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Source: St.self storage Louis Post-DispatchSept. 03--Will there be life after Danny Amendola for Sam Bradford?Yes, he will play on. But ESPN.com, through its Grantland vehicle, has serious concerns about the quality of that life. Amendola is a New England Patriot now and Bradford is starting anew with a young receiving corps.The World Wide Leader Leader notes that Sam has been a statistical catastrophe when not throwing to Amendola during his three-year career.Bill Barnwell wrote:The difference between Sam Bradford throwing to Danny Amendola and Sam Bradford throwing to anybody else has been very stark during Bradford's brief NFL career. He gets about as much on each throw regardless -- 6.1 yards per attempt to Amendola, 6.3 yards per attempt to all the others. Where he's differed has been in completion percentage. Bradford has completed 66.5 percent of his passes to Amendola, which has helped make his numbers look better and left him with a safety valve during those times when Amendola and Bradford were both healthy. When throwing to other receivers, Bradford has completed just 56.8 percent of his passes. In other words, he turns from an efficient-if-conservative checkdown artist with Amendola into the 2012 version of Blaine Gabbert without him.At this point, Bradford is basically a ruthless checkdown artist; the Rams are the ones paying millions of dollars to put something they don't really understand or have any use for up on their wall right now, and since they've already done it once, they keep doing it. Bradford routinely doesn't see open receivers downfield or doesn't see them until the window is already closing. Just 6.8 percent of his passes since joining the league have gone for 20 yards or more, which is the lowest rate in the league for passers with 1,000 attempts or more over that time frame. The average rate for those quarterbacks is 9.3 percent, which tells you just how little of an impact Bradford has had. You can be a good quarterback in this league by checking down a lot -- Matt Ryan is at only 7.6 percent, and Peyton Manning is barely ahead of him at 8.4 percent -- but you need to complete 65 percent of your passes in doing so to repeatedly move the chains. Bradford is at 58 percent. If you want to succeed while completing 58 percent of your passes, you have to be like Cam Newton, who leads the league in this stat by turning 12.2 percent of his pass attempts into 20-plus-yard gains. If you're not completing a lot of passes and those passes aren't going very far, you're not pushing your team in the right direction.The Rams can make a case that Bradford has his best supporting cast ever. He has Jake Long in at left tackle and should hopefully get a full year out of Scott Wells at center. Amendola left for New England, but there are a variety of options available to replace him, including big-money free agents (Jared Cook) and top-10 draft picks (Tavon Austin) and their college buddies (Stedman Bailey). Of course, they've given Bradford a variety of wideouts and some expected line improvements in the past, and they haven't been of much use.Yes, well, the Rams have run though lots of offensive linemen and mostly useless receivers during the past three seasons. The guys Bradford did click with -- Amendola, Steven Jackson and Brandon Gibson -- have moved on as free agents.Bradford comes into this season with no established running backs or wide receivers. Cook got a nice contract, but he has yet to become an impact offensive player.Second-year receiver Chris Givens could be the breakout performer, but we still need to see how he fares against defenses game-planning against him. Second-year running back Daryl Richardson has wheels, but much of his 2012 production came on a handful of big plays.Tipsheet's guess: Bradford and his young skill players will grow together this year while trying to master the revamped offense. They will make some big plays and some big mistakes, too.Can the young running backs read and react to blitzes, as Jackson did so capably?Can the receivers run the right routes, make the necessary sight adjustments, adjust to the ball and win the 50-50 battles, as Amendola did so well?Will all this speed translate into actual playmaking?We shall see. Strong team defense and special teams will take some pressure away from the offense.The Rams will win about half of their games, perhaps slightly more if they fare better on the injury front than their immediate NFC West peers.But the big payoff is likely a season away, after all this growth occurs. In the meantime, the haters will keep hating on Bradford.MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSEQuestions to ponder while wondering why the Cincinnati Reds own Adam Wainwright:Can Jadeveon Clowney overcome his slow start this season? [.sportspickle.com/2013/08/jadeveon-clowneys-stock-plummets-fails-decapitate-anyone]Since when is swimming from Cuba to Florida something to put on a bucket list? [.sportsgrid.com/domination/diana-nyad-outwits-sharks-jellyfish-to-complete-cuba-to-florida-swim/]Could this guy become an excellent three-point shooter? [network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/australian_sets_world_record_with_longest_basketball_shot_ever_off_clock_tower_in_the_netherlands_video/14441600?linksrc=home_x_vv_head_14441600]QUIPS 'R USHere is what some of America's leading sports迷你倉pundits have been writing:Pat Forde, Yahoo! Sports: "After escaping serious NCAA penalty last week, Johnny Manziel made a mouthy return to college football in the second half of Texas A&M's 52-31 victory over Rice on Saturday. He ran through and passed over the Owls following his one-half suspension, but it was the trash talk and gesticulating that left everyone annoyed -- and wondering what it will take for the kid to get it. He was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct once, and probably should have been flagged a second time. He appeared to blow off his coach on the sideline. Even some Manziel supporters were turned off by his act. It is reasonable to deduce that A&M has ceded control of its football program and its much-valued public image to an emotional, impulsive, coddled 20-year-old. But understanding why it might do such a thing requires a peek at the bigger picture. Texas A&M, Johnny Manziel and Kevin Sumlin came together at a most crucial moment in school history. The Aggies were breaking their 97-year league affiliation with most of the rest of the state of Texas, first in the Southwest Conference (1915-1995) and then in the Big 12 (1996-2012). The departure to the Southeastern Conference was an audacious move driven in no small measure by the opportunity to tell arrogant rival Texas that much-derided A&M could stand on its own, and one day would be the pre-eminent university in the Lone Star State."Mark Schlabach, ESPN.com: "Normally, a coach can count on his star quarterback to lead an inexperienced team. But after Manziel spent much of the summer jetting around the country, his teammates didn't even elect him to Texas A&M's leadership council, which includes 12 players. While Manziel's teammates spent the summer working out together in the stifling Texas heat, Manziel spent much of it basking in the celebrity of being the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy. In fairness, Manziel spent one week working with quarterback guru George Whitfield and another week attending -- and getting sent home early -- from the Manning Passing Academy. But Manziel's omission from the Aggies' leadership council should tell you everything you need to know about his stock as a leader. On Friday night, Manziel sought to win back the trust and respect of his teammates and coaches. His apology seemed genuine at the time. Now, it might seem hollow. Maybe one day Johnny Football will figure out it isn't all about him."Pete Fiutak, College Football News: "Ask any current or former football player about receiving 'benefits' while in school and you'll get a stern lecture about how it was an honor simply to wear the uniform. Ask a player about steroid or PED use, and be prepared for a look like you asked to borrow $200 so you could take his mom on a date. Ask former players about Manziel and whether or not they buy his story that he signed autographs just for the heck of it, and the response so far has been a mixture of 1) laughter, 2) 'are you nuts?', 3) 'do you have any idea how much it stinks to sign your name 100 times, much less 1,500?', 4) more laughter."Greg Cote, Miami Herald: "There were reports LeBron James, engaged to be married, had a relationship with a 'bikini model,' Carmen Ortega. Know what that sounds like? Like the future Mrs. James just got a bigger wedding ring."Gwen Knapp, Sports on Earth: "Here is Colin Kaepernick posing with Michelle Obama a few weeks after the Super Bowl, both of them smooching a bicep in the quarterback's trademarked gesture. There he is on the cover of GQ, opening a leather jacket to reveal one of the tattoos that ignited a cultural conflagration. And there he is at the Country Music Awards; in a new Jaguar ad; in a tomato-red blazer and shades onstage at the ESPYs; at a Fourth of July party in a Miami Dolphins cap; in the buff for ESPN the Magazine's annual Body Issue. This time last year, Kaepernick was invisible, sitting behind Alex Smith on the 49ers' depth chart while NFL pundits cooed over first-round rookies Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III, apparently destined to become the quarterbacks of their generation. By mid-November, they had company, the kind that takes over the master bedroom and never leaves."Bruce Jenkins, SI.com: "More than just an unsettling defeat, Roger Federer's U.S. Open departure was unraveling. We've grown accustomed to seeing the great man in shambles, erratic to the point of concern, but Federer's Labor Day loss to Tommy Robredo was downright disturbing. John McEnroe, calling the match for ESPN, couldn't believe what he was seeing. The 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-4 scores told a pretty clear story, but they couldn't illustrate Federer's futility -- and apparent lack of concentration -- on the points that mattered most. In a match littered with meaningful statistics, most telling was Federer's 2-for-16 performance on break points."MEGAPHONE"I don't think they have anybody to stop me. For real. I think we have guys in the receiver room that are as good as I am, if not better. I just have that confidence in my teammates and in myself."Buffalo Bills receiver Stevie Johnson, popping off about his ability to beat the New England Patriots defense.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Visit the St. Louis Post-Dispatch at .stltoday.com Distributed by MCT Information Services文件倉