Rams report, 6/9: OTAs and ROH

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* The big news from this week's OTAs was good news for the health of the 2014 Ram offense. Sam Bradford, who tore an ACL in Carolina last October, threw in some 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 drills and reportedly looked great. Because his ACL rehab gave him time to do extra upper-body work, he's reportedly throwing the best deep balls of his career. With 2014 possibly being Bradford's make-or-break season, good developments all around for him.

* More good news: As definitively as we've heard to date, Jeff Fisher told reporters that left tackle Jake Long will be ready for the start of the regular season. Right now he's expected to be good to go a couple of weeks into training camp. The Rams seem so confident Long will be back on time that they've had Rodger Saffold and Greg Robinson exclusively at their guard positions during OTAs, with the likes of SEAN HOOEY and MIKE PERSON manning left tackle.

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* In Kenny Britt news, the bad news is that he's already starting fights in practice, in this case with Trumaine Johnson. The good news is that the fights are caused by all the trash talking he's been doing because nobody in camp's been able to cover him. He's burned both TruJo and Janoris Jenkins for long TDs. That probably should be disheartening news that the Rams' starting DBs can't even cover Kenny Freaking Britt, but his performance represents the high end of the gamble the Rams took signing him. Good on Britt that he's showed up to play. He has a lot to prove.

* Sitting out OTAs: rookies Christian Bryant (ankle) and Mo Alexander (wrist), Matt Daniels (knee), Jake Long (knee), William Hayes (knee) and Chase Reynolds. The actual injuries are mainly speculation on my part, and Nick Wagoner's on Hayes. I don't remember Reynolds being hurt at the end of last season, so no clue what's going on there. And since teams aren't required to make injury reports during OTAs, it's not like we'll ever hear anything from the Rams.

And if I may overreact just a second here, the real bummer here is Alexander not getting to do anything in OTAs, since those are supposed to be pretty important for the rookies. Extra reason to question the Rams' 4th-round draft pick, who I felt was overdrafted over other and more important needs, if they took him when he wouldn't even be ready physically for OTAs.

OTAs continue on Tuesday and Thursday.

* Rams alumni report:
- Cleveland cut LB Larry Grant. They had the veteran in camp about a week.
- Performing as "Moose", former Rams o-lineman Quinn Ojinnaka got the pin in (to my knowledge) his first televised match on Ring of Honor wrestling. His signature move as a Ram may have been getting whipped by a DE's edge speed, but Moose won this match for his six-man tag team with a surprisingly-good dropkick, and, a typical move for wrestlers with football backgrounds, a spear. I don't intend to report on many of Quinn's matches - he wasn't even a Ram all that long - but a number of current WWE stars have their roots in Ring of Honor, so it might be worth it to track if this becomes the start of something big for Quinn. Er, Moose.

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