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The Rams Add Two More Players
The Rams remain active during this year’s period of free agency by adding more players. Yesterday, they add center John Sullivan who played for Rams head coach Sean McVay at Washington. Now today they sign LB/DE Carlos Thompson.
Center John Sullivan
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| Former Redskin now Ram John Sullivan- photo by Mark J.
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Sullivan was drafted by the Vikings in 2009. He played for them until 2014. He spent 2015 out of football because of a back injury. He signed with Washington in 2016 after being released by the Vikings. This information comes from the Associated Press.
Click here to proceed the CBS Los Angeles website for the complete story.
Carlos Thompson
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| Former Texan LB/DE Carlos Thompson Photo Scout.com
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Thompsom played for one season for the Texans in 2015. He signed with the team as a undrafted free agent and played in two games and made two tackles. He was released in August of 2016.
For the complete story click here to proceed to the Turf ShowTimes website.
The Dodgers Come Out 3-1 Winners Over the Padres
Dodgers beat the Padres with runs scored by Yasiel Puig, Corey Seager, and Adrian Gonzalez. Dodgers’ starting pitcher Rich Hill held the Padres scoreless for four innings.
The two will face each other again in their last game of the series tonight. Brandon McCarthy will be on the mound for the Dodgers, and he will face Jered Weaver.
USC’s Bennie Boatwright Will Enter the NBA Draft
CBS’s Jon Rothstein tweeted that sophomore forward Bennie Boatwright will be entering the NBA Draft. But, he will not be hiring an agent so he can return to USC.
USC’s Bennie Boatwright tells me he will declare for the 2017 NBA Draft, but will not hire an agent.
2017 Los Angeles Dodgers Preseason Schedule
2/25 VS CHICAGO WHITE SOX (0-0) 3:05p ET Camelback Ranch- Glendale
2/26 AT MILWAUKEE BREWERS (0-0) 3:05p ET Maryvale Baseball Park
2/27 VS COLORADO ROCKIES (0-0) 3:05p ET Camelback Ranch- Glendale
2/28 AT COLORADO ROCKIES (0-0) 3:10p ET Salt River Fields at Talking Stick
3/1 AT SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (0-0) 8:05p ET Scottsdale Stadium
3/2 VS CLEVELAND INDIANS (0-0) 3:05p ET Camelback Ranch- Glendale
3/3 VS KANSAS CITY ROYALS (0-0) 3:05p ET Camelback Ranch- Glendale
3/3 AT ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (0-0) 3:10p ET Salt River Fields at Talking Stick
3/4 AT CHICAGO CUBS (0-0) 3:05p ET WGN Sloan Park
3/5 VS SEATTLE MARINERS (0-0) 3:05p ET Camelback Ranch- Glendale
3/6 AT COLORADO ROCKIES (0-0) 3:10p ET Salt River Fields at Talking Stick
3/7 VS SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (0-0) 3:05p ET Camelback Ranch- Glendale
3/8 AT MILWAUKEE BREWERS (0-0) 3:05p ET Maryvale Baseball Park
3/10 VS TEXAS RANGERS (0-0) 9:05p ET Camelback Ranch- Glendale
3/11 VS LOS ANGELES ANGELS (0-0) 3:05p ET Camelback Ranch- Glendale
3/12 AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS (0-0) 4:05p ET Surprise Stadium
3/12 VS CHICAGO WHITE SOX (0-0) 10:05p ET Camelback Ranch- Glendale
3/13 AT LOS ANGELES ANGELS (0-0) 4:10p ET Tempe Diablo Stadium
3/14 VS CINCINNATI REDS (0-0) 4:05p ET Camelback Ranch- Glendale
3/15 AT SEATTLE MARINERS (0-0) 4:10p ET Peoria Sports Complex
3/16 VS CHICAGO CUBS (0-0) 4:05p ET Camelback Ranch- Glendale
3/17 VS SEATTLE MARINERS (0-0) 10:05p ET Camelback Ranch- Glendale
3/17 AT SAN DIEGO PADRES (0-0) 10:10p ET Peoria Sports Complex
3/18 AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX (0-0) 4:05p ET Camelback Ranch- Glendale
3/20 AT CLEVELAND INDIANS (0-0) 4:05p ET Goodyear Ballpark
3/21 VS MILWAUKEE BREWERS (0-0) 4:05p ET Camelback Ranch- Glendale
3/23 AT TEXAS RANGERS (0-0) 7:05p ET ESPN Surprise Stadium
3/24 VS ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (0-0) 4:05p ET Camelback Ranch- Glendale
3/25 VS OAKLAND ATHLETICS (0-0) 4:05p ET Camelback Ranch- Glendale
3/26 AT TEXAS RANGERS (0-0) 4:05p ET Surprise Stadium
3/27 VS CHICAGO WHITE SOX (0-0) 4:05p ET CSCh Camelback Ranch- Glendale
3/28 AT CINCINNATI REDS (0-0) 4:05p ET Goodyear Ballpark
3/28 VS SAN DIEGO PADRES (0-0) 4:05p ET Camelback Ranch- Glendale
3/29 AT SEATTLE MARINERS (0-0) 4:10p ET Peoria Sports Complex
3/30 AT LOS ANGELES ANGELS (0-0) 10:07p ET Angel Stadium of Anaheim
3/31 AT LOS ANGELES ANGELS (0-0) 10:07p ET Angel Stadium of Anaheim
4/1 VS LOS ANGELES ANGELS (0-0) 4:10p ET Dodger Stadium
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USC Trojans Jumping to the NFL
January 16, the deadline for college underclassmen to make their intentions known if they would enter this year’s NFL draft in Philadelphia, and three USC Trojans have made their intentions known. Juniors WR JuJu Smith-Schuster, CB Adoree Jackson, and OG Damien Mama. Below I have provided links for their career histories provided by usctrojans.com.
JuJu Smith-Schuster WR Junior
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| photo by latimes.com |
Click here to proceed to JuJu Smith-Schuster’s career history at USC.
Adoree Jackson CB Junior
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| pac12.com |
Click here to proceed to Adoree Jackson’s career history at USC
Damien Mama OG Junior
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| photo from reignoftroy.com |
Click here to proceed to Damien Mama’s career history at USC.
2017 LA Rams’ Salary Cap
Now that we put this horrendous season behind us, we can now look forward to a new season under new head coach and his new staff with hopes for a much better outcome. For them to give us this much brighter outcome they will have a $44,116,822 salary cap with which to work. The salary cap was provided by (provided by spotrac)
I hope they spend it wisely.
Click here to go to spotrac. Spotrac not only gives the salary, it breaks down players’ salaries, bonus and dead money owed to them. It also breaks down the dead money owed to former players. You can also check out the Rams free agents, top salaries, positional spending, and top contracts.
I also found another site that you can g0 to that not only gives you the team’s salary breakdown, but you can calculate a new cap by cutting players from the team and add a free agent. This site is Over The Cap and you can go to it by clicking here.
A Brief History of The Rams New head Coach
On Thursday, the Rams hired the youngest head coach in the league at 30 years of age. This will be a perfect match for their youngest quarterback and team in the league. But, do not let his young age fool you because he has a pedigree, and Jon Gruden approval.
McVay’s grandfather is John McVay who had a role in five super bowls for the San Francisco Forty-Niners.
The younger McVay also has his own impressive accomplishments as well. In high school, he played quarterback and defensive back for Marist school where he was the first player to gain 1,000 passing and rushing in consecutive seasons. During his high school years, he rushed for 2,600 yards and 40 touchdowns and passed for 2,500 yards and 18 touchdowns. He led the school to 26-3 record with a 14-1 state record in his senior year. He was named Georgia 4A Offensive Player of the Year for his senior year efforts.
He went to play wide receiver for the the University of Miami(Ohio) where he earned Miami’s Scholar-Athlete Award in 2007. While playing for Miami he caught 39 passes for 312 yards.
After his graduation from the University of Miami(Ohio), he accepts his first coaching assignment with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2008. Jon Gruden, then Buccaneers’ head coach, made his assistant wide receivers coach. After Gruden’s firing in 2009, McVay became wide receivers/quality control coach for the the Florida Tuskers of the now defunct United Football League(UFL).
In 2010, McVay would return to the NFL, but this time the Washington Redskins. He would be their assist tight ends coach until 1011 when they promoted him to tights ends coach.
A Gruden would re-enter his life in 2014 when Jon’s son Jay became the Redskins’ head coach. The younger promoted him to offensive coordinator 2014 where he would remain until becoming the LA Rams new head coach.
In his first year, he turned their number 25th ranked offense to the tenth ranked total offense and would further improve the offense by moving it from the 12th ranked passing offense with a 268.4 average passing yards to number three ranked passing offense with 309.3 yards per pass.
(The above information comes from Wikipedia.)
The Chargers Will Be making LA Their New Home
The LA Time has reported that the Chargers have decided to move to LA to the Rams. According to the Times, Dan Spanos made his intentions known to Pete Goodell and several league owners on Thursday.
Since the Chargers’ move not required the league permission, the move will be immediate so the Chargers will be playing their 2017 home games in LA.
I can tell you right now that this move has two groups of unhappy fans. The first group, of course, being San Diego fans who had their final hopes dashed by a past deadline call by Spanos to Goodell.
The other group of fans are the Rams who do not want to share their team’s stadium wit the Charger fans
Yet, there are others who think that LA will not support two lousy teams such as these two teams.
The Dodgers Turn To Julio Urias To Bring Them One Step Closer To World Series
I saw another title for another story concerning Julio Urias’ start tonight in game 4 in the Dodgers against the Cubs. The headline alluded to Urias age of twenty when it said He is underage to drink alcohol but he can start in the MLB playoffs.
I happen to like this kid very much and am happy to see him start tonight against the Cubs. He will be the youngest player to start in the playoffs.
He has a record of 5-2 and ERA. of 3.39. He has struck out 84 players.
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