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Rams
begin overhaul of QB spot, sign
A.J. Feeley
ST. LOUIS, MO.
(Associated Press) - The St.
Louis Rams have signed free
agent A.J. Feeley as part of
what could be a big shakeup at
the quarterback position. Terms
of the deal announced Saturday
were not disclosed, but media
reports said Feeley got a
two-year contract. Feeley, who
turns 33 in May, was a backup
for Carolina in 2009. In 10
seasons he has completed 372 of
665 passes for 4,070 yards, 27
touchdowns and 29 interceptions.
His lifetime quarterback rating
is 69.6. Feeley was drafted by
the Eagles in the fifth round
out of Oregon in 2001, and spent
his early career in Philadelphia
at a time when Andy Reid's staff
included Steve Spagnuolo as a
defensive assistant and Pat
Shurmur as an offensive coach.
Spagnuolo is now head coach of
the Rams, and Shurmur is
offensive coordinator. "A.J. has
an understanding of our
offensive system and will be a
valuable addition for our team,"
Spagnuolo said. How valuable is
to be determined because the
quarterback situation in St.
Louis couldn't be more unsettled
after the Rams went a
league-worst 1-15 in Spagnuolo's
first season. Starter Marc
Bulger and backup Kyle Boller
may not be back. The Rams' short
list of candidates for the No. 1
overall pick includes two
quarterbacks - Sam Bradford of
Oklahoma and Jimmy Clausen of
Notre Dame. They also have Keith
Null, a third-string rookie
forced to start four games at
the end of the 2009 season due
to injuries to Bulger and Boller.
That means Feeley could end up
being anything from a starter
until one of the younger
quarterbacks is ready to a
backup to a third-stringer. "I
have a great deal of respect for
coach Spagnuolo and coach
Shurmur and I'm looking forward
to working with them again in
whatever capacity it might be,"
Feeley said. Feeley has spent
most of his career as a backup,
starting 15 games and appearing
in 23. He started the final five
games of the 2002 season for the
Eagles after injuries to Donovan
McNabb and Koy Detmer, and won
four of those games, helping the
Eagles earn home-field advantage
throughout the playoffs. He was
traded to Miami for a
second-round draft pick before
the 2004 season and started
eight games for the Dolphins. He
was traded to San Diego midway
through the 2005 season,
re-signed with Philadelphia in
2006, and was a backup for
Carolina last season. Feeley
hasn't thrown a pass in a
regular-season game since 2007.
The Rams also announced the
re-signing of safety Craig Dahl,
who started 10 games and was
fifth on the team with 71
tackles. He had two sacks and
recovered two fumbles.
 Avalanche
rip Blues snapping 5-game win
streak
DENVER, CO. (CBSsports.com)
- Chris Stewart savored his
first NHL hat trick, both for
what it did for his team and how
far it showed he has come since
a brief demotion to the minors
last October. Stewart completed
the hat trick with a penalty
shot, and Milan Hejduk scored
twice in his return from a
seven-week injury layoff to help
the Colorado Avalanche beat the
St. Louis Blues 7-3 on Saturday
night. "It will be one of my
lifetime memories," a beaming
Stewart said. "I'll never forget
it." Stewart was speaking from
the perspective of a player
given a vivid reminder of how
tenuous a career in the NHL can
be. After making an Opening Day
roster for the first time, an
ineffective Stewart was demoted
Oct. 20 to Lake Erie of the AHL
before being recalled after a
three-day stay. "I'm kind of
thankful that happened. It was
definitely an eye opener," he
said. "You've got to work for
everything you're going to get
in this league and it definitely
made me that more hungry. I've
still got some memories of the
bus rides in Cleveland. I love
the way they treat the players
up here. I'm not going to be
satisfied. I'm trying to get
better every game." Certainly,
he was at his best Saturday in
boosting his season total to 24
goals. "He's a big man,"
Avalanche coach Joe Sacco said.
"He's got good speed and he's
got strength. When he skates,
he's very difficult to contain.
And he's playing with confidence
right now. You can see that."
Stewart's speed set up his final
score. He had crossed the blue
line on a breakaway when beaten
Blues defenseman Erik Johnson
tripped him in a desperate
attempt to stop him, leading to
the penalty shot. Stewart slowly
skated down the middle and put a
shot into the upper right corner
above Ty Conklin's glove hand
with 57 seconds remaining in the
second period. "I noticed he was
deep in the net, so I knew I had
to make a move to get it up,"
Stewart said. "I went
glove-hand, and it went in." The
hat trick was the first by an
Avalanche player since Hejduk
had one on Dec. 9, 2007. The
199-game span was the longest
active drought in the NHL. Craig
Anderson made 39 saves in his
team-record 20th consecutive
start for Colorado. The
Avalanche beat St. Louis for the
third time in three meetings
this season, snapping the Blues'
season-high winning streak at
five games. St. Louis goalie
Chris Mason, who was in the net
for each of the Blues' wins
during their five-game run, was
pulled in favor of Conklin early
in the second period after
giving up four goals on 15
shots. "You definitely have to
give them credit, but we didn't
play up to our standard," Mason
said. "They simply outworked us.
We knew these guys were a
hard-working team, they've been
playing that way all year, so
it's on us for being outworked.
We got away from our game." The
Blues struck first, getting a
goal from David Perron at 8:35
of the first. But in a matter of
11 seconds, the game turned.
That's how long it took for the
Avs to tie it up on Hejduk's
first goal, the catalyst in a
string of five straight goals by
the Avalanche. Hejduk, sidelined
since Jan. 16 because of knee
and back problems, took a pass
from Peter Mueller as he skated
in from the right wing and
knocked a shot past Mason. Just
1:12 later, Colorado took the
lead on Stewart's first goal.
From behind the net, Paul
Stastny passed the puck to
Stewart in the slot and he
one-timed it into the net.
Stewart and Hejduk then scored
1:18 apart in the second to make
it 4-1. With an assist from
Stewart, T.J. Galiardi gave the
Avs a 5-1 advantage with a
backhander at 10:07. "It felt
good. I felt good. The whole
team played well," Hejduk said.
"I thought we skated well. We
had a lot of jump. We had a lot
of scoring chances. It was a fun
game to come back." St. Louis
finally broke up Colorado's
flurry with Alexander Steen's
goal at 10:38 of the second.
Steen scored a second goal at
4:23 of the third when he
redirected Carlo Colaiacovo's
shot past Anderson. Matt
Hendricks completed the scoring
for Colorado with an empty-net
goal.
Steven
Jackson's take: trade #1 pick
ST. LOUIS, MO. (ESPN.com)
- St. Louis Rams general manager
Billy Devaney says he has not
decided what to do with the
first pick in April's NFL draft.
But the Rams' top running back
didn't hesitate when asked what
the team needed with the top
choice. "If we don't feel
someone is hands-down the
number-one pick, I think we
should trade down, try to get an
extra second-rounder, an extra
second- or third-round pick,
'cause we have so many things
that we can use as an
organization," Steven Jackson
said Friday on ESPN "First Take"
from Orlando, Fla. Devaney, who
said Friday at the league's
annual scouting combine that the
Rams were still gathering
information to make the right
choice, maintained the team was
not interested in trading
Jackson and, in fact, they would
like to acquire more players
like Jackson this offseason. "We
have to wait on the combine to
see how the guys pan out,"
Jackson said. "But I'm
definitely a fan of Ndamukong
Suh. I hear he's a great person,
his family is unbelievable, and
he's definitely an impact
player."
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