SB Nation St. Louis - Reggie Bush Rumored To Be Shopping Himself To Interested Teamshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/49009/stl-fave.png2011-06-23T08:38:22-05:00http://stlouis.sbnation.com/rss/stream/19275422011-06-23T08:38:22-05:002011-06-23T08:38:22-05:00Tiki Barber's Comeback Generates Rumors About NFL Future, Not Personal Life, For Once
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<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">St. Louis Rams</a> fans hoping against hope that this is the year they find a running back nonthreatening enough for Steven Jackson to accept and competent enough to complement Steven Jackson, be careful what you wish for: <span>Tiki Barber</span>'s comeback is <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2011/3/8/2038032/tiki-barber-unretires-nfl-2011">fully in gear</a>. At 36 Barber apparently wants one more shot to end his career more pleasantly than he did last time, where a career spent as a popular and well-spoken poster-child for the NFL was derailed by a sordid story involving his divorce. </p>
<p>Barber has the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bigblueview.com/">New York Giants</a> connection in his favor if he were to pursue a comeback opportunity with the Rams, but I think Steve Spagnuolo would have to think twice after these latest revelations—not to mention Barber's spat with <span>Michael Strahan</span> as a Giant—as far as Barber's compatibility with the four pillars goes. (The fifth pillar: Don't leave your pregnant wife for another woman.) </p>
<p>Barber seems like a long-shot right now—to go anywhere, let alone the Rams—but he has a chance at becoming one of the strangest stories in the NFL next year. </p>
https://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2011/6/23/2238873/tiki-barber-comeback-nfl-rumorsDan Moore2011-06-22T09:54:32-05:002011-06-22T09:54:32-05:00Reggie Bush Maybe Not Shopping Himself Around After All, Says Rumor About Rumor
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<p>Earlier this week we <a href="http://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2011/5/10/2163501/nfl-rumors-randy-moss-st-louis-rams" target="_blank">mentioned a report</a> that suggested <span>Reggie Bush</span> had been given by the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.canalstreetchronicles.com/">New Orleans Saints</a> the permission—or at least the implicit permission—to shop himself around to teams that might be more interested in paying his ballooning salary than they are, now that they have 16 other running backs in their pass-heavy offense. </p>↵<p>It was an oddly specific report for Bush to be denying, but recently he <a href="http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20110620/WIRE/110629982?Title=Bush-denies-report-Saints-gave-permission-to-talk-to-other-teams" target="_blank">did just that</a>, denying the whole thing—the permission, the reason for the project, the specific teams supposed to be interested in acquiring the ex-Heisman running back. </p>↵<p>I continue to find the idea of Bush coming to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">St. Louis Rams</a> enticing—if also implausible and, given the team's other, more pressing needs, a little frivolous—but it looks like those rare specifics in this NFL lockout wasteland will go back to the memory hole with the rest of the morsels of specificity we've seen, like how clear it was that <span>Plaxico Burress</span> would join the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/">Philadelphia Eagles</a>. </p>↵
https://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2011/6/22/2237117/reggie-bush-nfl-rumorsDan Moore2011-06-18T09:00:47-05:002011-06-18T09:00:47-05:00Reggie Bush Rumored To Be Shopping Himself To Interested Teams
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<p>Here's an interesting way to combine the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">St. Louis Rams</a>' perceived need for a veteran receiver with their perceived need for a change-of-pace back to keep Steven Jackson from wearing down entirely: The latest NFL rumors have estranged <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.canalstreetchronicles.com/">New Orleans Saints</a> running back <span>Reggie Bush</span> <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2011/5/16/2174185/reggie-bush-contract-new-orleans-saints" target="_blank">shopping himself</a> around the league, looking for a team that would be more interested in paying him than the Saints appear to be after selecting <span>Mark Ingram</span> and keeping <span>Chris Ivory</span> and <span>Pierre Thomas</span> around. </p>
<p>Reggie Bush never turned into the superstar he looked like in college, but he's got a peculiar skill-set, one that would help the Rams fix two peculiar problems. With <span>Austin Pettis</span> and <span>Greg Salas</span> on the roster the Rams have no more room for questionably gifted wide receivers like <span>Plaxico Burress</span> or <span>Randy Moss</span>, and Steven Jackson continues to protest any plan that calls for him splitting time with another running back, despite the down-year he suffered in 2010 after years of single-back abuse. </p>
<p>Bush would give <span>Sam Bradford</span> an interesting and potentially dangerous option as a receiver, and he'd give Steven Jackson an interesting but not threatening wingman at running back. Voila!</p>
https://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2011/6/18/2230273/reggie-bush-nfl-rumors-st-louis-ramsDan Moore2011-06-14T08:18:32-05:002011-06-14T08:18:32-05:00Plaxico Burress, St. Louis Rams Connected By Yet Another Well-Meaning Writer
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<p>At least, I assume <a href="http://www.turfshowtimes.com/2011/6/13/2221632/peter-king-thinks-the-st-louis-rams-should-take-a-chance-on-plaxico">Peter King means well</a> when he connects the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">St. Louis Rams</a> yet again to <span>Plaxico Burress</span>, who fits into Steve Spagnuolo’s system about as well as he fits into Josh McDaniels’s crowded group of wide receivers or his handgun fits into his waistband. For future reference, here are the things that need to be resolved before the Rams and Burress can be profitably connected:</p>
<p><strong>Who do the Rams dump?</strong> They just drafted two more wide receivers. They’ve got <span>Danario Alexander</span> and <span>Donnie Avery</span> coming off injuries, <span>Mark Clayton</span> supposedly interested in a return engagement, <span>Danny Amendola</span> having recently led the team in receptions and scrappy white guy hustle, and <span>Brandon Gibson</span> also around.</p>
<p><strong>Why does Steve Spagnuolo do it?</strong> Is Plaxico Burress, after a two year layoff, the difference between the Rams missing the playoffs and contending through 2012? Is he worth throwing all that talk about the four pillars into lockdown for at least a year just as Spagnuolo begins to establish himself as the face of the Rams?</p>
<p><strong>Why Burress?</strong> Why not <span>Randy Moss</span>, <span>Chad Ochocinco</span>, <span>Terrell Owens</span>, or any of the other crazy (but less crazy!) wide receivers likely to be available following the <span class="caps">NFL</span> lockout?</p>
https://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2011/6/14/2223153/plaxico-burress-st-louis-ramsDan Moore2011-06-13T09:04:37-05:002011-06-13T09:04:37-05:00My New Randy Moss-St. Louis Rams Rumors Platform: He's Not Plaxico Burress
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<p>I understand that a lot of people are skeptical about <span>Randy Moss</span>, who has somehow emerged as the sanest of all the aging wide receivers who figure to be on the open market once the NFL lockout lifts and there's actually an open market again. But as a <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">St. Louis Rams</a> fan who is open, if not enthusiastic, about the team targeting a veteran wide receiver to join its cavalcade of young, flawed, and interesting talent at the position, allow me this one endorsement of Randy Moss: He's not <span>Plaxico Burress</span>.</p>↵<p>Randy Moss has never been in prison, although Joe Buck might have advocated for it following his simulated mooning of national television; in his prime, which showed up again relatively recently, he was not just a fine wide receiver but one of the greatest in the history of football. </p>↵<p>While the Burress circus swirls around a barren NFL news landscape, a suggestion for Moss, <span>Terrell Owens</span>, <span>Chad Ochocinco</span>, and the rest of the sub-crazy wide receivers looking for one last score before retirement: Take this time to appear especially sane. There's no better time. </p>↵
https://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2011/6/13/2221380/nfl-rumors-randy-moss-plaxico-burressDan Moore2011-06-12T08:00:36-05:002011-06-12T08:00:36-05:00NFL Rumors: Plaxico Burress Might Not Be A Philadelphia Eagles Lock After All
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<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">St. Louis Rams</a> fans who hoped that the kremlinology surrounding <span>Plaxico Burress</span>'s Phillies cap might mean he wasn't a part of the Rams' future after all should read <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/giants/no_thanks_1oRf79UAbggPjW11jQscvL" target="_blank">the following rumor</a> with a heavy heart: The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/">Philadelphia Eagles</a>, for all <span>Michael Vick</span>'s lobbying, might not be interested in Burress after all. Apparently having a healthy <span>Jeremy Maclin</span> instead of an unsteady <span>Danario Alexander</span> ruins a team's appetite for potentially self-destructive veteran wide receivers. </p>
<p>The Rams have yet to show interest in Burress—given the NFL lockout there isn't really any way they could if they wanted to—but the rumor mill continues to focus on their unimpressive but still incredibly crowded wide receiver corps. If the rumor mill knew more about Steve Spagnuolo's outward determination to implement his infamous "Four Pillars" policy, these things might not be spinning so fast.</p>
<p>Just remember that all of this will remain speculation until the end of the NFL lockout, or at least until Plaxico Burress turns his recovery into a reality TV show entitled <i>Becoming Plaxico</i>.</p>
https://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2011/6/12/2217149/nfl-rumors-plaxico-burress-philadelphia-eaglesDan Moore2011-06-08T08:01:09-05:002011-06-08T08:01:09-05:00Plaxico Burress, "Situational Guy," Still Connected To St. Louis Rams
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<p><span>Plaxico Burress</span> rumors have swirled after his June 6 release with much the same energy they had before he went from lockdown to NFL lockout—he's still connected to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">St. Louis Rams</a>, he's still staying just mum enough for that to matter about his association with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/">Philadelphia Eagles</a>, and people are still wondering <a href="http://www.turfshowtimes.com/2011/6/7/2211482/plaxico-burress-bound-for-situational-role" target="_blank">whether he has anything left in the tank</a>.</p>
<p>If he really is a situational receiver at this point in time I just don't see why the Rams would be interested; they have too many wide receivers who are useful in certain situations or under certain circumstances already. What they've needed—what fans have been clamoring for since <span>Sam Bradford</span> showed he could do something with it—is a wide receiver who's useful <i>all </i>the time. If Burress isn't that guy—and there's great reason to believe he isn't—I don't think Rams fans will be especially disappointed when he ends up joining <span>Michael Vick</span> and the Eagles after all. (Where he might—and you'll have to help me out on this one—<a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/columnists/123439074.html" target="_blank">help Philadelphia</a> with their illegal gun problem?)</p>
https://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2011/6/8/2213132/plaxico-burress-release-rumorsDan Moore2011-06-06T08:01:06-05:002011-06-06T08:01:06-05:00Plaxico Burress Released From Prison Into NFL Lockout Vacuum
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<p><span>Plaxico Burress</span>, the former <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bigblueview.com/">New York Giants</a> wide receiver most famous now for accidentally shooting himself in the thigh in a nightclub with an unregistered handgun, is scheduled to be released from jail Monday after a two-year prison sentence. A free agent, Burrees will now descend into another impenetrable layer of bureaucracy when he tries to navigate the muddied offseason waters of the NFL lockout. Linked most frequently to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/">Philadelphia Eagles</a>, Burress, 34 years old, will be mentioned in connection with every team that has a vague need for wide receivers, including the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">St. Louis Rams</a>, until the lockout is over and he can finally sign a contract.</p>
<p>As for the Rams themselves, they seem like an unlikely fit for Burress, given the Steve Spagnuolo era's focus on character guys and the current wide receiving corps's surplus of questionable wide receivers that already need to be sorted through ahead of <span>Sam Bradford</span>'s sophomore season. But with Burress out of prison and free to make waves in an offseason desperate for news, it's unlikely that we've heard the end of these rumors. </p>
https://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2011/6/6/2208763/plaxico-burress-release-rumorsDan Moore