ST. LOUIS, MO – The St. Louis Rams' Organized Team Activities are open to the media on Wednesday and Friday this week. OTAs begin at 10:30 a.m. and conclude at approximately 12:15 p.m. Head Coach Jeff Fisher will be available following Wednesday's practice, and players will be available both Wednesday and Friday.

Below is the full schedule of OTAs that are open to the media:

TRANSCRIPT: Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher - Rookie Minicamp - May 12, 2012

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Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher – Rookie Minicamp
May 12, 2012

(On Saturday’s practice)
“We were very impressed. Since we talked last, we had a three hour meeting last night and installed a bunch more offense and defense and then again did the same this morning. The offense came out and had a walk-thru. The defense did not. I thought both sides responded pretty well.”

(On if he’s ever had a minicamp where he walked away wondering why they drafted a particular player)
“No, because you’re always very optimistic. There’s a lot of work that needs to get done, so if you’re leading into, ‘Would I say that about any of these guys?’ No, that’s not the case. This is a good class. They’re working good together. We’re going to meet this afternoon. We’re going to do some more orientation and then obviously they’re going to stay. Then on Monday they’ll pick the work up, just the rookies, and then Tuesday we’ll have our first OTA with everybody together.”

Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher – Rookie Minicamp - May 11, 2012


Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher – Rookie Minicamp
May 11, 2012

(On how practice went)
“Well, the first day’s nearly over. We had a meet-n-greet last night with them and we got physicals, and then we outfitted for equipment and got up early this morning. You could clearly tell in the room, which guys were the West Coast guys at about 9:30 in the morning. But we got a lot done. We had to teach them how to stretch and show them the facility and explain to them what we wanted to get accomplished . I crossed out the minicamp and I put orientation on it because at minicamp you’re running around full speed like wild men and you’re in great shape – and they’re not – so this is more of an orientation. But I thought the first day was good. We saw some good things. Some things that we saw prior to the draft, translated to the field.”

Over the off season and during the draft the Rams have done a lot in building a Jeff Fisher roster. They got some pretty good free agents to fill some of the weakest points on the team. The Ram's draft plugged a few more holes. I wanted to see just how many holes the Rams actually still have. For that I developed an extended starting lineup using the following depth chart http://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/depthchart/STL . I included two running backs because Brian Schottenheimer seems to like a two running system. I included three wide receivers as starters since I expect a lot of 3 WR sets and I included two TE's. On defense the D-lines depend on rotations so I included three each of D-ends and D-tackles. I also included four CB's since I think the Rams base offense will really be a 4-2 and may use six defensive backs on a number of occasions. To predict starters before training camp and preseason would be foolish and I will not do so. By the start of the regular season several of these players will be replaced by better players. But the following list of "starters" is an exercise to determine if the Rams have adequate players at each position.

TRANSCRIPT: Head Coach Jeff Fisher and GM Les Snead – Post-Draft Press Conference


Head Coach Jeff Fisher and GM Les Snead – Post-Draft Press Conference
April 28, 2012

(Opening Statement)
Snead: “I can say this, the fourth round pick seems like a long time ago. I can open it with that. I don’t know what time it is right now.”

(On general thoughts on the draft and the 10 players they selected)
Snead: “Is that how many we got? Ten? I think the general thoughts, I think we accomplished some of our goals and they were with each pick: try to get them right, try to get the best available, and also help position groups. I think our defensive line got help, I think our defensive backfield got help, and I think our running back position got help, and I think our wide receiver position got help. So I think that was a nice, productive day with young players and now it’s up to these players to do their part.”

Fisher: “I would echo what Les said. I think the most impressive thing throughout all day yesterday and maybe through (round) four today was that the board was right. And that’s a compliment to Les and the staff, the scouts, just getting the board right. Very few people were coming off the board down here, back over here, they just came off kind of in sequence of how we had ranked them. That at least gives you an opportunity to predict and a chance to get the right guy at the right time. We discussed numerous trades that never took place, as always is the case in the draft. Had a lot of players up there that you would really like to have, but you don’t get because there’s 31 other teams. And then we got numerous calls from our friends and associates around the league that said, ‘Boy, we really like that guy,’ and, ‘Wow, what a great pick that guy was, we were going to take him the very next pick.’ All in all I thought it was a very, very successful draft. You look at it, I was just looking a little while ago, Abilene Christian, Hawaii, Missouri Western - there’s some talent at the small schools. We did our research and we felt like we got the best players available.”

TRANSCRIPT: RB Daryl Richardson – Conference Call


RB Daryl Richardson – Conference Call
April 28, 2012

(On how much contact he had with the Rams)
“I had contact a few times with the Rams. Probably like three times.”

(On when he talked to the Rams)
“I talked to the running backs coach yesterday and I talked to a few more coaches yesterday with the Rams.”

(On if he is at home right now)
“Yes, sir. I’m at home. This is my hometown Vernon, Texas. Everybody’s excited. Family, everybody keeps calling me and just coming up to me. Having a good time right now.”

(On his reaction after his name was called)
“I was very excited. It’s just a blessing.”

(On what his weekend has been like and if he hoped to be drafted)
“I was hoping to get drafted, I was expecting to get drafted, but I was preparing myself for the worst, just free agency. But my agent was telling me I could go fifth through seventh round, but be expecting free agency. I’m really just blessed to have this opportunity.”

TRANSCRIPT: Rams Second and Third Rounds Draft Picks Press Conference


Rams Second and Third Rounds Draft Picks – Press Conference
April 28, 2012

(Head Coach Jeff Fisher opening statement)
“I’ve got just a minute or so here, I’ve got to get back up, but I want to introduce to you, what is the best dressed draft class that I’ve seen here in a long time. Say hi to (WR) Brian Quick, (CB) Janoris Jenkins, (RB) Isaiah Pead, and (CB) Trumaine Johnson. This was a culmination of a lot of hard work yesterday and I’m happy to introduce them to you. What I’d like to do now is just open it to questions for them.”

(On how good it feels to be surrounded by these guys)
Fisher: “We just had a little visit upstairs and it’s very exciting. This is a class that will be remembered for a long time and they’re still coming. There’s still a couple on the board, but it’s very exciting. We got to know each one of them very, very well for different reasons. Trumaine was the only one that didn’t make the 30 visit. The first four did, so we spent a lot of quality time with them.”

TRANSCRIPT: LB Aaron Brown Conference Call


LB Aaron Brown – Conference Call
April 28, 2012

(On how he is feeling)
“It’s been a long road. I’m just really excited just to be in this situation and have this opportunity to fulfill my dreams.”

(On what his expectations were coming into the draft)
“I’ve heard from a couple teams, they were interested in me. It was either late rounds or priority free agency. But I talked to the St. Louis Rams a lot and they picked me, so I’m happy with that decision.”

TRANSCRIPT: K Greg Zuerlein Conference Call


K Greg Zuerlein – Conference Call
April 28, 2012

(On if this was a surprise)
“Yeah, it was a bit of a surprise. Going into this whole thing you don’t know really what’s going to happen or where you’re going to end up, and you just hope for the best. Really that’s what today was, just basically a waiting game and then some relief once I got that call.”