The Rams are going to be in last place in the NFC West for a very, very long time. They've lost six in a row to Seattle. They've lost 3-of-4 to the Big Dead, who appear to be a team on the rise on both sides of the ball under Ken Whisenhunt. They do not have the pass rush to threaten an offense like Seattle's, and they do not have the DBs of size to slow down the big Arizona WRs, and haven't done that much to accomplish those objectives.
Now, Mike Martz has been picked by the 49ers to turn around their moribund offense. Let me pull out some of my remarks from the Rams' 41-34 win over Martz's Lion offense in 2006. Bear in mind this was week 4 and Martz hadn't been with the Lions all that long.
"Martz just about kicked Jim Haslett's ass up and down the field."
"Mike Martz [came] back and coach[ed] like a genius again."
"If Mike Martz ever becomes a head coach again, please let it be an NCAA or CFL. I never want to see these guys attempt to defend his offense ever again."
In that game, Jon Kitna threw for 280, Roy Williams had 9 catches for 139, and of course, Mike Freaking Furrey had 8 catches for 82 and 2 TDs. The only saving graces for the Rams were Kitna's 3 turnovers and that Detroit's D was even worse than the Rams' was.
And now the Rams will face Martz twice a year? Think he'll be fired up about either of those games? He was always fired up about the Ram-49er rivalry anyway; now you add the revenge factor? The 49ers have held the Rams to 20 points or less the last FIVE meetings, anybody think that'll be near enough with Martz running the 49er O? The only good news out of this is that the Rams don't have to worry about Vernon Davis any more. Martz has a great gift for making TEs useless.
Nonetheless, it really looks like the Rams are going to top 2006's 2-4 and 2007's 1-5 by going 0-6 in the NFC West in 2008.
Hey, maybe that means Mike Martz will help get rid of Linehan!
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