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NFC West Rivals - St. Louis Rams

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

The Rams long road back to respectability starts with their round of OTA’s. They were 0-2 against the Arizona Cardinals during the 2008 season and will probably be looking for some redemption in that area as well. Marc Bulger will continue to be there main man at starting quarterback and that was evident by them passing on Marc Sanchez, the next glamor quarterback from USC.

Defensive End Leonard Little appears to be back all the way from a prior hamstring injury. Wide receiver Donnie Avery continues to improve and is looking better and better. But man, the Rams have got to be missing the once dynamic duo of Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt, Holt is now with Jacksonville. Word is Tye Hill appears to be finally adapting to NFL coverage and his confidence is growing, hope so Tye with this being your fourth NFL season. Linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa was released recently because new head coach Steve Spagnuolo wants bigger linebackers, has interests from the Bills, Bears and Eagles. Hmm….Bigger linebackers? Pisa had 135 tackles, 3 sacks and two forced fumbles in 2008.

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NFC West Rivals - San Francisco 49ers

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

It looks like teams are wrapping up their OTA’s (Organized Team Activities) including our very own Arizona Cardinals. But I wanted to focus on one of our division rivals who happen to be the San Francisco 49ers. You’ve got to be wondering what Mike Singletary has cooking up his sleeve, is he going to go all out this season and try to wrestle away the NFC West Division Crown from the Cardinals? Maybe he still needs more firepower on offense, which is why they drafted Michael Crabtree at WR.

As with Mike, word is he had already gotten on his team midway through their first OTA and told them to pick up their intensity level. Like I said in my first breakdown on the 49ers, Mike Singletary doesn’t mess around and will have this team prepared come opening day. And guess who we play on opening day? You guessed right, the 49ers. This will be a statement game right off the bat. It’s a division game, we just came off the Super Bowl and the 49ers feel they can contend for the division title. Hey, it’s on.

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