Goodell to St. Louis: NFL won't spend more than $200m on stadiums The NFL makes a ton of money, but has made it clear time and again that it expects tax money for its brand new stadiums, or else. On Friday, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen planned to vote on financing for a $1.1 billion stadium plan to keep the St. Louis Rams. That plan included $300 million in NFL money. NFL commissioner … [Read more...]

Rams player certain to be fined for likely Stedman Bailey tribute The St. Louis Rams played what could be their final game in the Edward Jones Dome on Thursday night, so it would be the last time this season that the players have the chance to honor one teammate who is not there. #Rams DE William Hayes has '12' written on helmet. Why? #TBvsSTL pic.twitter.com/oLGEVy5Mlt— Andrew Doughty … [Read more...]

Benny Cunningham's 102-yard return was NOT longest non-TD ever! Stange statistical quirk in Thursday night's game between the St. Louis Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After the Bucs scored on a 98-yard drive to cut the Rams' lead to 28-13, the ensuing kickoff was brought back 102 yards ... and Benny Cunningham didn't score. [Yahoo Daily Fantasy: $10 could win you $30K in our $300K contest … [Read more...]

Rams top Buccaneers in what might be their St. Louis swan song If this is it, if Thursday was the final Rams game ever in St. Louis, what then? What will be this strange team's legacy in a baseball town? In an impressive performance, which have been few and far between this season, the Rams jumped on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers early and hung on to beat them 31-23. It was a rare offensive … [Read more...]

Rams' final St. Louis game ever? The Dome is not exactly packed Minutes prior to kickoff at the Edward Jones Dome, home of the St. Louis Rams, in the final home game of the season, attendance was a bit ... um ... sparse. And let's just say we don't expect this to be a late-arriving crowd. Flag in the shape of the U.S. for Bucs-Rams. No love for Alaska and Hawaii ... … [Read more...]

Yates vs. Whitehurst for first place in the AFC South? Get ready! First of all, I see you, Jacksonville Jaguars. You're 5-8, lurking one game back in the AFC South, waiting to pounce and become one of the strangest division champions we've ever seen. So don't think I'm ignoring you. But we're here to talk about two first-place teams. The Houston Texans and Indianapolis Colts are squaring … [Read more...]

NFL Awards Watch: How much should Cam Newton's stats matter? This isn't exactly baseball's scouts vs. analytics debate, because we won't be talking about BEING GRITTY anywhere here, but Cam Newton's MVP candidacy is shaping up in a similar way. A lot of people think Newton is the front-runner for the league's MVP. I think he took over the top spot a couple weeks ago. Those who don't believe … [Read more...]

Goal Line Stand: Week 15 Rankings A third-round rookie out of FCS Northern Iowa, David Johnson got his first NFL start two weeks ago. He doesn’t seem to be looking back. Johnson cleared 120 yards from scrimmage twice in five days, finishing as the RB5 and RB13 in Weeks 13 and 14, respectively.   A cut up 6-foot-1, 224 pounds, Johnson has a receiver’s hands and breakaway speed. Carson Palmer has … [Read more...]

Football Daily Dose: Dose: Backup RB Carousel It’s Week 15 and most fantasy leagues are entering their semifinals. Fittingly, the key to this week may be hitting on the backup and third string running backs that are going to see an increase in opportunity due to a starter’s injury. Outside of Adrian Peterson, Todd Gurley, LeSean McCoy, and a few other familiar names, the running back position is … [Read more...]

Rehabbing Rams WR Stedman Bailey could be home for Christmas  Stedman Bailey could be home for Christmas, and that comes as welcome news just weeks after the frightening details of a drive-by shooting that left the St. Lous Rams wide receiver twice shot in the head. Making great progress Twitter family. One day at a time... God is so good! Ill be back in no time— STEDMAN BAILEY SR (@iamSB3) … [Read more...]