The Facts: After three months of hiring staff and players, grinding film, preparing the playbook and doing everything else that comes with being a new head coach, Scott Linehan finally steps onto the practice field this morning.

Diehards Line:The Rams begin the first of three off-season mini-camps with two practices today, two more Saturday and one Sunday morning. "It'll be great for all of us," Linehan said Thursday. "We've been kind of bottled up in the building. We can't see the light of day."