Elbow issue of Rams' Matthew Stafford delays Allen Robinson connection

Growing up in Detroit, Allen Robinson watched a parade of Lions quarterbacks come and go.

In 2009, when Robinson was a junior at St. Mary's Prep High, the Lions chose Matthew Stafford with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft.

"In my existence of watching Detroit Lions football, there was nobody who threw the ball even close to how he did in Detroit," Robinson said.

Thirteen years later, Robinson will be catching passes from Stafford for a Rams team preparing to make a run at a second consecutive Super Bowl title.

But he will have to wait awhile. The Rams, who have been conducting voluntary offseason workouts since April, began organized team activities Monday in Thousand Oaks.

Stafford took snaps but he did not throw passes, and he probably won't until