Training camp headlines 8/8

The Rams have a closed practice at LP Field in Nashville this afternoon. They play their first preseason game against the Titans there tomorrow night at 7:00.

* Jackson holdout day 15. Howard Balzer reports on insidestl.com this morning that Steven Jackson may be looking for a new agent AGAIN. If Jackson fires Eugene Parker, he has to wait five days, or $75,000, before hiring a new agent. The article also suggests that the catalyst behind Jackson's holdout may be... HIS SISTER, Rhonda.

Last week I would have suggested Jackson was worth $9 million a year. Well, I wouldn't ever suggest the Rams spend that kind of money on a guy with a 9-cent brain.

Steven needs to get his ass in camp now, and be happy the Rams have offered him any kind of competitive offer. As for Rhonda, I'd request she keep the hell out of negotiations. Her brother has rung up $225,000 in fines taking her advice, the retirement medical bill for the typical couple retiring this year.

No doubt she'll have advice for Steven when that comes, too.

* Marc Bulger to play two series tomorrow night. That's all he played the first week of preseason last year, going 6-7-42 with a pick. Linehan's not exactly keeping his promise to play Bulger more this preseason, but let's see if he gets more reps weeks 2-4. Drew Brees only played one series last night, and Matt Leinart played a couple, so two series for Bulger is probably standard for week 1 of preseason. Myself, I'd use Bulger more. No rust September 7.

* Trending up: Adam Goldberg, who seems really charged up by the fighting with Kyle Vanden Bosch on Wednesday.

* Trending down: Drew Bennett, who dropped two passes and blew a TD pass he should have caught. So, he's back to regular-season form, then.

* Around the league: Prediction: Chad Pennington, displaced by the Jets as a result of the BFF trade, will end up in - New England. Rationale: Belichick has no confidence in Matt Cassell backing up Brady, and he could basically get the Jet playbook from Pennington without having to resort to any camera trickery. And the move would reunite Pennington with college teammate Randy Moss...