Fisher press conference

Rams head coach Jeff Fisher had a bunch of interesting things to say in a press conference at the NFL Combine earlier this afternoon. We've heard him say some of these things before, but they bear repeating. To wit:

- For you 23% in the ESPN SportsNation poll who wanted to draft Luck or RGIII, Fisher says trading Sam Bradford "wouldn't be an option." Trading the #2 pick overall, though, is obviously very much in play.

- The Rams have "a number" of unrestricted free agents they would like to keep, and Brandon Lloyd is one of them.

- Sam Bradford is "an outstanding person. He's very, very talented athletically and he's got a great future. We have to do whatever we can to surround him with good people." 

- Steven Jackson "has still got a lot of carries left."

- The Rams have discussed Albert Haynesworth but "it remains to be seen" whether or not they "go ahead and do something." Fisher also repeated that while with the Titans in 2010, Randy Moss was "great for our locker room."

- Fisher posed a scenario where the Rams could trade to a lower spot and then trade back up. He does not automatically rule out taking an offensive lineman in the first round even though the Titans famously never did it in Fisher's 16 years there.

- The entire coaching staff should be announced in the next couple of days. Great, more bio work for me.

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In a radio interview with  Bernie Miklasz today, Fisher called Justin Blackmon "no Megatron" but that he's "on the level of Andre Johnson." Also, a "better version" of Michael Crabtree. That doesn't sound like the talk of a team that's looking to trade down to me, but it is draft season. Football rivals politics for dishonesty this time of year.

Reported by Howard Balzer from the Combine: Fisher says Jason Smith's concussion problems are behind him now. Jacob Bell could be re-signed here; Fisher said he "has ability" and played well in the 2nd half of last season before getting injured.

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