CHRIS LONG RUMORS & GOSSIP
Chris Long to Goodell: No one wants 18-game season
Following alterations to the offseason docket, which includes pushing the annual draft back into May, commissioner Roger Goodell indicated that an 18-game regular season remains a possibility.
Like many others, Chris Long is wholeheartedly against the idea.
On Wednesday, the Rams defensive lineman tweeted a message to Goodell, urging him not to fix what isn't broken.
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Bears Reach Agreement On 4-Year, $8.2M Deal With 1st-Rd Pick OG Kyle Long
The Chicago Bears have agreed to a four-year, $8.2 million contract with first-round offensive guard Kyle Long and a club option for a fifth year.
The Bears have now agreed to terms with all of their draft picks.
Long is expected to become an immediate starter to compete with the likes of Detroit Lions Pro Bowl defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh.
Drafted 20th overall out of...
Rams restructure Chris Long’s contract
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Rams have restructured defensive end Chris Long’s contract in order to create more cap space.
By restructuring Long’s contract, the Rams have freed up $4.5 million under the cap.
Long still gets the same amount of money; the restructure is merely an accounting move shuffling money around to free up cap space in 2013.
Long was scheduled...
Chris Long restructures his contract
The St. Louis Rams have gotten creative with defensive end Chris Long’s contract.
As a result, they have cleared out an extra $4.6 million in cap space.
St. Louis found themselves swimming in murky financial waters after they resigned defensive end William Hayes and made large free agency splashes in the form of Jake Long and Jared Cook.
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Rams Free Up Cap Space By Restructuring Chris Long’s Contract
Jim Thomas reports that the St Louis Rams restructured the contract of DE Chris Long. By doing so, the Rams create $4.5 million in much needed cap space.
Aaron Wilson reports that Rams converted $6 million of Long’s $13.25 million base salary for the 2013 season into a roster bonus.
St Louis had less than $1 million to work with before this roster move, so it makes sense that...
Rams Chris Long: Breaking away from the shadow of the old man?
Chris Long, son of hall of famer Howie has been the bookend of the St. Louis rams defensive line since being selected in the first round of the 2008 draft out of Virginia. A D-line much maligned since is coming of age this season in a team structure that has been renewed with new coaching, management and philosophy after their disparity of the later 2000′s. Paid better than his...
Rams' Long agrees to 4-year contract extension
Defensive end Chris Long has agreed to a four-year extension with the St. Louis Rams that will keep him under contract through the 2016 season. Financial terms of the deal were not available, but the contact is believed to be "huge," according to the report. He origianlly signed a six-year $56.5 million contract with $29 million guaranteed. Long, 27, had 13 sacks...
Long assumes leadership role for young Rams
ST. LOUIS Chris Long is in transition. Not long ago, the St. Louis Rams premier defensive end was a rookie fascination. Not long ago, he was the second-overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft with famous family ties to complement his promising size and speed.
He was Chris Long, the unproven-but-gifted son of Hall of Famer Howie Long. He was Chris Long, the consensus All-American from...
Via Fox Sports Midwest
June 13, 2012
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Rams DE Long hobbled by right ankle injury
ST. LOUIS- Dealing with a right ankle injury hasn't slowed down Chris Long's pursuit of opposing quarterbacks.
The 6-foot-3, 270-pound Long has 12 sacks this season. His streak of six sacks in six games was broken in Monday night's 30-13 loss at Seattle.
The 26-year-old Long, who has been able to increase his sack total in each of his first four years with St. Louis...
Via Fox Sports Midwest
December 16, 2011
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Chris Long is starting to really step up for the St. Louis Rams
26-year old DE Chris Long is finally playing like the Rams thought he would when they drafted him four years ago. Long has played in 9 games for the Rams so far this year and he has 19 tackles, 8 sacks, 1 forced fumble and 2 passes defensed. He has now played in 57 games in his first four years with the Rams and he has 131 tackles, 25.5 sacks, 8 tackles for a loss, 6 forced fumbles...
Via Rams Locker
November 19, 2011
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