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Getty Images The 101st season of the National Football League could end up being the strangest one since the 24th. In 1943, World War II caused the league to shrink from 10 to eight teams, and to institute out of necessity one specific rule change that revolutionized the game. The depleted...

Getty Images The Rams didn’t have a first-rounder, but they have started signing their top picks. According ton Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Rams have agreed to terms with four picks. That group includes second-rounders Cam Akers and Van Jeffeson and third-rounders Terrell Lewis and...

Getty Images All teams will have to release players soon to get to 80, and the Rams have begun that process. The Rams announced Saturday they have cut safety Jake Gervase, tight end Ethan Wolf, receiver Greg Dortch and center Nate Trewyn. Trewyn, 24, went undrafted in 2019 out of...

When word first emerged of an imminent plan to ditch the name of the Washington football team, it was accompanied with a report that other teams had been told to prepare to scrub the old name from their websites. This morning, Washington officially dumped its former name, opting for the...

Getty Images Uncertainty seems to be the operative word regarding sports at the moment, and now the Rams aren’t sure when they’ll show up. According to Jourdan Rodrigue of TheAthletic.com, the Rams were initially scheduled to report to camp on July 28, but that date has been pushed back. A...

Getty Images As the Raiders get ready to begin their inaugural season as the Las Vegas Raiders, owner Mark Davis reflected on a significant defeat that ultimately ended up paving the way to southern Nevada. Via Vic Tafur of TheAthletic.com, Davis said that the Raiders losing out on the league...

Getty Images Rams owner Stan Kroenke also owns Arsenal of the Premier League. Some Arsenal fans wish he didn’t. Via Sports Business Journal, a group of Arsenal supporters paid for a banner that flew over Tuesday’s match between Arsenal and Aston Villa. A fan raised 1,750 pounds ($2,230) via a...

Getty Images The Rams notified Stadium Seat License (SSL) holders Tuesday that the team will not offer season tickets for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. SoFi Stadium’s initial season will see limited or no capacity. Thus, the Rams will defer season tickets to the 2021 season, with SSL...

Getty Images With players like Myles Garrett and Chris Jones recently signing new contracts, we had an idea for a draft for our first day back from hiatus: Which defensive players would you start a franchise with? Simms and I made three selections each during Monday’s PFT Live. The full...

Getty Images Rams head coach Sean McVay worked under 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan when both men were on Washington’s coaching staff and he’d like to take a page from his former colleague and current NFC West rival this year. The 49ers ran more often and gained more rushing yards than any...

Getty Images The nation’s most populated state has been dealing with one of the nation’s most significant COVID-19 outbreaks. The situation has prompted California to take significant action regarding high-school athletics. The state’s interscholastic federation has decided to move all fall...

Getty Images Football is coming soon. Unless it isn’t. Rams coach Sean McVay explains in a podcast appearance with Dan Hellie that McVay senses that training camps won’t begin as scheduled, on July 28. “Something about it tells me that maybe there’s a chance that things get moved back,” McVay...

Getty Images The NFLPA announced on its website that 72 players had tested positive for COVID-19 as of July 10. It’s unclear how many players have taken COVID-19 tests, but few of the positive players are known. Rams offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth announced on an NFLPA conference call...

Getty Images Former NFL players Don Majkowski and Aveion Cason are suing the NFL and the NFL Players Association over cuts made to their disability payments through the most recent Collective Bargaining Agreement. According to Ken Belson of the New York Times, Majkowski and Cason filed the...

Getty Images Running back Todd Gurley‘s offseason has been different than in recent years. He was released by the Rams and signed by the Falcons, but hasn’t been able to work with his new team at this point because in-person offseason programs were cancelled by the NFL. That’s left players to...

Getty Images Training camps are scheduled to open in two weeks, but there’s plenty of uncertainty about the ability to safely do so. Specifically, the NFLPA has concerns about opening in places where COVID-19 infection rates are highest. Via to Mark Maske of the Washington Post, a union...

Getty Images NFL teams are scheduled to begin welcoming rookies back to team facilities in 10 days. COVID-19 numbers are headed the wrong way in California, among other states, as the date closes in. California Governor Gavin Newsom rolled back reopening in his state Monday. “We are moving...

Getty Images As Sean McVay grows up, he worries about burning out. Still the NFL’s youngest head coach at 34, the Rams coach hopes to remain with the team for more than another decade. He’s concerned, however, that he could reach the point where he’s had enough. McVay explained recently on a...

Getty Images A worker died at the SoFi Stadium construction site died on Tuesday. That marked the second death at the site in a little over a month as a worker fell to his death from the roof in early June. A statement from the group overseeing the construction said that the worker died after...

Getty Images The viability of pro and college football continues to remain in question for 2020, but more and more pieces of evidence are emerging that will make it harder for one or both forms of the sport to proceed prior to the development and dissemination of a vaccine. The University of...