St. Louis Rams Captains For Week 1

The St. Louis Rams have announced their three Team Captains for their Week 1 game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Three former Eagles Quintin Mikell, Danny Amendola, and Brandon Gibson will be this weeks captains. With coach Steve Spagnuolo previously with the Eagles along with these former Eagles players, the Rams may just have the edge they need to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.

The St. Louis Rams players and coaches also voted on team captains for the 2011 season and they are; Steven Jackson as the offensive captain, James Hall as the defensive captain and Josh Brown as the special teams captain. Interesting that James Laurinaitis was not voted defensive captain.

St. Louis Rams Player Props

Below are the St. Louis Rams Player Props for the 2011 Regular Season courtesy of Bodog. What are your thoughts? Which one of these is your favorite play?

Sam Bradford - Total Passing Yards in the 2011 Regular Season
Over/Under 4000

Sam Bradford - Total Passing Touchdowns in the 2011 Regular Season
Over/Under 22 ½

Sam Bradford - Total Interceptions thrown in the 2011 Regular Season
Over/Under 14 ½

Stephen Jackson - Total Rushing Yards in the 2011 Regular Season
Over/Under 1150

Stephen Jackson - Total Rushing Touchdowns in the 2011 Regular Season
Over/Under 6 ½

Danny Amendola - Total Receptions in the 2011 Regular Season
Over/Under 75

Danny Amendola - Total Receiving Yards in the 2011 Regular Season
Over/Under 700

Mike Sims-Walker - Total Receiving Yards in the 2011 Regular Season
Over/Under 650

Mike Sims-Walker - Total Receiving Touchdowns in the 2011 Regular Season
Over/Under 5

Brandon Gibson - Total Receiving Yards in the 2011 Regular Season
Over/Under 600

Chris Long - Total Sacks in the 2011 Regular Season
Over/Under 7 ½

James Hall - Total Sacks in the 2011 Regular Season
Over/Under 6½

By Stlvinnie - http://www.stlouisramfan.com/

Rams Sign First Round Pick Robert Quinn

The St. Louis Rams have signed their first round draft pick DE Robert Quinn. Quinn is the last of the eight 2011 NFL Draft picks the Rams had to sign. The Rams will now have a packed house with 24 street free agents, several free agents and all drafted rookies all coming to training camp. I think it was very important for the Rams to get Quinn into camp as soon as possible. Although Quinn is a first round pick he will need to pick up everything quickly to start competing with James Hall and George Selvie for the starting LRE job. Robert Quinn will continue to wear his college #94 with the Rams, and he is expected to be on the practice field today. Quinn who missed the 2010 NCAA season after he was ruled ineligible by the NCAA for lying to investigators about receiving travel accommodations and jewelry needs to prove he is worthy of the #14 overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft.

By Stlvinnie - http://www.stlouisramfan.com

Steven Jackson Selected To Pro Bowl

Steven Jackson was selected to the Pro Bowl on Tuesday. The NFC will have three running backs with Adrian Peterson and Michael Turner joining Jackson for the game which will be played January 30th in Honolulu. This is Jackson's third time being selected to play in the Pro Bowl.

Steven Jackson has 1196 rushing yards on 319 carries and 6 touchdowns so far this season. In addition Steven is the Rams 3rd leading receiver with 42 receptions for 344 yards. Jackson's 1540 total yards ranks him 2nd in the NFC heading into week 17.

Not to take anything away from Jackson who is the ultimate warrior and heart of the St. Louis Rams his numbers are not outstanding. At 3.7 yards per carry Jackson is behind most other backs in the NFC. Jackson however faces a ton of 8 man fronts and has battled injuries and rang the bell week in and week out to help his team.

No other Rams player will join Jackson in Honolulu. Other than James Laurinaitis who has 105 tackles or James Hall who has 10.5 sacks, nobody really has the stats to justify a position in this game in 2010.

By Stlvinnie - http://www.stlouisramfan.com

St. Louis Rams Sign TE Darcy Johnson

The St. Louis Rams signed 6'5" Tight end Darcy Johnson on Monday. Steve Spagnuolo has signed yet another ex-Giant. Three of the five free agents the Rams have signed are ex-Giants and don't forget James Hall from last year. In addition Hank Fraley played for the Eagles while Spagnuolo was on the coaching staff there. Johnson had 5 catches for 32 yards last year for the Giants while playing in 13 games. During his three year career Johnson has only 9 catches for 78 yards. Good thing we landed Johnson before he was caught by another team dreaming about catching a backup of a backup for their TE position.

St. Louis Rams Sign DE James Hall

Monday the St. Louis Rams signed defensive end James Hall back as a free agent. James Hall stated that Steve Spagnuolo was a big reason that he wanted to come back to the Rams in addition to some family decisions. Word was that the New Orleans Saints were also interested in signing Hall. At 33 Hall is getting a little long in the tooth but was one of the Rams better defensive players in 2009. Hall played in 14 games in 2009 and recorded 4.5 sacks. With the peobable loss of Leonard Little the Rams need to make sure they have enough warm bodies. Hopefully Hall will stay healthy and provide the Rams with some much need pass rush in 2010.