Same Old Rams?

While I'm not a born and bred St. Louisian and not able to judge the validity of Bernie Miklasz's recent column that compares the current Rams team to the St. Louis football Cardinals (Link: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/columnists.nsf/berniemiklasz/story/BAA55FBDEBBBCCF78625723A00127586?OpenDocument), Miklasz does put his finger on something I've been thinking about all this woeful pro football season.

The Rams lose, sure; but they do so in a boring manner.

Gone are the days when Martz gave us the mantra of "Shoot, we'll fix that" that really meant "stay the course," gone are the days when Kurt Warner had gray hair, gone are the days when Brenda Warner would call into talk shows to disseminate her football knowledge, gone are the days when at least the offense--when they went down--went down swinging. You can say many things about the previous regime that ran the insane asylum that was/is Rams park, but at least they made St. Louis pro football interesting.

Now one of our best offensive weapons is our field goal kicker, and we don't seem to use our Pro Bowl receivers as much as we could. While I like the use of the short dump off passes to Jackson (in general and with moderation), I pine for some spice in the offensive game plan.

The Rams are actually what we thought they were: a team with a decrepit offensive line, aging receivers, no real threat at tight end, a solid running back, and a pathetic defense.

Three TDs by Marcel Shipp? Holy crap. And we didn't even deserve that shutout a few weeks back to Carolina. Instead of zero points, the score should have been -4.

If the Rams are going to lose, at least they could make it interesting to watch.