With everything going on right now with the Rams moving back to Los Angeles, something had to give for head coach Jeff Fisher.

It’s daunting enough trying to build your football team this time of year, but balancing re-working the roster with transferring a franchise from St. Louis to Southern California makes it extraordinarily more difficult.

As a result, Fisher is stepping down from the NFL’s competition committee.

“Two weeks ago I had a conversation with the commissioner and I stepped down from the committee, for obvious reasons,” Fisher said. “I spoke to some of the other committee members, and just the time required of me as far as this move is concerned makes it really difficult to commit (to the committee) 100 percent. I look at it as hopefully being a leave of absence. But I’m not participating right now.”

The 8-member committee is made up of selected coaches and team executives to oversee competition and suggest rule changes. With Fisher stepping down, the committee consists of Stephen Jones (Dallas Cowboys), Marvin Lewis (Cincinnati Bengals), John Mara (New York Giants), Mark Murphy (Green Bay Packers), Ozzie Newsome (Baltimore Ravens, Rick Smith (Houston Texans) and Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

INDIANAPOLIS – It’s no secret the Los Angeles Rams will not leave any stone unturned in search of their quarterback of the future this offseason. Be it the draft, free agency or a trade.

And that means the Rams getting tied into every imaginable available quarterback option.

It was assumed San Francisco 49ers Colin Kaepernick would be one of those quarterbacks, if only because the 49ers and Kaepernick seemed destined for a break up after back-to-back disappointing seasons.

But that might not be the case.

Speaking to reporters today at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, 49ers general manager Trent Baalke said Kaepernick will “absolutely” be on the roster on April 1st when his $11.9 million contract becomes guaranteed.

Granted, the 49ers can still change their minds between now and April 1st, but Baalke sounded pretty convincing Kaepernick will be sticking around at least through the 2016 season.

If so, Kaepernick will be playing for his third head coach in three years in former Philadelphia Eagles and Oregon coach Chip Kelly. Kaepernick has expressed misgivings about returning to the 49ers, but Kelly does offer some compelling reasons for Kaepernick to want to stay in San Francisco.

Kelly’s Zone Read Spread Offense seems perfectly situated for Kaepernick’s skill set, and with Kaepernick in desperate need of a bounce-back season it makes sense that he finds an offense that fits his talents.

Looks like that might be in San Francisco.

“The No. 1 focus is getting him healthy,” Baalke said of Kaepernick, who is coming off thumb, shoulder and knee surgeries . “Chip is excited to work with him.”

Which means the Rams might have to scratch Kaepernick off their checklist.

It’s not often the weather plays a negative role in Los Angeles.

But apparently there is a first for everything.

The hope was construction on the Rams’ new stadium in Inglewood would begin immediately after they were approved for relocation from St. Louis to Los Angeles. And while they were granted relocation to L.A. in January by fellow NFL owners, construction work has yet to begin in Inglewood.

You can thank El Nino for the delay.

According to Inglewood Mayor James Butts, stadium developers are taking a cautious approach with the construction timeline due to the expected heavy rains. Provided developers are confident the bulk of the rain has cleared out, they are targeting August 1st for excavation

The Rams have not set a starting date for actual construction on the stadium. but the venue is still scheduled to open in 2019. The Rams will play at the Coliseum in the interim, beginning in the 2016 season.

INDIANAPOLIS – The NFL Scouting combine is officially up and running in Indianapolis today, with kickers/special teamers and offensive linemen up first for their physical measurements, medical examinations and team and media interviews.

In addition, a select group of head coaches and team executives will speak to the media today, including Los Angeles Rams head coach Jeff Fisher, who is scheduled to talk at 12:45 p.m. EST – or 9:45 a.m. in Los Angeles.

The two big days for the Rams purposes are Wednesday and Saturday when quarterbacks and wide receivers report to Indianapolis for their medical/measurements, team/media interviews, psychological tests and on-field workouts. The Rams are expected to target a quarterback or wide receiver with the 15th pick in the first round of next April’s NFL draft.

Incidentally, Rams general manager Les Snead will talk to the media at 12:45 p.m. EST on Thursday.

You can read the complete combine schedule here.

And here is a breakdown on the top players at each position.

The Los Angeles Rams will hold a one-day team meeting March 4 in Manhattan Beach to update players on the relocation process to Los Angeles, with a heavy emphasis focused on where the Rams will set up a temporary site for minicamps and OTA’s through midsummer and identifying a training camp site.

At least one of those sites is close to being official.

The Oxnard City Council on Tuesday night approved a deal with the Rams to set up temporary headquarters at the same site the Dallas Cowboys hold training camp. If everything goes as planned, the Rams will set up shop in Oxnard in early April and stay through the middle of June. Soon after, the Cowboys will return for training camp.

“It’s a turn key facility with what the Cowboys have done up there,” Rams president and CEO Kevin Demoff said. “From there — the Cowboys will be coming back in July — we need to find a new training camp home and we’ve talked to a number of different universities about that opportunity.”

Although nothing is official on training camp, the Rams are leaning strongly toward UC Irvine.

Cal Lutheran in Thousand Oaks remains a possibility, though.

In addition, the Rams are scouring the Southern California for a temporary headquarters and practice facility site they can use throughout the 2016 season.

“We’re looking for what I call permanent/temporary space all around Los Angeles, with a focus on the (San Fernando) Valley area, and trying to get a handle on what that might look like and where that might be. And from there, where can your get office space.” Demoff said. “And of course, finding the permanent practice facility is an ongoing process, which will probably take most of 2016 is my guess.

“But hopefully by March 1st, we’ll have nailed down most of this.”

The Rams’ long-range plans for a team headquarter site is in the West San Fernando Valley region around Thousand Oaks and Agoura Hills.

The agreement with Oxnard calls for the Rams to lease the fields for $510 per day from April 18 to June 17, a total cost of $31,110. The team will also lease the locker rooms at a cost of $680 per day from March 28 through June 24, a total cost of $59,840.