...inasmuch as I'm finally updating this puppy for the first time since before the draft, that is. Thank a very busy work schedule and a dying (now dead) home computer for that. But 2008, which should be buried, now has an archive page, and I did get some time to update the Rams' all-best and all-worst pages.
Obviously there was no need to update the best games page after 2008, but certainly last year saw a couple of the worst efforts in team history, led by the 47-3 (40-0 at halftime) debacle against the Jets that takes over at #1 on the list of worst games the Rams have played in St. Louis. The 38-3 season-opening loss takes a spot as well, as does the 2006 embarrassment in the Dome where the Bears had more fans present than the Rams did. It's hard to get worked up any more about the Rams losing to Kurt Warner, so one of those losses fell off the list, along with a dreadful Bears game in '97 and the divisional playoff loss to Atlanta in '05, which WAS the Rams' last playoff appearance, after all.
The Julius Jones TD run in Seattle last year joins the list of worst plays in St. Louis Rams history, replacing one of those plays where seven or eight Ram defenders missed tackles and allowed a TD. Those kind of plays are getting too hard to distinguish any more, they happen so often.
The All-St.Louis roster got just a minor tweak, with Ron Bartell replacing Mark Setterstrom on the practice squad, a place where I like to recognize players who are fan favorites or young up-and-comers, Bartell being the latter.
The all-worst team was just a little busier. Joe Klopfenstein claims a spot at tight end. Linehan cements his spot as worst coach in Rams history. And Drew Bennett ascends to the summit as the worst wide receiver and the worst free agent signing in team history.
Drew Bennett actually comes across as a really nice guy. Even though he was on injured reserve almost all of last season, he was still in town visiting sick kids in the hospital around the holidays. And he was a good teammate by all accounts. He stayed out of trouble off the field. A lot of NFL receivers could stand to be a lot more like Drew Bennett.
Too bad he was so awful on the field here. When he could even suit up.
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