[Elvis]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000 ... witter_atn

Keenum: Rams coaches treating me like starting QB

By Marc Sessler

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. -- At last week's NFL Scouting Combine, the newly minted Los Angeles Rams did their best to sell Case Keenum as the team's potential starting quarterback for 2016.

Coach Jeff Fisher confirmed that Keenum would hold the top spot throughout the offseason, while general manager Les Snead repeatedly praised the 3-1 record his young passer compiled after unseating the ineffective Nick Foles.

Keenum on Friday laughed about all the quarterback questions, joking that reporters were simply trying to get the Rams "to change their answer."

That's fair. Los Angeles is expected to add plenty of competition through free agency and the draft, with Peyton Manning and Robert Griffin III both whispered about as potential matches. Keenum, though, isn't sweating it, saying this latest opportunity feels different because the team is treating him like the de facto starter.

"It's the first time that I've had a coach believe in me through the offseason like this," Keenum told Around The NFL at the Manhattan Beach Marriott. "So, I'm excited about the position that I'm in and the position the team is in. I think we're poised to make that next step and be a playoff contender."

Bottom line: Undrafted and saddled with a thin track record, Keenum still feels like a placeholder at the most important position in sports. If he's worried about his job status, though, he didn't reveal that on Friday.

"I want to be the leader this team needs me to be. And the leader that I know how to be," Keenum said. "It's not just on the field on Sundays. It's not just on the field during the week in practice. It's off the field. It's in the meeting rooms. It's in the training room, the weight room, it's in the cafeteria talking to guys. All those things are very important to me, and I hope the guys look at me like that."

[ramsman34]

He is a gamer, if athletically limited . The scenario exists for the Rams to win with him at QB. Yet, competition at that position is mandatory - it will make whomever "the" guy is that mush better and easier to count on.

[/zn/]

He is a gamer, if athletically limited . The scenario exists for the Rams to win with him at QB. Yet, competition at that position is mandatory - it will make whomever "the" guy is that mush better and easier to count on.

He's a gamer and also a dedicated film freak. So, he maximizes. If they had played all year they way they had with him in the last 4 games, they would have won more games, IMO.

But they will bring someone in. He's not the future, obviously.

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[Elvis]

[BuiltRamTough]

I'm so confused, is Keenum really going to be the franchise QB for the Rams?

[BuiltRamTough]

https://twitter.com/LizHabib/status/705988835835060224

Is that guy with the beard in the background the new OC?

[Elvis]

https://twitter.com/LizHabib/status/705988835835060224

Is that guy with the beard in the background the new OC?

California baby...

I still want to know who the old dude at the top of the escalator greeting the Rams was...

[Stranger]

When i was at the NAPA practice I was really surprised to see just how small Keenun is. I don't really see how he sees over the line.

[Elvis]

I'm so confused, is Keenum really going to be the franchise QB for the Rams?

Maybe he figures if he keeps talking about how great it is that the Rams have made him the starter, it will stick...

[Stranger]

https://twitter.com/LizHabib/status/705988835835060224

Is that guy with the beard in the background the new OC?

California baby...

I still want to know who the old dude at the top of the escalator greeting the Rams was...

where did u see the guy at the top of the stairs?