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Keenum interested in Rams?
By Nate Latsch
http://stl.scout.com/story/1524698-keenum-interested-in-rams?s=124
Could a quarterback from the St. Louis Rams’ recent past be one of the possible answers in its future? That’s one rumor floating around at the free agency period begins this week.
Case Keenum was claimed by the Rams near the end of the 2014 preseason after being waived by the Houston Texans. He spent some time on the 53-man roster before being released and added to the practice squad.
Keenum was later signed by the Texans after a string of injuries to their quarterbacks and ended up starting two games for Houston.
Now he goes into this offseason as an exclusive rights free agent and P.D. Starr at StateoftheTexans.com wrote that the Rams would be a team to watch for Keenum.
“Keenum wants an opportunity to play, but it is highly unlikely it will happen in Houston,” Starr wrote. “He would probably appreciate the Texans not tendering him and allowing him to be a free agent. The St. Louis Rams is a team to watch. That was the team from which the Texans claimed Keenum in the 2014 season. Keenum showed enough to possibly warrant some guaranteed money to become a backup on another team’s roster.”
The Rams’ quarterback situation is fluid this offseason.
Sam Bradford has one more year on his massive rookie contract but is coming off back-to-back season-ending ACL injuries. The two quarterbacks who played for the Rams in 2014 — Shaun Hill and Austin Davis — are both free agents.
Hill, who signed a one-year deal with the Rams last offseason, is an unrestricted free agent. Davis is, like Keenum, an exclusive rights free agent.
Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Friday that the Rams hade made a contract offer to Hill and have tendered Davis a deal at the minimum level of $1.5 million. As an exclusive rights free agent, the Rams have the ability to match whatever offer Davis gets from another team if they choose to do so.
The Rams obviously liked Keenum enough to claim him after Bradford was injured in the preseason, but they opted not to protect him by keeping him on the 53-man roster for the duration of the season. That allowed him to sign with the Texans, who he led to a pair of victories in late December.
Keenum, 27, has had mixed results in his NFL career. He has started 10 games for the Texans in 2013 and 2014 and went 2-8. He completed 55.2 percent of his passes for 2,195 yards, with 11 touchdowns and eight interceptions, and a QB rating of 76.8.
As a point of comparison, Davis started eight games for the Rams in 2014 — his first NFL action — and completed 63.4 percent of his passes for 2,001 yards, with 12 touchdowns and nine interceptions and a QB rating of 85.1. The Rams went 3-5 during his starts, the same record that Hill posted as the St. Louis starter.
By Nate Latsch
http://stl.scout.com/story/1524698-keenum-interested-in-rams?s=124
Could a quarterback from the St. Louis Rams’ recent past be one of the possible answers in its future? That’s one rumor floating around at the free agency period begins this week.
Case Keenum was claimed by the Rams near the end of the 2014 preseason after being waived by the Houston Texans. He spent some time on the 53-man roster before being released and added to the practice squad.
Keenum was later signed by the Texans after a string of injuries to their quarterbacks and ended up starting two games for Houston.
Now he goes into this offseason as an exclusive rights free agent and P.D. Starr at StateoftheTexans.com wrote that the Rams would be a team to watch for Keenum.
“Keenum wants an opportunity to play, but it is highly unlikely it will happen in Houston,” Starr wrote. “He would probably appreciate the Texans not tendering him and allowing him to be a free agent. The St. Louis Rams is a team to watch. That was the team from which the Texans claimed Keenum in the 2014 season. Keenum showed enough to possibly warrant some guaranteed money to become a backup on another team’s roster.”
The Rams’ quarterback situation is fluid this offseason.
Sam Bradford has one more year on his massive rookie contract but is coming off back-to-back season-ending ACL injuries. The two quarterbacks who played for the Rams in 2014 — Shaun Hill and Austin Davis — are both free agents.
Hill, who signed a one-year deal with the Rams last offseason, is an unrestricted free agent. Davis is, like Keenum, an exclusive rights free agent.
Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Friday that the Rams hade made a contract offer to Hill and have tendered Davis a deal at the minimum level of $1.5 million. As an exclusive rights free agent, the Rams have the ability to match whatever offer Davis gets from another team if they choose to do so.
The Rams obviously liked Keenum enough to claim him after Bradford was injured in the preseason, but they opted not to protect him by keeping him on the 53-man roster for the duration of the season. That allowed him to sign with the Texans, who he led to a pair of victories in late December.
Keenum, 27, has had mixed results in his NFL career. He has started 10 games for the Texans in 2013 and 2014 and went 2-8. He completed 55.2 percent of his passes for 2,195 yards, with 11 touchdowns and eight interceptions, and a QB rating of 76.8.
As a point of comparison, Davis started eight games for the Rams in 2014 — his first NFL action — and completed 63.4 percent of his passes for 2,001 yards, with 12 touchdowns and nine interceptions and a QB rating of 85.1. The Rams went 3-5 during his starts, the same record that Hill posted as the St. Louis starter.
