Steven Jackson has been holding out for more money and to this point, he's missed 7 days of practice and 10 practices. Jackson is finishing off his four year contract that he signed after he was drafted by  the Rams in 2004.  The Rams are fining Jackson, who has three consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, $15,000 a day and have told his agent, Eugene Parker, that there will be no more negotiations until Jackson reports to camp.

Head Coach Scott Linehan has said that he has been keeping in contact with the Rams running back, text messaging back and forth and talked to Jackson on the phone the other night.

"I called him, talked to him briefly, to see how he was doing," Linehan said. "It has nothing to do with anything other than letting him know that everything's going to be OK."

Jackson has told Linehan that he has been working out and exercising. He said he ran and lifted and he also asked how camp was going.

Jackson, who can't be happy with the way last year turned out, still seems interested in what the Rams are doing in camp and such. That is a good sign for the Rams. He may just want a longer contract. I don't know.

I think if he wants to stay with the Rams, and he wants his team to be successful, the sooner he comes back to camp the better.