Gordo: State of the Rams as Week 1 arrives

The demise of Sam Bradford put a dark cloud over the 2014 Rams. Their hopes for a breakout season diminished when Bradford suffered another ACL injury. Shaun Hill has fine work as a back-up quarterback in his career, but now he must try to elevate the this still-youthful team in the grueling NFC West. His offensive line remains a work in progress and his best route-runner, Stedman Bailey, will miss the first four games of the season suspended for using performance-enhancing drugs. The Rams will attack opposing offenses with arguably the league's best defensive line, but their secondary remains questionable -- especially with Trumaine Johnson shelved by a knee injury and cornerback Brandon...