Training camp headlines, 8/9

Some quick notes before I return headlong into the Preseason Challenge - and Google better fucking not eat this post again...

Rams vs. Titans tonight, 7:00 from LP Field in Nashville.
I'm shooting to have RamView for the game out tomorrow morning.

* Another day of the Steven Jackson holdout. It's day 16, and his potential total fine is upwards of $240,000 now, which, if you're Barack and Michelle Obama, is a year's worth of charitable donations; or, if you're Britney Spears, it's a year's worth of child support payments to K-Fed.

* Today's game:
Scott Linehan plans to play the starters for a quarter. He really wants to, and needs to, set the tone early. Things to watch: Nick Wagoner

Orlando Pace will play, most likely a series or two. Adam Goldberg backs him up, so he's really second-string, to correct myself from an old post.

Donnie Avery won't play but we can probably expect to see him in St. Louis next week. Anthony Becht is also out, along with OJ Atogwe, Fakhir Brown and Victor Adeyanju. Brett Romberg will start at center. Will Witherspoon may not play due to a shoulder injury from earlier in the week, but that injury is not considered serious. Antonio Pittman may be limited due to a thigh injury, so expect plenty of Travis Minor and Lance Ball.

Trent Green may not play in favor of giving Brock Berlin and Bruce Gradkowski plenty of reps.

Tonight's a big night for Ron Bartell, who Wagoner reports is "still searching for consistency". The time is now for Bartell to, in the immortal words of Dick Vermeil, poop or get off the pot.

* Pete Prisco is enthused about the Ram defense and picks them to win the NFC West. After watching them last night, I'm sticking with Seattle for the time being.

* Around the league: I need a new crystal ball; Chad Pennington was signed by the Dolphins. Charlie Batch broke his right collarbone taking on a tackler at the end of a run last night and will be out at least four weeks.