@JaysonBraddock: #Rams placed Christian Bryant & DT Ethan Westbrooks on non-football injury list

“I wouldn’t have taken him,” Dungy told the Tampa Tribune. “Not because I don’t believe Michael Sam should have a chance to play, but I wouldn’t want to deal with all of it. It’s not going to be totally smooth … things will happen.”

I wonder if Dungy would have drafted the first black as the Rams did back in the ’40s. Or if he were in charge of the Dodgers back then if he would have signed Jackie Robinson.

Could that quote be “I wouldn’t have taken him,” Dungy told the Tampa Tribune. “Not because I don’t believe Jackie Robinson should have a chance to play, but I wouldn’t want to deal with all of it. It’s not going to be totally smooth … things will happen.”

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Miami-Dade County jail records did not show either man in custody Sunday afternoon. Details about the bonds they posted were not immediately available.

It will probably take two or three days until we really find out what happened. The charges could be dropped. They could be a misdemeanor, or it could even be criminal charges. We really don’t know much at this time. And who started the fight? Lots of questions. Very few answers. So any comments at this time would be speculative and very well could be an overreaction.

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zn wrote:

I think Wagoner feels he has to produce.

Though…it is a young team, and there are a lot of questions. Jenkins, Johnson, McGee, Joyner, Gaines, Alexander, McCleod, McDonald, Ogletree, Brockers, Donald, Robinson, Jones, Bradford, Quick, Givens, Austin, Bailey, Stacy, Mason, Pead…who did I leave out?

So Wagoner can mine this vein for weeks if he wants.

You are right. He could go on forever. There are at least 53 such stories. And that doesn’t even count the coaches. Thank heavens training camp is coming up soon. With the first open practice coming the 25th (7 days) there will be some real stories to report. And we will be getting reports from our local board people who will be at the practices.

Mackeyser wrote:

I agree with all of that except I have Sam first and Westbrooks second. There were times Westbrooks dominated lesser competition and times he looked lost to me. Sam, while not having combine numbers, always seemed like a football player with a high motor and high football IQ to me. I’d love to see Sam make the squad and Westbrooks survive on the PS, but this league won’t let a Waufle coached rook sit for free on some PS…

I made some assumptions when I made my statement. First assumption was that Westbrooks, Sam, Conrath, and possibility Brown would be good enough to be claimed by another team if they were released — thus could not be put on the Ram’s PS. The second was my order. And the third assumption was that the Rams would value these players enough so that they would be willing to keep two of them on the 53 man roster rather than to loose them when they were cut.

During the preseason I think that any of the four (Westbrooks, Sam, Conrath, Brown) could be the 9th and 10th DL on the Rams. It is also possible that only one of the four will be considered valuable enough to keep on the roster of 53. So stay tuned. We have six weeks to find out.

I wonder if Bailey or anyone was supposed to broadcast this yet.

Rok Watkins was given every chance by Fisher with the Rams. Then he got another chance with the Chiefs. He has talent. But a talent isn’t enough. Too bad.