Stlvinnie - Live Mock Draft on Blog Talk Radio

Friday on BlogTalkRadio I represented the St. Louis Rams and selected Sam Bradford QB from the University of Oklahoma. Each team was given 3 minutes to explain their pick. If you would like to listen to the entire draft click here. Fantasy Sports Group presents NFL Breakdown with hosts John Carson, George Kurtz and Greg Brosh. Every selection made is listed below. Feel free to add your thoughts on our blog.

STL - Sam Bbradford - QB
DET - Ndamakong Suh - DT
TB - Gerald McCoy - DT
WAS - Russell Okung - OT
KC - Eric Berry - S
SEA - Bryan Bulaga - OT
CLE - Jimmy Clausen - QB
OAK - Trent Williams - OT
BUF - Anthony Davis - OT
JAC - SJ Spiller - RB
DEN - Dez Bryant - WR
MIA - Brandon Graham - DE
SF - Joe Haden - CB
SEA - Derrick Morgan - DE
NYG - Rolando Mcclain - MLB
TEN - Jason Pierre-Paul - DE
SF - Earl Thomas - S
PIT - Devin Mccourty - CB
ATL - Everson Griffen - DE
HOU - Ryan Matthews - RB
CIN - Jermaine Gresham - TE
NE - Jared Odrick - DE
GB - Mike Iupati - OG
PHI - Kyle Wilson - CB
BAL - Sergio Kindle - OLB
ARI - Patrick Robinson - CB
DAL - Mourkice Pouncey - C
SD - Terrence Cody - DT
NYJ - Jerry Hughes - OLB
MIN - Kareem Jackson - CB
IND - Brian Price - DT
NO - Sean Witherspoon - OLB

Stlvinnie - Mock Draft Live on Blog Talk Radio

Tomorrow I will be on Fantasy Sports Channel BlogTalkRadio.com, taking part in a one round mock draft representing the St. Louis Rams pick. Each team will get a 3 minute segment to make and discuss their selection. There will be participants from FoxSports.com, RotoExperts.com, NFL Draft Bible, and several other BTR Show hosts, and fantasy sports writers. The show starts at 4PM EST and will go until 6PM. If you would like to listen or be part of the live chat register for a free account at http://BlogTalkRadio.com/Fantasy-Sports-Group .

Top 10 selectors are listed below.

1 - 4:15:00 4:18:00 St Louis Rams - Vince Vitale - stlvinnie@yahoo.com

2 - 4:18:00 4:21:00 Detroit Lions - Greg Kellogg - glkellogg1@yahoo.com

3 - 4:21:00 4:24:00 Tampa Bay Bucs - Charlie Campbell - ccampbell@pewterreport.com

4 - 4:24:00 4:27:00 Washington Redskins - Brian Jester - brian@ffreport.com

5 - 4:27:00 4:30:00 Kansas City Chiefs - Andy Burns - xburnsx@k-state.edu

6 - 4:30:00 4:33:00 Seattle Seahawks - Scott Engel - scotte@rotoexperts.com

7 - 4:33:00 4:36:00 Cleveland Browns - Steve DiMatteo - stevedimatteo@gmail.com

8 - 4:36:00 4:39:00 Oakland Raiders - Rob Calogne - robcalonge@gmail.com

9 - 4:39:00 4:42:00 Buffalo Bills - Patrick Moran - pmoran@buffalosportsdaily.com

10-4:42:00 4:45:00 Jacksonville Jaguars - Tony Cincotta - mrcincotta@aol.com

Super Bowl XLIV Prediction Contest

Welcome to our first St. Louis Rams Fan Contest

Please send your Super Bowl XLIV Predictions to me stlvinnie@yahoo.com before the game begins. The winner will be the one that comes closest to predicting the final score of the game, along with selecting the winning team. If your score is higher or lower than the actual score it counts the same. Example you select Colts 35 Saints 20 and the final score is Colts 20 Saints 17 than you are 18 points off. In the event of a tie those contestants will have their names placed in a hat and the winner will be drawn from there.

The Prize - As the winner of the Super Bowl XLIV Prediction contest you will win the Hughes Sports Publications 2010 Draft Notebook. The 2010 Draft Notebook includes over 1,000 of the best prospects for the 2010 draft, listed by position, graded by ability, with their real heights, weights, 40 times, and what round each man should be taken. It also contains write-ups on the top 300 players.

Winner will be contacted by email by Monday evening. Good Luck!

Thanks Rams Fans for 100,000+ Page Views

I would like to thank all of you St. Louis Rams fans for coming to our site to get all the latest St. Louis Rams information. We recently surpassed 100,000 page views since creating this site. I appreciate every single football fan that has ever stopped by. Your the reason I continually work on this site almost daily, for the fans.

Thanks Again

Stlvinnie

Steve Spagnuolo You Are The Head Coach

Unlike Scott Linehan or Jim Haslett I would like to let Steve Spagnuolo know that we already know he is the head coach of the St. Louis Rams. This seems obvious so why am I telling you? Because during the last 3 years we have watched the St. Louis Rams win only 6 of their last 44 games! Scott Linehan and Jim Haslett just wanted to keep their job so they were trying to play perfect and pick up some wins instead of trying to build a team and prepare the young players. Well Scott you were just made head coach at the start of the 2009 season. You are not going to get fired, you can try some things, coach up some of these players, take a risk once in a while. I feel compelled to tell you this because watching the St. Louis Rams is like watching paint dry. After their 17-9 loss to the Chicago Bears today the Rams have a nice four game losing streak going again. The Chicago Bears are playing awful football right now and with Jay Cutler at the helm they may soon break down and cry. This is a team the Rams could beat.

The Rams were in Bears territory 9 times today, and only managed to score 9 points. This may be the reason the Rams are dead last in the NFL in points scored. The Rams and Spagnuolo seem to have a goal to get to the other teams 35 yard line so they can set up as many 50 yard field goals as possible. The Rams had a total of only 233 yards today and were 2 for 14 on 3rd down conversions. One reason they may not convert on 3rd down may be the lack of trying. The Rams ran a draw on 3rd and 11 today, and many other times would throw the ball well short of the first down marker. Why, why can we not attempt to convert a first down, or score a TD in the Red Zone. This team is 1-11 and we want to play it as safe as possible. Steve, you are not trying to save your job, you are suppose to be coaching these players up and helping them win games. I have put way to much time, effort and money into the Rams to get excited about you telling me they had a good week of practice or that they are trying hard. Tell Pat Shurmur to turn the page everyone knows Steven Jackson will run up the middle on every first down. The other teams secondary know they never have to cover a deep ball and can play tight and break on every ball because nobody is going to make a double move and run past them.

Although the effort may be slightly better since you have arrived, the roster is worse, and the results are no better. It is time for the excuses to end and the wins to pick up. Just because your team is less talented than most or possibly all does not give you a free pass to lose every game. Sometimes the smaller less talented team can win, maybe we could actually have a game plan and outcoach the other team. Another top 5 draft pick is not going to cure all that ails these St. Louis Rams and neither is a 3rd and 11 draw play. Think about it.

Stlvinnie 2009 NFL Power Rankings - Week 2

1 Pittsburgh Steelers
2 Green Bay Packers
3 Philadelphia Eagles
4 Atlanta Falcons
5 Baltimore Ravens
6 San Diego Chargers
7 New York Giants
8 New England Patriots
9 Tennessee Titans
10 Minnesota Vikings
11 New York Jets
12 Indianapolis Colts
13 Dallas Cowboys
14 New Orleans Saints
15 Washington Redskins
16 Chicago Bears
17 Jacksonville Jaguars
18 San Francisco 49ers
19 Arizona Cardinals
20 Carolina Panthers
21 Buffalo Bills
22 Miami Dolphins
23 Seattle Seahawks
24 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
25 Houston Texans
26 Denver Broncos
27 Cincinnati Bengals
28 Cleveland Browns
29 Kansas City Chiefs
30 Oakland Raiders
31 Detroit Lions
32 St. Louis Rams

Follow our Stlouisramfan Tweets @Stlvinnie

That's right you now can follow our St. Louis Rams thoughts on Twitter @Stlvinnie. This will allow us to bring you quick St. Louis Rams news without having to edit and publish a web page to do so. This will allow us to bring you the latest rams news faster than ever before.
Go Rams!!!!

St. Louis Rams Go From Worst To First

No, Stlvinnie is not drinking the Kool-Aid, we are just reading a new article on Fox Sports by Peter Schrager. The article 15 burning questions (and answers) for NFL offseason includes some interesting information under #3.

3. Which team has the best chance of going from worst to first in its division?

Since the NFL realigned its divisions in 2002, at least one team every season has jumped from last place to first in its division from one year to the next. It was Chiefs in '03; the Falcons and Chargers in '04; the Bears and Buccaneers in '05; the Saints in '06; and the Buccaneers in '07.

The team to watch in '08? The St. Louis Rams.

I know, I know, we've all fallen for the Rams before. But this year, St. Louis is truly a legitimate darkhorse. Banged up by injuries all of last season, St. Louis should be healthy and much improved come the start of the 2008 campaign. Chris Long adds a demon on the end, and Marc Bulger, Orlando Pace, and Steven Jackson are all back on the offensive side of the ball. Seattle should be strong and Arizona is a wild card, but St. Louis could be the squad to watch in the NFC West.

As you can see in the last 5 seasons, 7 teams have went from worst one season, to first place the next season. Just like the Philadelphia Flyers 2008 playoff Matto "Why Not Us", St. Louis Rams fans should also be saying why not us. Peter does make some good points and the NFC West should once again be up for grabs. The Seahawks are ageing, and dumped Shaun Alexander. The Arizona Cardinals, well are the Cardinals and still can't even decide on a QB between the church driven Kurt Warner or beer driven, partying Matt Leinart. The San Francisco 49ers added x-Rams Isaac Bruce and Mike Martz, but they still have major holes. "Why Not Us"?

Stlvinnie

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Lead Blogger http://ramblinfan.com/

Stlvinnie's Power Rankings: June 18th, 2008

We know that it is very early to be doing NFL Power Rankings, however the Fan-Sided Blog Network is bringing you even more early season football information. Below you will find my current Top 10 heading into training camps. We welcome your opinion. All members of the Fan-Sided Blog Network have pooled their Top 10 together to find the consensus list at:

1 New England Patriots
2 San Diego Chargers
3 Indianapolis Colts
4 Pittsburgh Steelers
5 Jacksonville Jaguars
6 Dallas Cowboys
7 Cleveland Browns
8 Philadelphia Eagles
9 Green Bay Packers
10 Seattle Seahawks

Fan-Sided Blogs Power Rankings

ESPN Franchise Rankings St. Louis Rams #111

The 2008 ESPN franchise rankings have been released and the St Louis Rams are coming in at #111. We would also like to point out that Ramblinfan.com has been mentioned in the on-line version of the article. I don't know what is more surprising the fact that we were able to get into the article or the fact that there are 2 coaches ranked worse than Scott Linehan! Sorry that was a cheap shot but we had to take it. We also had more issues with the Rams over the weekend. The Rams Draft Day Party was from 1PM-5PM CST. Why was it scheduled like that? The 2008 NFL Draft started at 2PM, so we were allowed to stay in the dome for 3 hours of the draft. That is nice but at 5PM the Rams still had not made their 2nd pick. So basically after the Rams took Chris Long with the #2 overall pick around 2:10PM people were leaving since you would not even see the complete 1st round coverage while at the Edward Jones Dome.

Last Year's Rank: 81
Title Track: 32
Ownership: 109
Coaching: 120
Players: 109
Fan Relations: 109
Affordability: 111
Stadium Experience: 114
Bang for the Buck: 111

Seems like just yesterday this was the "Greatest Show on Turf." Now fans sound as if they just want this circus to leave town. At the very least, another big top is in order: The Edward Jones Dome has awful acoustics and dim lighting and remains behind the high-tech times. "The once-state-of-the-art JumboTron is now like a 20" TV in a hall of plasmas," grumbles Vincent Vitale of http://ramblinfan.com. And the stadium's proximity to both the Big Muddy and the Lumière Casino results in a dearth of tailgate real estate too. "There are little pods of tailgaters instead of one massive party," Vitale complains. And even if the team hadn't stumbled through a 3-13 season, those $8 stadium brews (yes, the NFL's priciest brewski is poured in Anheuser-Busch country) would make a comfortable spot for a pregame sixer a necessity. -Andy Kamenetzky

Stlvinnie
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Lead Blogger http://ramblinfan.com