Soreness In Rams QB Sam Bradford's Ankle Still Lingers

St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford is a man coming off of a serious ankle injury and trying to learn his third NFL offense in three seasons according to Kathleen Nelson of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. After five days of OTAs, head football coach Jeff Fisher estimated that he had installed approximately 70 percent of the offense, helping Bradford is the fact that the offense is similar to the one Pat Shurmur ran during Bradford's rookie year and the presence of a quarterbacks coach. Last year's offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels preferred to serve as his own quarterback coach but Bradford really appreciates the presence of coach Frank Cignetti, most recently the offensive coordinator at Rutgers. "Coach Cig has been awesome," Bradford said. "He really knows what he's doing when it comes to coaching quarterbacks. He's all over fundamentals. Every day he points something out on tape, whether it be my drop, my arm angle, something like that. Whereas last year, not having that, I feel like I probably missed some things and probably got a little lazy. Having him here keeps me very sharp with all the little things, which is very nice." The one carryover from last year that Bradford hopes to jettison for good is the residue from a badly sprained ankle, originally suffered Oct. 16 against Green Bay, he missed six games and finished rehab in March, but soreness lingers. He's practicing fully in OTAs, but it's got to be concerning that the ankle woes have lasted so long. Bradford re-injured the ankle on several occasions last season, and he's not fully over the injury more than seven months later. "It's getting there," Bradford insisted. "It seems to feel better every week. There's less soreness, more things I can do. I think it's definitely on the right track."

Source: The Redzone
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