Rams report, 2/9

* First off, belated congratulations to Marshall Faulk for being named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame this past weekend. Also to the family of Les Richter; he will be inducted posthumously. In a mild upset, those are the only two players with Rams ties going in this year, as Jerome Bettis did not get in on the first ballot despite being the fifth-leading rusher in NFL history. The rest of the 2011 Hall of Fame class: Deion Sanders, Shannon Sharpe, Richard Dent, Ed Sabol, Chris Hanburger. It's a class of seven: the maximum five "modern-day" nominees plus both seniors committee recommendations, Richter and Hanburger.

* And to the Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers. Pretty easy game to analyze: the Packers committed no turnovers; Pittsburgh committed three, and Green Bay scored 17 points off of them. Pittsburgh's coaching staff rarely gets ripped, but I was less than thrilled with their offensive approach. Rashard Mendenhall got a good gain nearly every time they gave him the ball, and he still got, what? 12 carries? I thought Pat Shurmur was working in Cleveland now.

* The clock was probably ticking on Mike Karney from the moment Josh McDaniels was hired; he was released by the Rams today. Though Steven Jackson always said he liked to run behind Karney, a pure fullback wasn't going to have much of a place in a McDaniels offense, or most of the NFL's offenses, really. Karney also had trouble staying healthy, didn't contribute much as a receiver, didn't/couldn't play special teams, and might have been average at best as a blocker here. How many times did you ever hear an announcer raving about a Karney block? Yeah, me, either. I suspect it's going to be tough for Karney to catch on anywhere else but wish him the best of luck.

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