Brian Quick

Two days of rookie minicamp at Rams Park concluded Saturday afternoon. The closed-to-public sessions led to heightened media arousal over assigned numbers and assorted college tales. No. 8 overall pick Tavon Austin wore No. 11 (blue jersey), looked...

NFL Team Report - St. Louis Rams - INSIDE SLANT As the Rams concluded the 2013 draft, happy with the latest additions to one of the youngest rosters in the National Football League, they had to credit the results to a chain reaction started by the...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - St. Louis Rams - INSIDE SLANT As the Rams concluded the 2013 draft, happy with the latest additions to one of the youngest rosters in the National Football League, there is one inescapable fact that helped the Rams...

The Sports Xchange By Howard Balzer, The Sports Xchange Rams thanking RG3 deal for influx of talent As the Rams concluded the 2013 draft, happy with the latest additions to one of the youngest rosters in the National Football League, there is one...

Rams coach Jeff Fisher is a confident fellow. So is his general manager, Les Snead. They don't crave validation from the national media. But they got it anyway after aggressively filling team needs during the 2013 NFL Draft. The Rams traded up to...

General manager Les Snead and head coach Jeff Fisher have been busy pulling weeds since walking onto the grounds of Rams Park in early 2012. They've been pruning the roster and trimming aging players, slow players, mediocre players, broken-down players,...

ST. LOUIS _ Opinions on the NFL draft are like draftniks; everybody has one. But I really like what the Rams have done with their four picks so far. They drafted two extremely productive wide receivers, brought in a hard-hitting safety, and found a...

ST. LOUIS _ Almost heaven, West Virginia. In terms of wide receivers, that's what the "Mountain State" represented for the Rams in this NFL draft. Twenty-four hours after selecting West Virginia wide receiver Tavon Austin at No. 8 overall, the Rams...

One of my favorite assignments in the past year or so was the feature I did this week on former Dunbar and West Virginia star Tavon Austin, who for weeks has had talent evaluators in NFL organizations and in the media salivating about what he might do...

Four former Appalachian State players will wait it out this weekend to see if their name is called in the NFL Draft. Demetrius McCray, a cornerback who was invited and evaluated at the NFL scouting combine in February, is rated by various draft analysts...

ST. LOUIS _ The Rams have added a lightning bolt to their offense. His name is Tavon Austin, the wide receiver, returner and all-purpose baller from West Virginia. The Rams loved this guy all along and clearly were willing to be ultra aggressive to...

QUARTERBACKS Geno Smith, West Virginia 6-2 216 Despite critics, it's hard to knock his productivity or athleticism. Matt Barkley, Southern Cal 6-3 227 Fighting stigma of QBs from USC; some question arm strength. Ryan Nassib, Syracuse 6-2 227...