@keith e I don't have a great read on this as of yet. But I'd say Alex Hoffman-Eillis has looked active, and flashed the most on the practice field. And Jeff Fisher said after the Indy game that Aaron Brown blocked well on the kickoff return unit.

This is still a very fluid position and it may not be decided until the final cuts. The guy who's been the most impressive lately has been Austin Pettis, and he doesn't get to play the first two games. And since Pettis doesn't count on the 53-man roster for those two weeks, the Rams have seven candidates for six spots. Which is a long way of saying I think Smith has a pretty good chance to make the roster, since Danario Alexander right now looks like the add man out.

Bradford hasn't thrown the deep ball well in practice lately. And even though Smith was pretty well covered, he still might have had a chance to catch an outside ball thrown in-bounds.

One of the main issues, perhaps THE main issues, entering this camp was the offensive tackle position. Nothing has happened so far to make us think that won't be an issue. But we're just two weeks _ and one preseason game _ into this thing. Too early to make blanket judgments on talent.

One of Les Snead's mantras about player personnel this season is: "We're not one player away." Besides, If Johnson and Burress were at the top of their games and still potential difference-makers maybe you consider it. But they're not, so why take on that baggage.

No, we're still sitting at 5 wins on the Parade Meter. Now, if they're a few more of these 38-3 in preseason maybe it changes.

I think I saw a week or so ago that the Rams had about $3 million left. So yeah, I think they could fit in an o-lineman if they saw one they liked.

Looks like it will be either Bradley Fletcher or Jerome Murphy. Fletcher has been the guy most of camp, but he missed Sunday's game with a rib injury.

THe only one I noticed from the press box was the first Jerry Hughes sack (not the one where he was offsides). It looked like there was some confusion over who was supposed to pick him up and I'm not sure Pead went the right way.

San's thrown better deep balls in the past, so I don't know if we should be overly concerned. And it's certainly not a case of lacking arm strength. Maybe having a QB coach can help here.

Mr. Barron is currently a Seattle Seahawk.

Interesting question, let's see how the year plays out.

Well, it is a you said. It's basically the same core _ plus rookies Quick and Givens _ and then Lloyd in place of Smith. But remember, Amendola was done for the year in the fourth quarter of the first game. As for Salas and Pettis, receivers frequently make a nice jump in play in Year 2. And the Rams obviously think Quick and Givens can help or they wouldn't have drafted him.

Not sure what you mean here. I don't consider pointing out that Bradford has struggled on deep throws in practice lately _ and had the one errant deep throw in Indy constitutes bashing.

Yeah, that's the theory.

They had several passes over the middle Sunday, including a couple of nice catches by Pettis and Quick, and some throws to running backs.

Nope.

OK, gotcha.

I don't think the Dolphins want to move long.

Trevor Laws knee issue doesn't look like it will resolve itself any time soon. So it probably be two of the three you mentioned _ Conrath, Cudjo, Scott _ winning the position. That assumes the Rams keep four DTs, which is usually the case.

Sure. But it will take a while to sort through. Schottenheimer even mentioned last week, that we'll see a lot of different combos in the preseason.

I don't think you consider playing Smith at guard until the right tackle competition plays out. But Smith could still be the swing tackle even if he's playing guard.