Rams hire Falcons' Snead to be team's next general manager

With a new regime comes a new face lift, and at this point the St. Louis Rams are completely out of butt fat and have been shot up with enough Botox to put even the most artificial Hollywood stars to shame. After a historically inept five-year stretch between 2007 and 2011, resulting in a combined 15-65 record, there's no doubt that the team must get it right this time...

Over his first four seasons in the league, the Falcons have gone to great lengths to put weapons around quarterback Matt Ryan. Now, they have to round out the circle by getting him some top flight protection and some road graders to guarantee that the run game continues to flourish. The Falcons found out early that they would have problems throwing the ball deep off of five- and...

Plenty of interviews have already been conducted by the Rams’ brass regarding their still vacant general manager position, yet the spot still remains unmanned for the time being. Many believed that a hiring would come quickly after new head coach Jeff Fisher finished assembling the main components of his staff, but there are still several questions about just who tops the list...

Les Snead, who had been the director of player personnel at the Atlanta Falcons, accepted an offer Saturday to become the new general manager of the St. Louis Rams, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The Rams are expected to make an official announcement Monday. Snead's appointment ends a long search to replace Billy Devaney, who was fired after the Rams' 2-14 season...

Les Snead has accepted an offer to become general manager of the St. Louis Rams, according to NFL Network's Jason La Canfora.Snead was previously the Atlanta Falcons' director of player personnel and has filled various roles within the organization for the past 13 seasons.Snead began his career as a scout for the Jacksonville Jaguars.St. Louis fired general manager Billy...

George Paton (PAY-ton) has pulled his name out of the running for the St. Louis Rams' general manager job to remain with the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings announced on Saturday that Paton is being promoted from director of player personnel to assistant general manager. Paton has been one of GM Rick Spielman's most trusted advisors for years. He worked with Spielman in Chicago...

The Rams thought they had a potentially significant addition to their offensive line when they signed Jovan Olafioye of the British Columbia Lions this week. But it turns out that Olafioye won’t be heading to St. Louis after all. Olafioye has failed the Rams’ physical, and now he’s heading back to British Columbia and planning…

Len Pasquarelli of the Sports Xchange reports that ranking high on the to-do list for new Atlanta defensive coordinator Mike Nolan is getting middle linebacker Curtis Lofton out of the team's "sub" third-down coverage schemes. Lofton is a superb, two-down 4-3 middle linebacker, and retaining the pending unrestricted free agent is a priority for the Falcons, but the...

The Vikings have promoted George Paton to assistant general manager to keep him from going to the St. Louis Rams.

The St. Louis Rams will hire Falcons director of player personnel Les Snead as their new general managers, a league source confirmed to ESPN.com on Saturday.

Wide receiver Brandon Lloyd told the Post-Dispatch at the end of the season that a big factor in where he play next season is where Josh McDaniels ended up per Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Lloyd's career took off after he joined McDaniels in Denver in 2009, and the pair reunited in St. Louis following the trade, but after one ill-fated season as Rams offensive coordinator...