Can Bradford light it up tonight? Random Ramsdom, 8/7
by Ryan Van Bibber on Aug 7, 2010 7:00 AM CDT
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Fans will get their first looks at QB Sam Bradford, RB Steven Jackson and the rest of the St. Louis Rams of the season in a kinda, sorta game situation tonight when the team has their scrimmage tonight at Lindenwood University. Are you planning on going to the scrimmage? Let us know in the comments. Anyway, let's jump in on this Saturday morning.
Tough break for the Rams DL depth, defensive tackle Chris Hovan was moved to IR yesterday with a back injury. Hovan probably wasn't much more than depth, experienced depth at a position of need. The last time he missed more than one game in a season was 2004. This is one of those losses that doesn't seem like a big deal right now, but could come back to bite the Rams should one of their starters go down with injury. Fred Robbins, Clifton Ryan, Darrell Scott and Gary Gibson comprise the top of the depth chart at DT, and Flajole will often use some of his DEs in the middle too.
In a situation that we hope won't turn into a death by a thousand cuts, the Rams roster is plagued with small-time injuries, not usual this time of year as players get back into the grind of day-to-day football. I suspect many of these bumps and bruises are the kinds of things that wouldn't keep players on the bench in the regular season. There are a couple of situations to keep an eye on.
- James Butler has a knee injury. No word on the severity yet. If Butler is lost for any amount of time, Craig Dahl can easily step in, and may be a better bet as the starting SS anyway. But it's all about the depth, and secondary is a place where the Rams need all the able bodied players they can get.
- Keith Totson has a long way to go before he earns a roster spot, much less a job backing up Steven Jackson. He's out with a concussion. Nevertheless, the Rams need to see everything they can from their stable of backup runners.
Sam Bradford had his best day since he became a Ram. He really looked good. He was throwing some lasers, and threading the needle. Sam in his own admission did not look especially strong in recent practices since more advanced blitz packages were thrown at him, having passes batted down. Today he had no such problems. He also started to take more first team reps today. Sam looked a lot more comfortable today and looked very sharp.
Music to your ears, no?
Spags plans to challenge Bradford and the whole team at tonight's scrimmage.
We'll have recap and reactions to tonight's scrimmage as well as an open thread/Twitter thing. If you're heading out there tonight be sure and let us know so that we can get connected and tell our friends at home or in CA what's happening on the field tonight. In the meantime, I've got a fantasy football post to give you some mid-day distraction.
And feel free to hit us up on Twitter: @TurfShowTimes. In fact, here's a question for Twitter discussion today: who do you expect or want to see have a big night tonight?
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Does anyone know if there’s going to be any televisual or even radio coverage of the scrimmage tonight?
Ya I'm not sure about that
I wil be there tonight rocking a freshly printed Bradford 8 jersey. But I dont think that there will be any coverage, I’ve was looking at the rams website and i dont think he pre season games are on air
They have to have preseason on the air
A lot of non Ram fan’s would watch it since it is their first look at Bradford. I know they’re showing a bunch of the games on NFL Network, not always live. But it is weird that they don’t have the stations listed on the schedule. I really hope that is a mistake and not a ploy to sell out preseason games so people can watch Bradford.
Onubon > Gates
They got me..
i agree it better be an error on website, but since it doesnt say i went out and bought tickets for the minnesota game
Yea
I’m thinking about going to that game whether or not its televised. I think the 3rd game is on ESPN, and I googled it and all the preseason games are being televised in Springfield, so I assume they’d be televised here as well.
Onubon > Gates
In past years, the road pre-season games have been broadcasted live while the home games
were usually on a couple-hour tape delay.
I want it to be all offense tonight
I trust the defense enough to know that even if they play bad, they can put it back together.
I want to see offense and run defending.
The House of Spears reigns supreme
I want to see .......
OL opening up running lanes – good and bad
receivers catching balls and converting yac’s
S.J. not play!
Sorry to see anyone get hurt, but some of us were against signing another castoff like Hovan anyway.
The D-Line is crap. We know it, the coaches know it, everybody knows it. But we didn’t do a @#$% thing about it in the offseason except sign more castoffs and backups. I suppose now they’ll try to bring Leonard Little out of the crypt. I’m more concerned about James Butler. He was one of Spags key acquistions, and I aint sold on Dahl yet.
Hovan's best quality was to be a leader in the locker room and the sideline
To talk to guys like Clifton Ryan, Darell Scott and Gary Gibson and be the kind of player-coach that can help accelerate the learning curve for the younger guys at his position. I agree the D-line is pretty weak sauce, but complaining about the offseason as if there was much more than castoffs and backups to be had for the most part is unrelated. Especially at DT.
You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.
by 3k on Aug 7, 2010 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Give it a rest 3k Hovan was not signed to be a locker room cheer leader
They were hoping he can still play at DT good enough to be in the rotation
I'm gonna hurl if I hear anymore of this locker room cheerleader sh*t.
Over the last 3 seasons we’ve had veterans like Leonard Little, Marc Bulger, Steven Jackson, Torry Holt, Orlando Pace, Will Witherspoon, OJ Atogwe, etc., etc. to speak up any time they wanted to in the locker room and we’ve won 6 friggin games outta 48. We don’t need no stinkin’ cheerleaders. We need some skilled guys that know how to play in the NFL. Which stands for “Not For Long” for about 80% of our current players (and coaches).
Ram Chop..........Better to be a optimist than a pessimist
An optimist is a person who sees only the lights in the picture, whereas a pessimist sees only the shadow.
or you could be like me and just be a realist
A realist sees the whole frackin picture and wonders what the hell’s wrong with the optimists & pessimists
You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.
by 3k on Aug 7, 2010 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Well Mr. Realist you must be forgetting to put on your glasses
Its clear you dont even see half the picture Mr.Realist get your eyes checked out
I don't think that I am negative
and I consider myself a realist.
Well, I was negative about the Shaw/Zygmunt FO….
I should be working right now...
maybe i missed something recently
but why is everyone talking about dahl playing for butler. I thought we signed another good ss in the offseason. Kevin Payne. Why is noone expecting him to play??
Thing about shadows is
easier to see over-layed light
than
light allows when shadows are over-layed.
Damn gettin layed stuff, lola.
Yes please! Detailed recaps!
I wish the team website were to show the scrimmage live. They’ll probably have highlights or something.
Help your Cali brothers! :)
Go Rams! No injuries!!!
"I was just letting the shots fly. You know, I don't leave any bullets in the chamber."
"Everything negative- pressure, challenges- is all an opportunity for me to rise."
" 'So what if I hit the wall?"
(Reporter): 'Why?'
'Because I'll run right through it."
-Kobe Bryant
by TrojanRam on Aug 7, 2010 3:18 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Some stats from todays scrimmage
- Underway, top offense against second team defense. A.J. Feeley is at QB.
- First play a gain of 4 by Ogbonnaya.
- Feeley hits Laurent Robinson for a gain of 11 on second play.
- Feeley finds Donnie Avery, who makes leaping grab for a gain of 6.
- Feeley hits hot read to Keenan Burton, who runs for a gain of 19 after catch.
- Feeley hits Danny Amendola for a 30-yard touchdown. Perfect drive from Rams top offense. Five plays, 70 yards and a score. Feeley was 4-for-4 for 66 yards and a score.
- First team offense still in against second team defense. Bradford at quarterback, though. Hank Fraley at center, Brown moves to guard with this group.
- Bradford hits Fells for a gain of 10 but Fells fumbles. Jerome Murphy forced fumble. Rams re-start drive at 35.
- Bradford throws dart to Robinson for a gain of 25 yards to opposing 32.
- Bradford throws gorgeous back shoulder pass to Burton for a gain of 22.
- Bradford rolls to the right and hits Burton for an 11-yard touchdown. Great start for Bradford. He goes 4-for-4 as well, but for 65 yards with the touchdown.
- The second team offense is in but Bradford stays at QB to face the top defense.
- Bradford converts a third down with a strike to Foster for a gain of 13.
- That will do it for Bradford. Null comes in. He finishes six-of-seven for 92 yards and a touchdown. Only incompletion was a dropped ball.
- Keith Null, on first play, hits Brandon McRae for a 60-yard touchdown.
- Second team offense, with Null in against top offense now.
- Drive stalls as defense gets three and out.
- Rams have switched to situational work, staying in live drills.
- Currently working on backed up against own goal line.
- Bradford hits Burton for a gain of 8 but Rams have to punt.
- Same things, Rams backed up at 2 with Bradford still in.
- DE George Selvie breaks through for what would have been a safety.
- The Rams have switched to thud tempo.
- Jason Smith actually is playing tonight, checking in at right tackle.
- Bradford’s final numbers: eight-of-10 for 96 yards with a touchdown. Those are unofficial numbers, of course but that’s all we have to work with.
- Rams working on fourth down and short yardage right now.
- Fendi Onobun gets his first catch, with a 12-yard grab and run.
- Rams back to thud tempo after a quick fourth down and short live tempo.
- Bradford hits Billy Bajema for an 11-yard touchdown in red zone work.
- Rams still working on red zone. Thaddeus Lewis just hit McRae for a gain of 8.
- Selvie breaks through for another sack. His first flashes in this camp.
- Bradford finds Darby for a 4-yard touchdown.
- Rams doing two minute drills to wrap up scrimmage.
- Rams start two minute drill from 37. Bradford at QB, hits Ogbonnaya for a gain of 5.
- This situation, Rams need just a field goal to win the game.
- Throw of the night from Bradford as he throws pitch perfect deep out to Amendola in stride for a gain of 53 yards. Safe to say the Rams will get their field goal.
- Null in at QB for a two minute drill. Rams need a TD in this situation.
- That’s all for this evening. Great night at Lindenwood. Thanks for following along.
DANNNNYYYYYYYYYYY
"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall." - Vince Lombardi
Amendola and Burton
are sure showing up big right now.
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