• And to put a fine-point on it, Bradford in 2011 started five games on a bad ankle that greatly limited his mobility and balance to plant and throw. Bradford shouldn't have been playing; he took a beating out there for no good reason. Including those five games in '11, Bradford has been a physically viable starter for only 47 of 89 games over his last six seasons of football. Knowing that, how could the Rams possibly commit another $16 million plus to Bradford in 2015?

• As I wrote multiple times before the 2014 NFL Draft, it was my opinion that the Rams needed to take a QB early because of Bradford's injury pattern. It seemed like an obvious and logical move; if Bradford got hurt again, at least the Rams would have had a young QB in line to develop for 2015. But the Rams didn't go for a QB until the sixth round, taking Garrett Gilbert at No. 214 overall. So now the Rams are stuck in QB limbo. Unless the Rams really believe Gilbert or Austin Davis is their long-term future, if the organization moves away from Bradford in 2015, they don't have a young starter in place to lead them over the next several seasons or longer. Taking a QB wasn't a priority for the Rams in 2014 and it should have been. You'd have to think that drafting a QB would become a large priority for the Rams in 2015. But they put logic aside in the 2014 draft, and I suppose it's possible for the Rams to do it again. Also ... hypothetically speaking, suppose the Rams finish with six, seven, eight or nine wins? That won't put them near the top of the draft to choose among the most coveted quarterbacks.