them

Failure to Hold the Edge Cost Rams Defense Big-Time –PD
Whether it was running plays, or to a lesser extent the passing game, defensively the Rams lost Sunday’s game to Minnesota on the perimeter.

Jim Thomas Rams Chat Highlights: Sept. 9

Rams WR Brian Quick Radio Interview

Jim Thomas Rams Report –Radio Interview

Nick Wagoner’s Rams Report –Radio Interview

Rams Drop to Bottom of Power Rankings –Wagoner
The real first edition of the ESPN Power Rankings dropped earlier today but they didn’t drop as hard as the St. Louis Rams did after an embarrassing 34-6 loss to the Minnesota Vikings in the regular-season opener.

Rams Can Learn From Vikings’ Sweeps –Wagoner
If someone had promised the St. Louis Rams that they would hold Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson to 75 yards on 21 carries in the season opener, they probably would have taken it without a second thought.

Rookies Alexander, Mason Await Their Turn –Wagoner
Much was made last week of the fact that No. 2 overall pick Greg Robinson would not be starting his first NFL game against the Minnesota Vikings. But Robinson ended up playing nine snaps in relief of Rodger Saffold and chipping in on special teams.

Failure to Flex Creative Muscle Dooms Rams –Stalter
Sunday at the Edward Jones Dome was a perfect example of how a team fails to execute a game plan that was doomed from the start.

Turning Point Play: Shaun Hill’s Interception –Wagoner
With a new season upon us, it’s a good time to try some new things for this corner of cyberspace. Some will work, some won’t, so feel free to offer feedback on whether you want to see this continue or not.

Morning Ram-blings: Stacy’s Fantasy Value –Wagoner
St. Louis Rams running back Zac Stacy was a highly sought draft pick in most fantasy football drafts and with good reason. After all, Stacy nearly rushed for 1,000 yards in about three quarters of a season.

The Jeff Fisher Show – September 8, 2014 –Video

Bernie: A Salute to Rams Fans –Video

The Jeff Fisher Show – September 8 –Radio Interview

 

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Morning Ram-blings: A fantasy sleeper?
By Nick Wagoner

http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-rams/post/_/id/11500/morning-ram-blings-a-fantasy-sleeper

EARTH CITY, Mo. -- Week 1 in the NFL always offers a few surprises in terms of fantasy production. Players come out of nowhere and post big weeks and fantasy players rush to the waiver wire to pick them up.

Some of those players go on to be difference makers throughout the season. Others peak in the first week never to be heard from again.

Quick
But there's one St. Louis Ram who is actually drawing some buzz in the fantasy community despite his team's dreadful showing in the opener against the Minnesota Vikings.

On Monday afternoon, ESPN Insider Matt Williamson put together a list of those players who could still be on the waiver wire and who he believes can help your fantasy team. One such player is Rams wide receiver Brian Quick. Quick had seven catches for 99 yards against the Vikings and was the one player on the Rams offense who offered real hope for a productive season.

As Williamson is quick to point out, there's not a whole lot of reliability with any Rams right now for fantasy purposes. I do agree with him that Quick's opening outing was promising, especially since he performed so well in camp then translated it to the field with the real games underway.

I.C.Y.M.I.

A roundup of Monday's Rams stories appearing on ESPN.com. ... In the Ram-blings, we began the day with a look at Rams running back Zac Stacy and his fantasy positioning after one game. ... Next, we got Rams coach Jeff Fisher's thoughts on the punishment for Baltimore running back Ray Rice. ... From there, we discussed the Vikings' success with jet sweeps and toss sweeps and what the Rams can learn from those plays. ... The Rams hit the bottom of this week's Power Rankings. ... Finally, we looked at running back Tre Mason and safety Maurice Alexander's status as week 1 inactives.

Elsewhere:

Speaking of fantasy and Stacy, ESPN's Matthew Berry offers some names to worry about moving forward.

Always worth a read from NFL Nation columnist Kevin Seifert is his weekly quarterback report.

At 101sports.com, Anthony Stalter writes the Rams lack creativity.

At stltoday.com, Jim Thomas participated in his weekly chat.

Thomas provides his take on the Shaun Hill injury situation.