Long shows he belongs
St. Louis Rams05/12/2008 10:18 PM The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports he blew by Barron. Got barked at by Baker. And learned from Little. By all accounts, rookie DE Chris Long soaked it all in like a 279-pound sponge. "It's just all football," said Long, speaking of his first minicamp as a Ram. "It's a lot of fun because, really, you don't have to worry about anything else. Just eliminate everything else in your life and just focus on football." For a weekend, at least, it didn't even seem like work for Long, the defensive end from the University of Virginia chosen No. 2 overall in the draft by St. Louis. "That was my biggest anxiety," he said. "I was worried it was going to feel like a job and not a game. But these guys are out here having fun, working hard just like a college team would — it's just that guys are better." Read more