St. Louis Rams Free Agent Options: Stephen Tulloch
by Joe Mazzi on Feb 10, 2012 10:54 PM CST
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At 5’ 11" and 240 lbs, Stephen Tulloch is the "Pocket Hercules" of NFL linebackers. He was drafted by Jeff Fisher and the Titans in 2006, placing obvious connections to the Rams, and has enjoyed a steady incline in playing time ever since. In 2010, Fisher’s last year with the Titans, Tulloch became a full-time starter, amassing 160 total tackles on the year.
Last offseason Tulloch signed a one-year deal with the Detroit Lions, rejoining former defensive coach, Jim Schwartz. Once again, he was a 16 game starter at middle linebacker. His stats on the year were nothing short of impressive, totaling 111 tackles, 3 sacks and 2 interceptions. Against New Orleans in the playoffs, he made 15 tackles, batted 2 passes and forced a pivotal Marques Colston fumble.
The Lions will likely do everything in their power to get Tulloch under contract long-term, but there is sure to be a bidding war for his services. Having just turned 27, he is only entering the prime of his career. The only concern about Tulloch and the Rams is fan-favorite, James Laurinaitis, who already has the middle of the field locked down. If Fisher believes that he has the ability to play on either the weak or strong side, then I expect the Rams to show interest. The Rams will begin 2012 with at least one new starting linebacker, and Stephen Tulloch may fit the bill.
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The connection to Fisher could defiantly encourage him to come to the Rams.
That being said I don’t know if he wants to go to a place where he would have to compete for a starting job since he could go to any MLB needy team and instantly start.
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Tulloch is a good MLB
I think he could play outside despite playing inside in his career. Although I just see him going to a team that needs a MLB like the Eagles, or stay with the Lions. Either way, I want to see him tebowing after sacking Timmy Tebow again, that was awesome.
by nick-the-greek on Feb 10, 2012 10:05 PM CST reply actions
Is my email broken?
If swear if I see one more ‘St. Louis Free Agent Options: _________’ post, I’m going to assume that a new name means that you get precedence on potential Ram signings….
Good thing for me, I’ll be hungover and able to type tomorrow morning, when I’ll post some sort of spoof on someone like Fat Albert……….WITHOUT ANYONES PERMISSION!
I double dog dare you to do it!
And I grant you permission
Been losing sleep over Rams football since 1999.
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*Reads Joe’s comment
“DAMN IT!”
2 men enter 1 man leaves. THOSE ARE THE RULES OF THUNDER DOME!
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This just got front paged.
BOOM SHOCKALAKA!
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I swear he shares a two bedroom apartment with Doug!
Won’t be long before his damn name is down at the bottom of the page under ‘Authors’
Then what’ll I do? Everything I say will incite his threat to ban me. I guess the Giants could use another fan…
Haha I was just thinking the same thing xD
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by RG31 on Feb 10, 2012 11:02 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
lol!!!!!
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Was Taosman's fanpost about me? Why is he mad?
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What he's saying is that we are total dicks to people with different opinions
example: Jswrib and that guy on the Jones post.
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Oh, I just could pick out who he was mad at? thanks
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Haha I think that may have fueled the fire.
Been losing sleep over Rams football since 1999.
Steven Jackson is a beast, a legend, a HoFer and should be treated as such.
Why don't you write a couple "Players to keep" posts? Send them to me for edit before you post.
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I only write stuff that'll never happen
so if you want me to write one about Jason Smith and Justin King, I’ll have it to you by tomorrow afternoon
Hey, I enjoyed 'Stickum!'
Been losing sleep over Rams football since 1999.
Steven Jackson is a beast, a legend, a HoFer and should be treated as such.
OK, give me a Fiction post about Smith and King. Send it to me and I'll give it a quick run through
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I don't have a roommate... but I couldcopy Mazzi on my e-mails? Hmmm?
He can sort through the 150+ e-mails I get a day! lol
I swear, if I don’t recognize the name , or you put “For Edit” in the subject line, it gets lost in one of my G-Mail files
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I have a Front Office Fiction ready to go, so I can post them back to back! Very cool, eh?
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You have something for tomorrow too?
I have a mock draft that should be ready for tomorrow and I think Brandon and tevin have stuff ready too lol so it should be a fun day at TST tomorrow.
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by Josh Wehrle on Feb 10, 2012 11:25 PM CST up reply actions
If they are in the hopper, I'll check to make sure they are spread out through the day. What time do you want? I'll make sure you get it.
The Mocks you do are lots of work, so lets give it lots of FP time
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It's just an all rams one
I still have to fill out the last two prospect descriptions, plus add an intro and a summary so I’ll probably finish it up tomorrow morning. I did put a lot of thought and research into this one though so lots of fp time is appreciated lol
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by Josh Wehrle on Feb 10, 2012 11:32 PM CST up reply actions
Unless Ryan pops in a post, you can have the FP for a few hours if you want.
What post time are you aiming for?
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Hmmm
I’m not sure. What time do you think would be good? It depends if I can get it done. I don’t think I’m doing anything tomorrow morning but we’ll see lol. I’ll shoot you an email as soon as I get it done?
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by Josh Wehrle on Feb 10, 2012 11:44 PM CST up reply actions
Cool! You know that you are one of my Draft gurus, right?
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I did not
But thank you for saying so.
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by Josh Wehrle on Feb 10, 2012 11:54 PM CST up reply actions
I'll post my FOF story later in the day to give the football news more time on th FP
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I don't know what to think
I looked at his comments and noticed that the last thing he said was some extremely weird thing on the post you had thanking people for participation…
I certainly don’t want to speculate, but he seems to be upset that maybe his name wasn’t mentioned? I honestly don’t know. Pretty weird stuff
He a great young guy. I had him do the picks of the week post and he seems like a cool guy.
The swirb-ness drives people nuts!
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It's a great flash post. There are sooooo many FAs this year?
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To whomever added the poll
Thanks and nice touch lol
Been losing sleep over Rams football since 1999.
Steven Jackson is a beast, a legend, a HoFer and should be treated as such.
It was DC. He did it because he's your biggest fan!
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He's a great fellow.
He just has poor judgement in favorite teams. Outside of the Rams, of course.
Been losing sleep over Rams football since 1999.
Steven Jackson is a beast, a legend, a HoFer and should be treated as such.
Crazy thought - Is JL shifting to OLB an impossibility? I think he'd be a beast at any position
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Hey DC! Did you get you Band of Brothers DVD set?
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depends....
did you ban Ramphet yet?
Haha……yes sir! I sure did. Again, you didn’t have to do that. I know your wallet took a hit because of some a-holes who couldn’t have created a better caption for Sammy B and Tebow. I do appreciate it very much, though
My dang parents raised me to honor a promise given... Damn! lol
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So you're admitting you're related to jswirb? Brave man!
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Your wife must love having him around?
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one in the same...
he’s great with seeing the future and doing the laundry
by DCRamFan on Feb 10, 2012 11:36 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
LMAO! rec'd
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He is a stud
Do we really want to play, take another role my friend? I think not. Middle Linebacker is taken by a bigger stud who will only get better. I believe he played this year with a torn Pectoral muscle. He just didn’t want to sit. He CRAZY! Just the way I like my D.
by fearsomefoursum on Feb 11, 2012 12:32 AM CST reply actions
Would be SAM in our defense
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I really think this position needs to be filled through the draft
Spend that money on a WR or CB
Sam Bradford
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