The St. Louis Rams added considerable seasoning to their roster this offseason.

They’ll be subtracting some veteran flavor as well.

Veteran linebacker Na’il Diggs’ release, confirmed by the team Monday, seemed likely from the day St. Louis added another veteran linebacker, Ben Leber, early in training camp. Diggs is 33 and coming off a season-ending pectoral injury. Leber is 32 and has not missed a game since 2006, when he missed one. He has played 16 games in a season seven times in nine years.

With Diggs gone, the Rams have 14 players aged 30 or older. Most project as likely to stick around on the eventual reduction to 53 players.

I would not expect the Rams to get significantly younger through their two-deep depth chart. They could use depth at cornerback and possibly up front on offense. The interior offensive line is easily overlooked after the team signed Harvey Dahl in free agency and worked out a new deal with Jacob Bell. I could see the Rams monitoring the waiver wire for veteran backup help. New coordinator Josh McDaniels values size and power on the interior.

The Rams are also releasing defensive end Kenneth Charles and safety John Dempsey. That brings their roster to 83 players heading toward the Tuesday deadline for compliance with the 80-man limit. The team could get to 80 without cutting anyone. Jermelle Cudjo (back), Jerome Murphy (ankle) and Dionte Dinkins (knee) are candidates for injured reserve.

Steve Spagnuolo said hello to Sam Bradford, and then let the quarterback get to work.

The St. Louis Rams’ coach noted Tuesday that soon enough he’d be spending a lot of time with last year’s NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and he didn’t want to “bog down” Bradford.

Spagnuolo expects a smooth transition under new offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, who was fired by Denver last December. Bradford passed for 3,512 yards last year, second most by a rookie in NFL history, and took a leadership role in informal player workouts during the lockout.

“Hopefully it won’t be completely new,” Spagnuolo said. “I know it won’t be completely new.”

The Rams are coming off a 7-9 season that was six wins better than a year earlier. They just missed a playoff berth in the weak NFC West and Spagnuolo said players left for the offseason with a “hunger.”

Spagnuolo said visiting with players on Tuesday made it seem like a normal day after a lockout that started way back in March.

“I’ve missed everything about what normally goes on,” Spagnuolo said. “We’re almost back completely and rolling. Things are fast and furious right now, as you can imagine, but that’s the exciting part.”

Linebacker Larry Grant, who started eight games last season, was among the initial casualties as the 32 teams began the frenzied work to finalist their rosters. Spagnuolo said the team was rescinding a contract offer..

The Rams were still setting a practice schedule compatible with restrictions in the new agreement. Training camp opens Friday with physicals and the first workout will be Saturday.

One new wrinkle: the Rams will videotape all position meetings to help incoming players get up to speed faster. The team routinely has videotaped Spagnuolo’s meetings.

Defensive end James Hall was the first St. Louis Rams player in the building Tuesday, showing up at 6 a.m. Middle linebacker James Laurinaitis and cornerback Ron Bartell were among others at team headquarters.