Super Bowl Prediction

The Giamts 33 the Patriots 24

The rams Holding the Dolphins to 10

Surpriseling the Rams held the Dolphins to 10 in the first half and 1 piont sperates them. Steve Jackson has 75 yards ruching while Williams has 28.

The Rams can win this game by keeping it close and by rushing. The Rams do not have to throw on every down, but be patiant, They need to control the clock. This is not a blowout.

They have control the running game, put they also have to pressure Pennigton.

Scott Linehans Throws Trent Green to the Bills

Last year Scott LInehane threw his offensive coordinater, Gregg Olsen under the bus to save his job, now he plans on starting an aging quarter with two cocussions in another attempt to save his job.

After finsihing at 8-8 in his first season, the Rams sank to 3-13 in his second season. Not willing to take the excuse of injuries, which the team had, he put the blame on Olsen' s play calling. Let me remind you, that Olsen called the plays for most of the previous season. If you remember, the team could not score a touchdown under Linehan's play calling. But none the less, Olsen's playing caused the losses and that became Linehan's story. Why did that become his story? Simple, he had no answers for the injuries to the offensive line. Also, Linehan took over the play calling after demoting Olsen during the season. Now, let us look at this year.

Well, Linehan can't find the reason for three losses, so now he puts the blame on the quarterback, Marc Bulger. I am no Marc Bulger fan. He does have his share of blame in the three losses. He replaces Bulger with Trent Green who will face the upsurging Buffalo Bills behind the same offensive line that protected Bulger so well.

I wonder what bachup plan Linehan has should Trent Green get knocked out of the game. I mean who would he put in the game Marc Bulger or Brock Berlin. Also, think about this, Bulger will still make his money while sitting on the bench.

I beleive that the players have given up on Scott Linehan and maybe even Jim Hasslet. I do support the firing of both, and I feel it should be done now and not later. I also support Al Saunders as interim coach to ride out the season. When the season ends, Chip Rosenbloom should ask for the resignation of John Shaw and Jay Zygmunt. I beleive when you do a total house cleaning, you start from the top and work you way down. At the end of the season, Rosenbloom can make decisions on coaching, player, and mangement changes. Chip Rosenbloom needs step up and take the lead over the direction of this team now not later.

Will the Rams Beat the Giants?

I cannot tell you wether they can or can't be the Giants, but I do know a couple of quick changes, short of firing Linehan, that might help.

Thursday, a friend in work, told me that Boomer Eisen thinks that Rams will beat the Giants. I think Boomer my have taken one too many hits to the head. Those of us who know this team has a multi personality disorder, will warn you that one never knows which personality will show up on Sunday. Partly because they have a coach that can't center on personality, like a winning pesonality.

Fo r the Rams to beat the Giants, they have to get to Manning. Last week against Washington, he completed 19 passes in 35 attempts with one interception unlike Bulger who did not throw an interception for once. But this all rest on the Rams Offense who has to contol the flow of the game and score points. They have to make it easier on the defense. Saunders has to go back to fundamental football.

Saunder's system has been discribed as quick rythem balance attack the focus on first downs. In the first down department last week, they managed only 8 first downs in 24:50 while Phillie manged 28 first downs and five touchdowns in 35: 10 minutes. Let me suggest this that when the opposing team starts to pile on the points first downs become secondary to to quick scores which eventually adds to the interception and sack columns, and evetually wearing down your own defense. Remember you want to wear down the opposing defense.

For the Rams to beat the Giants, Saunders needs to put his system aside and go back to fundamentals. One suggestion like cutting down mental errors such as I don't know false starts. Then make the team realize that you don't need to the whole ten yards in one chunck. Gaining four yards per down in three plays you have the first down. When slowly gaining yardage, you keep the defense out on the field and eat up the clock.

So, the Rams can win if they rattle Manning enough and if they play a simplified and error free offense.

Also, this same friend wants to how the Rams could get rid of an All Pro Quarterback, Kurt Warner, for Marc Bulger? I just don't have the answer.

What if the NFL had the Patriot Super Bowl Tapes?

Walsh gave the tapes to the NFL, and they claimed they found nothing new. The Man who said that he damaging evidence on the Patriots, delivers the tapes, and we hoped that those tapes would avenge that Super Bowl loss to the Patriots. We had our hopes up that the evil one, Bill Belicheck, would be brought to shame only to have them squashed.

The NFL found nothing new from the tapes. Walsh's lawyer says that he never mentioned anything about Patriots versus Ram Super Bowl. Let me sum it up by saying that Walsh had nothing.

But ask oneself, what if the NFL did have the evidence of cheating during that Superbowl?

I want to explore that possibility by asking the following question.

What if Walsh did turnover the Super Bowl tape, and the NFL exposed that tape to the public?

A lot of gambling occurs during the Super Bowl. People loose a lot of money and maybe their homes. They go into serious debt. And we can go even further down that road. Drunken and angry husbands beat their wives or kill them, and of neither, I do not joke.

All of this brings retaliation against Bill and possible the NFL, so then NFL does their honorable thing: they hide or destroy the tapes.

I not a conspiracy theorist. I know that the Rams never showed up for the game.

The Rams Finally Get it Right

I am not going give the post analysis of the draft, since it has been beaten to death already, but I want to give you a couple of my thoughts.

The Rams finally got it right on Saturday when they drafted Chris Long. This pick will have a positive impact of the defensive line which has been negected since the departure of Winstrom. Scott Linehan has already declared him to be a starter, and will join Carricker and Little.

In the past the Rams have pulled some cheap tricks to fill their needs, such as the time in LA when they needed a running back, so they got two for the price of one really good running back. They signed Curtis Warner and Marcus Dupree, both attempting comebacks from knee surgeries. Needless to say, they didn't work out. So, this time around I thought they would fall for the Dolphins' bait and give up their first round pick for Jason Taylor.

I must admit that I seriously thought about it. He would have met all their needs as an end in their 3-4 defense. But then I had a reality check. Taylor may only last five years.

Why give up draft pick who has maybe ten or over years in front him for someone with five years left?

So, their I stood in front of my TV nervously waiting the Rams' pick. I waited to hear the following, "St Louis has traded their first pick to Miami."

I felt releived when then selected Chris Long. They finally got it right.

Trent Green Returns to the St. Louis Rams

Trent Green returned to the Rams after seven years.
He played eight games for the Rams in 2000 before being replaced by Kurt Warner. After leaving the Rams, Green played six years for the Chiefs and one year for the Dolphins. In 2004, he peaked at 369 passes in 556 attempts with 4,591 years. He left the Dolphins after playing five games before a second concussion sidelined him.
Coach Linehan feels the addition of Green completes the quarterback position for the Rams. This may be true in the fact that Green has the potential to be a good backup for incumbent starter Marc Bulger, but that does change if you factor in the two concussions.
If Green plays, he faces the risk of another head injury and permanent brain damage. He does not only face this risk in a game but also in practice. The Rams should rethink this move.