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Archive for October, 2008

Friday’s Official We Love Mike Sando Post

For all of you that do not know, Mike Sando is running the NFC West blog over at ESPN.com and doing an absolutely amazing job covering all four teams.  Mike travels every week to a different NFC West game and covers all the teams at great depth.  Today, he reports on the Rams offense and [...]

Posted by Jeff Roman on Oct 31 2008

Will He Or Won’t He: Week 2

Steven Jackson is in his second week of being very questionable for Sunday’s game.  Coach Haslett called him “a question mark” for Sunday’s game.  He was “limited in practice” on Wednesday and split carries with Antonio Pittman and Travis Minor.  That looks like bad news as far as Jackson is concerned.
But, when pressed for comment, [...]

Posted by Jeff Roman on Oct 30 2008

Preview: Rams Ready for Home Matchup w/ Cards

The St.Louis Rams two-game winning streak was snapped on Sunday in New England vs the Patriots, but the team still played a tough game without star RB Steven Jackson, and will look to take that momentum with them this week at home when they host the Arizona Cardinals. At 2-5, the Rams still have [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Oct 30 2008

Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before

The Rams think there should have been more penalties on the Patriots in last week’s game.  Ok, I’m stopped.  No, seriously.  The Rams sent the tape to the league office for review.  (Wait, the league office does not already have the tapes?)  The Rams believe that there were at least four uncalled penalties on the [...]

Posted by Jeff Roman on Oct 28 2008

2-5 Is Not That Bad

We first covered the Rams schedule in the preseason here and tried to predict which games the Rams would win and looking at the Rams difficult first half of their schedule.  The Rams are through the hardest part of their schedule and almost half way through, so let’s take a look at the schedule again. Here [...]

Posted by Jeff Roman on Oct 27 2008

Rams Lack Enough Firepower, Lose to Patriots 23-16

The Steven Jackson-less St. Louis Rams lost their first game under interim head coach Jim Haslett to the New England Patriots in Week 8. The Rams could not take advantage of two interceptions by Matt Cassel and scored only 6 points in the second half as the Patriots took the lead for good on [...]

Posted by Jeff Roman on Oct 26 2008

Steven Jackson Inactive

Jackson is inactive in week 8 against the New England Patriots. Antonio Pittman and Travis Minor will be running the football for the Rams.

Posted by Jeff Roman on Oct 26 2008

NFL Voids Rams Deal with Haslett

The NFL has taken action against the St.Louis Rams, and has voided the contract of interm head coach Jim Haslett that said he would get the full-time coaching job if he won six games this season. The league said that the contract violated the Rooney Rule, in which teams have to at least interview [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Oct 25 2008

Jackson 50-50 to Play vs Pats Sunday

Running back Steven Jackson is still an unknown for Sunday’s key matchup in New England vs the Pats.  “It’ll be a game-day decision,” coach Jim Haslett said. “He doesn’t need a lot of reps because he knows everything.”  Jackson is being regarded as 50-50 to play in the contest according to Haslett.  If Jackson can’t [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Oct 25 2008

Sunday’s Big Fantasy Matchups for Pats-Rams

Rams WR Donnie Avery vs. Patriots CB Deltha O’Neal
Avery has had key pass receptions of 40-plus yards in both of the Rams’ victories on the past two Sundays. O’Neal has struggled in a Patriots secondary that has been vulnerable for much of this season. If the pass protection holds up for quarterback Marc Bulger, Avery’s [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Oct 24 2008