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2011-12 St. Louis Rams

Posted on August 31, 2011 at 10:53 PM.

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After a so-so preseason, going 1-3; The St. Louis Rams have finally reached the regular season. Coming off of a 7-9 season, one game away from making the playoffs, the Rams are hungry for a playoff appearance. With 2nd year QB and former 1st overall pick Sam Bradford at the helm, they like their chances in the NFC West. The depth chart on opening day looks like this:

St. Louis Rams Depth Chart - 2011
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	Terrell Owens	Brandon Gibson	Danario Alexander
TE	Lance Kendricks	Billy Bajema	Michael Hoomanawanui
LT	Rodger Saffold	Ryan McKee
LG	Jacob Bell	Renardo Foster	Hank Fraley
C	Jason Brown	Drew Miller
RG	Harvey Dahl	Hank Fraley	Adam Goldberg
RT	Jason Smith	Adam Goldberg	Hank Fraley
WR	Mike Sims-Walker	Danny Amendola	Greg Salas
QB	Sam Bradford	A.J. Feeley
FB	Brit Miller
HB	Steven Jackson	Cadillac Williams	Jerious Norwood
Base 4-3 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	Chris Long	George Selvie
LDT	Justin Bannan	Daniel Muir
RDT	Fred Robbins	Gary Gibson
RDE	Robert Quinn	James Hall
WLB	Ben Leber	Na'il Diggs	Brady Poppinga
MLB	James Laurinaitis	Lofa Tatupu	Na'il Diggs	Brady Poppinga
SLB	Keith Bulluck	Brady Poppinga	Zac Diles
CB	Ron Bartell	Al Harris	Jerome Murphy
SS	Quintin Mikell	Craig Dahl	Jermale Hines
FS	James Butler	Darian Stewart	Jonathan Nelson
CB	Bradley Fletcher	Justin King	Jerome Murphy
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	Josh Brown
P	Donnie Jones
H	A. J. Feeley
PR	Danny Amendola	Donnie Avery
KR	Danny Amendola	Donnie Avery
LS	Jacob Bell

Key acquistions:
WR Terrell Owens
OLB Keith Bullock
MLB Lofa Tatupu

Key losses:
WR Mark Clayton
WR Mardy Gilyard

With a logjam at WR, the decision was made to bring in veteran WR Terrell Owens and cut lose injury prone WR Mark Clayton. Mardy Gilyard performed well in the preseason, but was the odd man looking in.

Keith Bullock fills a well needed hole at OLB. He'll solidify the position for the next couple of seasons, giving the Rams time to find a solid starter for the long term.

MLB Lofa Tatupu provides a very capable back-up to young promising MLB James Laurinatis. He was signed to a one-year contact and will play a big role on special teams.