Remember when the St. Louis Rams were the team to beat in the NFC West? No teamùnot the Seahawks, 49ers, or Cardinalsùcould wrest the division crown from the RamsÆiron grip.
Led by the likes of Isaac Bruce, Torry Holt, Marc Bulger, Kurt Warner, Orlando Pace, Leonard Little, and Marshall Faulk, the Rams were a force to be reckoned with in an otherwise weak division.
And then it all blew up.
Seemingly overnight, the Rams got very, very old.
Their rock of a left tackle, Pace, became an injury-prone question mark year in and year out.
Faulk ran out of gas and retired.
Bruce and Holt both dropped from their lofty perches as two of the gameÆs best wideouts. Each would see a reduced role in the teamÆs offense before moving on to different clubs.
Warner ...
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Seahawks Following in Footsteps of Division Rival Rams
Posted: 3rd November 2009 by Alex Akita in NFLComments Off on Seahawks Following in Footsteps of Division Rival Rams