Rams report. 8/25

Good effort by the Rams in their 24-10 win over Baltimore Saturday night. RamView
After that disaster of a game in Tennessee, they've bounced back to where I'd say they're playing better now than they were at this time last preseason. If that means much considering the slaughterhouse of an early-season schedule they have, I don't know, but at least Scott Linehan worked the starters more than last preseason, and the results are apparent.

The Rams look as ready as they're going to be.


* Injury report. Just about all of Rams Nation sees Drew Bennett's groin injury Saturday night as a blessing in disguise. It got the young receivers on the field, and Keenan Burton and Donnie Avery shone, looking well-acquainted with Marc Bulger and the Ram offense.

The injury also gets Bennett off the field, which is another good thing in itself.

- Dante Hall sprained an ankle on a punt return, but we don't yet have an idea of the severity of the injury. Or maybe we do; Linehan said it was not as bad as his injury last year, and we all know the coach is a big fat liar about injuries.

- Mark Setterstrom made it through waivers and is on the Rams' injured reserve list.


* Stuff I missed in RamView.
- Donnie Jones' average was low because the Ravens blocked a punt in the first and it traveled forward 11 yards. I completely forgot about that blocked punt in the special teams rundown.

Oh great, another reason to worry about special teams.

Justin Medlock also sent a kickoff out of bounds, but I left that out because he barely missed sending it into the endzone, or even killing it inside the 5; and if Yamon Figurs had returned it, he would have gotten to the 40 anyway.


* Around the league. Kurt Warner has been named the Big Dead's starting QB after Matt Leinart's disastrous 3-interception performance against the Raiders.

Unfortunately, Leinart at QB gives the Rams their only chance of beating the Big Dead these days, so I'm expecting another fucking Arizona season sweep and getting ripped at home fucking AGAIN.