How 'bout that cushy 4th-place schedule the Rams got to play in 2009? Turns out they went up against three of the four teams in this year's conference championship games; not quite as easy as we were hoping for. We thought the Rams were getting the bunny slope and they got the black diamond.
Sign of the apocalypse: Jimmy Kennedy (Vikings) and Anthony Hargrove (Saints) are now one win away from the Super Bowl, and one of them's going to make it. Kennedy's found some success as a rotational DT in Minnesota. He made more plays against Dallas Sunday than he did his whole Ram career, even registering a sack and a big TFL, iirc. Sounds like he's found his niche; too bad the Rams blew a first-round pick finding out where his niche wasn't.
Hargrove's fought substance abuse problems I'd never heard about, and got kicked out of St. Louis after missing a practice due to an all-nighter at a local casino, so of course he gets straightened out in NEW ORLEANS. (Based on Hargrove's experience, if Tiger Woods is to fix his marriage, his next stop should be the Playboy Mansion.) I have Hargrove down for only a special teams tackle on Saturday, but he's had some success for them, strangely enough, as a DT, though he must be a good 50 lbs lighter than Kennedy.
The Saints have two more: C Nick Leckey and LB Scott Shanle.
By my count, neither AFC team has an ex-Ram on their roster. FS Brannon Condren, who was very briefly with the Rams last season, is on the Jets practice squad.
ADDED: Coaching links:
* Former Ram WR and WR coach Henry Ellard is the Jets' WR coach.
* Former Ram DB Rod Perry is a Colts defensive special assistant.
* And of course, it is what it is, one-time Rams interim head coach Joe Vitt is the Saints' LB coach and assistant head coach.
AFC Championship starts at 2 pm CST Sunday; NFC at 5:30. I'm not coming in late this year.
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