The Rams have agreed to a four-year contract extension with defensive end Chris Long. Long is now signed through the 2016 season. He had been entering the final year of a $56.5 million contract he signed after St. Louis drafted him No. 2 overall in 2008 out of Virginia.

Steven Jackson has thought about being traded to a contender over the years, but currently has no plans to play for any team other than the Rams. The running back said on Tuesday's Pro Football Talk Live that he's currently talking to the Rams about a contract that would allow him to retire as a member of the only team with which he has played. Jackson is under contract through 2013, with base salaries of $7 million this year and next year.

Rams defensive end Robert Quinn has been charged with drunken driving in suburban St. Louis, police and court officials said Thursday, according to an ESPN.com report.

Sam Bradford is glad that he decided to return to Oklahoma for another season after winning the Heisman Trophy. "I know coming back was the complete right decision for me. There's no way I was ready to leave college after two and half years," Bradford said. "Even though I came back and got hurt, the experience that I gained in that extra year was invaluable. There's no way I would have been able to step into an NFL huddle and lead an NFL team at 21 years old." Bradford had just won the 2008 Heisman Trophy and led the Sooners to the national championship game during a record-setting offensive season when he decided to come back for another year in college. He missed most of the season after injuring his right throwing shoulder in an opening-season loss to BYU.

Rams cornerback Janoris Jenkins, taken in the second round of April's draft, is one of the 32 unsigned rookies. Last week, Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports reported that Jenkins was in a dispute with the Rams over a predraft verbal agreement. Such an arrangement would impermissible under the Collective Bargaining Agreement. As such, the defender's representatives say the predraft verbal agreement with the Rams is fictional. "At no point before, during or after the 2012 NFL draft was there ever any promise from us to the Rams that Janoris would hire a specific financial adviser," Jenkins' agent, Malik Shareef of Dimensional Sports, said in a statement.

Janoris Jenkins is at odds with the Rams over a verbal pre-draft agreement that's impermissible according to terms of the collective bargaining agreement, according to Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports on Thursday.

Rams tight end Brody Eldridge has been suspended without pay for the first four games of the 2012 regular season for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances. According to the league spokesman, Eldridge will be able to participate in all offseason and preseason practices and games.