Game 3 Preview: Rams

Five Things You Didn't Know About The Rams

1. Leonard Little was charged as a persistent offender in 2004 for his extraordinarily long record of DUIs. His attorney had to explain to him that "persistent offender" is not a new kind of frequent shopper program. He still doesn't quite understand (no cracks about his Tennessee education.)
2. Speaking of frequent shopper programs, Georgia Frontiere stumbled across a nice one where you get a free NFL team after your sixth marriage. The policy on how you go about ending that sixth marriage is pretty liberal.
3. Marc Bulger spells his first name with a "c", which is the French way of doing it. Coincidently, his offensive line blocks the French way, too. By laying down.
4. Ritchie Incognito has heard all your jokes before.
5. NFL Adam from The Hater Nation dislikes the Rams so much for abandoning Los Angeles that he will not use the name "Rams" when referring to the club that now plays in St. Louis. Because of this, I thought he would be a good choice to write the final fact.

   I'm glad you mentioned this, because I forgot to talk about how moronic the St. Louis Football Team who just added Cardinals great Roger Werhli to it's Ring of Dishonor. Look a-holes, you can't have it both ways. If you want to celebrate the great St. Louis players of the past, that's fine, just stop from stealing the Rams moniker your (expletive) (female dog).
   
   How come nobody has killed her yet?

The Rams are currently 0-2, and both of those losses were at home. The second loss was a last-second deal where Jeff Wilkins's field goal attempt fell just short. Any Buccaneers fans remember a missed kick that was responsible for a loss in the second game of the 2003 season? Heartbreakers like that aren't quickly forgotten and they can easily spoil an entire season.

Look at the Rams now. Their best player, left tackle Orlando Pace, is on injured reserve. Incognito is also hurt and won't play on Sunday. And their best backup on the offensive line is Todd Steussie (seriously), who is also out for Sunday. Steven Jackson is lashing out at his head coach for not getting the ball (another 2003 Buccaneer similarity) and actually had to be restrained from attacking him. I've been kind of hard on Cadillac Williams and his lack of production, but even he's beating out Jackson this year. Bulger is currently completing only 55.6% of his passes and is on track to be sacked 56 times this year. With the way the Buccaneers are hitting and tackling this year, I can pretty much promise you that some of the Rams will be leaving Tampa with their spines in a duffel bag.

To this day, the most exciting professional football game I can remember is the 2000 Bucs/Rams game where Tampa Bay pulled it out at the last minute. One time I, too, pulled it out in the last minute; but that's a story for another time. It suffices to say that I am no longer allowed inside any Macy's. Anyway, because of that game, I am always excited to see the Bucs play the Rams at home and take their revenge for a playoff game lost by one play. This year, St. Louis is the weakest they've been in years and I don't predict any problems in this game for the home team. Bucs by 7.