The St. Louis Rams and Mario Manningham continued their long-rumored courtship Saturday as NFL free agency rolled into the weekend, but no contract seemed imminent Saturday afternoon—even as the Rams signed Kendall Langford and lost out on Jason Jones things seemed quiet on the Manningham front—no matter how long he’ll be in Rams Park.
Signing Kendall Langford doesn’t take Rams out of mix for DL Jason Jones or WR Mario Manningham. Manningham still in STL today#freeagency
— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) March 17, 2012
The rumors Friday that the Rams and Manningham were near agreement on a contract take on a new flavor—as zombie rumors, I guess—now that we know Manningham’s been around for two days; it’s hard to believe they aren’t in the middle of negotiating something.
But nothing’s leaked, and until it does it’s hard to corroborate those earlier reports. Two things are for sure: The Rams, at this late date, aren’t going to find many wide receivers in free agency better than Mario Manningham, and Mario Manningham isn’t going to find another situation in which he could be more important in an offense than the Rams’.
More coverage of the Rams’ wide receiver chase hand-picked from SB Nation St. Louis:
- Could the Rams really draft Trent Richardson instead of Justin Blackmon?
- For that matter, could they really draft Michael Floyd instead of Justin Blackmon?
- Hey, what if they just drafted Justin Blackmon?