Rams working on a deal with Fakhir Brown

by Ryan Van Bibber on Oct 2, 2008 8:52 AM CDT in 2008 St. Louis Rams season

Turns out it's more than just idle chatter about Rams new head coach Jim Haslett wanting to bring back CB Fakhir Brown. The Rams are now involved in negotiations to bring back the CB released as something of a scapegoat by Scott Linehan ahead of the week four game with the Bills. This is good. Brown's a much better player than we saw this season. Only about a tenth of what was going on behind the scenes has been revealed, and the circumstances surrounding Brown's release have a lot more to do with Linehan than anything else. Think he said something? (I'm also more and more inclined to believe there was a great deal of tension between Linehan and Haslett).

Take a look at the Rams pass defense this season. According to Football Outsiders' stats, it's the second worst in the league, a surprise in and of itself. Look at the drop off though from 29th ranked to the 30,31, and 32nd ranked:

Team	DVOA
HOU	37.1%
DEN	52.4%
STL	65.7%
DET	67.1%

That's quite a drop off. But regardless of the dropoff - really just a disturbing comparison - when opponents are successful on almost 66% of their passing plays, the team has a serious problem.

What really pisses you off about it though is that we know the Rams, while still no great shakes on pass D, are at least better than this. Last season, they finished ranked 25th in DVOA for pass defense, with a DVOA of 18.6%. Quite a difference, no?

(I'll be out till the weekend, with my family.)

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Just in time for the playoff run

And yes, I still think we got what it takes to make the playoffs.

It was all about getting the most out of our talent (No having Linehan)

by Option27 on Oct 2, 2008 11:50 AM CDT reply actions

i'm still thinking eight wins takes the NFC west

the seven remaining divisional games would be must win and then a few more wins sprinkled in here at the rams could be a 9-7 type team.

by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 2, 2008 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions

you guys wanna pass me whatever ya'll are smoking?

seems like some good stuff

9-3 to finish the year?

by FunkeeC on Oct 2, 2008 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions

we only have five remaining division games...

I’m not sure why I’m quibbling about this point, it’s a bit like buying a blind man a new hat. But I admire the sheer absurdity of your optimism.

"Attaway to stomp 'em. Stomp the piss out of 'em. Stomp 'em when they're down. Kick 'em and stomp 'em. Attaway to go boys. Pound that old Budweiser into you and go get them tomorrow." -- Joe Schultz

by taiko on Oct 2, 2008 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions

too bad we can't play ourselves twice.....

Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me......with nothin'.

Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.

by Tackle Box on Oct 2, 2008 7:15 PM CDT up reply actions

wow

i’m retarded. the remaining five divisional games would be must wins and then the rams would have to win three more (i’m sayin they beat miami, new york, and atlanta)

by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 2, 2008 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions