Bradford-How soon can he start?

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(cbssports.com)Slowly but surely, Sam Bradford is getting acclimated to life in the NFL. The No. 1 overall pick of the April draft joined veterans on Thursday at the first day of the Rams' minicamp. The former Heisman Trophy-winning QB from Oklahoma said that after OTA workouts and the first day of minicamp, things are starting to sink in. "The more I'm out there and the more reps I get, the more comfortable I feel," Bradford said. "From Day 1 to now, it's night and day how much more comfortable I feel just calling the plays in the huddle, getting to the line of scrimmage and making the reads. I feel really good with the progress I've been able to make." Coach Steve Spagnuolo felt good about that progress, too. "Today, we threw a couple of things at the quarterbacks from the standpoint of pressures. I thought all of them did a nice job and Sam stuck out on a couple of them," Spagnuolo said. "He looked real good on them. That's important." It isn't yet known if Bradford will immediately move into the starter role for St. Louis. Bradford is competing with A.J. Feeley for the starting job.
 
I think he'll be ok. Honestly, Bradford brings a whole new attitude to that team. Now, I'm not calling them competition in their division just yet, but do you honestly think that anyone on that team was playing for anything at all? Now you have a QB that would have beaten out Stafford for the #1 draft pick last year; a kid with a great arm, and good study habits of the game (so I hear). Steven Jackson is a freaking beast, so you know he'll have that help. Donnie Avery can now actually be the decent compliment that we all believe that he can be, and with Mardy Gilyard, the Rams have a Steve Smith clone (the Carolina one). Now, the O-Line and D, are going to be playing football to win, which is an attitude that that organization hasn't had in almost 6 years.
 
Feeley might start the first few games or until he is ineffective then i think we'll see Bardford come in. He is their future and not sure if they want to throw him out there yet risking injury. But on the other hand AJ might perform so bad in spring training that Bradford gets the nod and starts day 1. They gave him alot of money, too much money to stand on the sidelines holding a clipboard so that thought alone, he'll be starting by the 2nd/3rd week of preseason.
 
rotoworld,
Coach Steve Spagnuolo revealed that rookie Sam Bradford is finally being "mixed in" with the first-team offense during practice.

Before reading too much into this news, consider that Keith Null and Thad Lewis were also given first-team snaps. The good news for Bradford, though, is that veteran A.J. Feeley obviously less than firm grip on the No. 1 spot.
Source: Profootballtalk on NBCSports.com



That's the old hand writing on the wall.
 
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