Nullification
With the Rams season null and void, there's little left to root for. Heck, you might think it was early April just browsing through this site lately. Enter Keith Null.
The St. Louis Rams quarterback situation has become so bad over the last three years that we're starting to demand that the third string QB get his shot on the big stage. With Kyle Boller's health being the determining factor in whether or not Null gets any significant playing time, it's almost a sure thing that at some point through this last four games Null will take over. Tomorrow, next week...eventually.
(I guess Brock Berlin wasn't as receptive to the phone calls as the front office thought he would be, huh?)
I resisted the siren call earlier in the season; however, what do we have to lose at this point? Kyle Boller is awful and the Rams don't have many weapons around him. The biggest factor keeping Null out is Null himself. The spread QB from a DII school didn't play much under center, and the coaches had to take time into the fall to get him ready. This week he's been running the first team offense in practice, for the most part, as Boller nurses a sore thigh (do I sense a Prejean incident?). Which leads me to my next question, how hard can it be to run the Rams one-dimensional offense? Yeah, I know it's harder than it looks, and moving to a more spread-like offense at this point, with this personnel group is more than a matter of flipping a switch. Still...
Then there's also the kid's health. Can he survive and play again another day? Might as well give him a shot and see.
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Kind of reminds me of the 70s
Back in the 70s when Pat Haiden was the QB for the Rams and the fans wanted a change they bring in Joe Willie from the Jets gimpy legs and all but we had seen Haiden and Nameths days of glory were over so we demanded to see Faragamo and yes he too was the No 3 QB at the time but when he got a chance to play he won the job and took that team to the super bowl ,some thing our No 1 and No 2 never could have done so Hell yes play Null i want to see this kid get a chance to play ,look just this year if we did not give Robinson a chance or Gibson would we know if we want to keep them on this team? dam its still shurmur calling the plays and that sucks but what ta hell lets see Null play
by james535 on Dec 12, 2009 7:42 AM CST reply actions
No Choice
If we are thinking of drafting a QB in the first two rounds, then it would behoove us to take a look at Null first. What if we already had a future quality arm in Null? This means we could save that first or second round pick for something else – like some help for Jackson.
Start him for two games, kick the tires, and then go into the draft with all questions answered.
Via Rams' Twitter:
OneRamsWay: “Kyle Boller still nursing a sore thigh. Possibility Keith Null could play and could even start. Boller’s reps reduced Thurs. and Fri. QB Marc Bulger had MRI on Friday. Leg still broken, swelling down. Starting to heal but will be at least two more weeks.” about 1 hour ago
Looks like Tom Brady might get his chance after all.
"I was just letting the shots fly. You know, I don't leave any bullets in the chamber."
"Everything negative- pressure, challenges- is all an opportunity for me to rise."
-Kobe Bryant
A mantra for all athletes.
by TrojanRam on Dec 12, 2009 6:02 PM CST via mobile reply actions
By the way...
…our QB situation is only bad because of Marc’s injury. If he was fine I wouldn’t want to here a word of Null/Boller, but I’m curious to see what Null can do given the circumstances.
"I was just letting the shots fly. You know, I don't leave any bullets in the chamber."
"Everything negative- pressure, challenges- is all an opportunity for me to rise."
-Kobe Bryant
A mantra for all athletes.
by TrojanRam on Dec 12, 2009 6:07 PM CST via mobile reply actions
just maybe
that is maybe they didnt play null over boller was because he just might out perform him
and move us down in the draft.
RAY
Sorry!
Well, you knuckhead Null fans wanted to see him play and there you go. He sucks. He looks like a 7th round draft pick and will remain so for the rest of his 2-year football career. As one person said, at least we now know what we have…zip…and have to draft a real QB in the next draft or 2 i.e. depending on how this draft picks fall because we lack talent on both the offence and defensive side of the ball.
And to all those knuckheads who come here to just argue, grow up. Null is probably a nice guy but that is it. Even if he had all of the offensive talent of the Colts, he still would have sucked. You don’t get 5 INTs without make bad decisions. He doesn’t “have it”. He is a D2 QB and I hope he got his degree because he is nothing more then a Jim Drunkenmiller (SF QB in 90’s).
I was just reading on the Bears Blog page and a little on the Chicgo Sun about their problems. The reason being, I wanted to get a different perspective on why other teams are doing poorly and compare/contrast them to the Rams. It seems that they have a lot of the same problems that we have. On defense, poor angle taking and lose of gap control (so the other teams runs for 85 yard TDS), poor tackling, dumb penalities (O and D…with Offense being the main problem…and this is NOT a jab at Cogs, more like a jab at Barron with the false starts) and poor coaching (we have some good coaches but we also have coaches who may or may not have it to lead a team…Spgas can lead but he might need some help).
So I have an idea. Next year, we should almost always on Offense go i.e. hike the ball on first count…thus limiting the false starts and hopefully beating the other team D to the punch. Also on the Defensive side, we should have our Defense run 7 man fronts with a SS as a trailer just in case there is a breakdown on the run defense side. Also to start the game, we should have our defense be more aggressive with a run blitz type of defense on first down. I am sure none of this will work but it can’t be any worse then it is. So…..what do you think?

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