Daryl Richardson

The first look at wide receiver Tavon Austin, linebacker Alec Ogletree, and the rest of the Class of 2013 comes today at Rams Park with the first practice of rookie minicamp. "It's been a long process, so you're ready to get them on the home field here,...

It's very rare these days for an NFL team to run more than it passes over the course of a season. But Jeff Fisher's teams did so eight times in his 16 full seasons as head coach in Tennessee and Houston. Usually it was Fisher's worst teams that passed...

NFC East Dallas Cowboys CThe Cowboys were the most hotly debated team after the first round. Did they get enough in a trade with the 49ers? Did they reach to take Frederick? They rebounded nicely by taking the best available the rest of the way, but...

The answer: A highly-decorated blocker. A speedy corner. An underrated runner. The question: What happened on Day 3 of the draft at Rams Park? After taking Alabama center/guard Barrett Jones in Round 4 and Miami (Fla.) cornerback Brandon McGee in...

General manager Les Snead and head coach Jeff Fisher have been busy pulling weeds since walking onto the grounds of Rams Park in early 2012. They've been pruning the roster and trimming aging players, slow players, mediocre players, broken-down players,...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - St. Louis Rams - INSIDE SLANT For the second consecutive year, the Rams ended up being wheelers and dealers in the first round of the draft. In 2012, the Rams first moved from the second overall pick to sixth in a...

The St. Louis Rams have plenty of options heading into the 2013 NFL draft. With two first-round picks -- No. 16 and No. 22 -- the Rams have the firepower to move up in the draft. They also could try to move down like they did last year and collect...

ST. LOUIS _ Back in the days of general manager Charley Armey's tenure, the Rams' annual pre-draft news conference was dubbed the "Riverdance" by some. Why? A lot of tap dancing and high-stepping by team officials around the questions posed by members...

NFL Team Report - St. Louis Rams - INSIDE SLANT It's the situation the Rams hoped to be in when they made the trade last year with the Washington Redskins that netted them first-round picks in this year's draft and in 2014. Although they hoped the...

The Chiefs' choice, assuming they keep the pick, appears to come down to an offensive tackle: Arlington's Luke Joeckel or Central Michigan's Eric Fisher. Jon Gruden said Joeckel would be his choice. "I don't know what [new Chiefs coach] Andy [Reid] is...

Anyone who claims to know how the Rams will navigate the early rounds of this week's NFL draft is pulling on your lower extremity. Truth to tell, the Rams don't know, which in a perverse way is a good thing. As recently as last spring the Rams...

John Prior saw the news flash across CNBC on Friday and it staggered him. "I was absolutely stunned," Prior said as he stood in the biting December rain early Sunday night outside Gillette Stadium. "We had our first murder last year in Westport in...