Published on: 13th October, 2009
When news surfaced that conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh was thinking about teaming about with St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts to buy the St. Louis Rams, it apparently rubbed some folks the wrong way. First it was a few players saying they wouldn’t want to play. New York Giants defensive ...Published on: 29th September, 2009
Coming off an 0-3 start with a road trip to San Francisco on Sunday, the Rams had to think they at least had a few days before anything else bad could happen. Wrong. On Tuesday, the NFL announced starting linebacker David Vobora would be suspended for four games for violating the leagues ...Published on: 28th September, 2009
One of my passions other than sports is politics. I love how politicians can spin almost anything to their advantage. Cut popular programs? It’s only because you were committed to making the tough choices and being fiscally responsible for the good of the state. Raise taxes? It was the only way to ...Published on: 23rd September, 2009
Can the Rams beat the Packers? Just typing that sentence seems weird. The Rams have exactly seven points this season. They have exactly one sack. Their quarterback is averaging a miniscule 4.94 yards per pass attempt, worst in the league. Their supposed leading receiver has been terrible. Kick-off returns – terrible. (16.2 ...Published on: 22nd September, 2009
In the bottom-line business that is professional sports, the most important thing that happened to the St. Louis Rams on Sunday was another loss. In losing 9-7 to the Redskins in Washington, the Rams are now 0-2 and two games back of the 2-0 San Francisco 49ers heading into next week’s ...Published on: 13th September, 2009
If Rams fans came into this season thinking to themselves, “Well, at least it can’t get any worse than last year,” they were wrong. It did. In getting beat down 28-0 on Sunday afternoon in Seattle, the Rams fell to a low not even last year’s 2-14 debacle accomplished—getting shut out. Even when ...Published on: 10th September, 2009
With just days to play before the season opener at Seattle, you would like to have your roster and depth chart settled out and ready to roll. But it seems 2009 year is the Year of The Crazy in the NFL. Kansas City, Tampa Bay, and Buffalo all fired their offensive coordinators with ...Published on: 9th September, 2009
One of the silly things sports writers do is give out grades. So and so gets an A for drafting who I thought they would. So and so gets a D for doing something I didn’t expect. It’s really all just a matter of what happens and how it relates to ...Published on: 7th September, 2009
Normally, I’m not one for preseason prediction columns. Oh, I always do them, but I usually kept them to my old blog. There’s just something about the “Hey guys, look what I think!” column that always seemed … I don’t know, kind of lame. At the same time, there’s nothing like ...Published on: 2nd September, 2009
On Tuesday, the St. Louis Rams finally gave up on two of the remaining disappointments from their failed 2006 NFL draft—first-round pick Tye Hill and third-round pick Joe Klopfenstein. Hill was shipped to the Atlanta Falcons for a bag of donuts, otherwise known as a seventh-round pick. Klopfenstein couldn’t even bring ...