St. Louis Fans At the Dome

I went to the seattle game and thought the fans were out in full force. They were loud, they were into it, they were a 12th man for sure. Yesterday I actually had the conversation about how NOBODY around us was yelling,clapping, stomping, … at all unless we had just scored. There was one guy a few rows behind me… and I desperately wanted to get his seat switched next to ours. We really kept that game close until the very end. It was the perfect game for the crowd to be a factor and they weren’t. I get that the team has to win them back but the fans need to remember that they are a part of a winning equation as well and can make a big difference.

what can we do? I’ve been to a 3, and it’s one of the most frustrating things. It does get loud, especially in the Redskins and Seahawks game (to the point where we were counting down from 45 seconds as we got our first win this season)

We are 4-2 at home, so there is some sort of home field advantage. The Rams staff for the dome have gotten a lot better for the past 2 years to where it is more fun. But, I go back to the question, what can we do as fans in order to change the atmosphere?

when it really got loud. But the noise had no effect on Ryan and Atlanta. There have been games where the QB for the other team lost it and had to call timeouts because he couldn’t think, but that wasn’t the case with Ryan. They don’t call him “Matty Ice” for nothing. We could have had the noise level of the 1999 Tampa Bay playoff game, where they actually gave out ear plugs to protect your hearing, and it wouldn’t have affected Ryan. I think St. Louis fans notice things like that and react accordingly. Why get in a lather when it has no affect?

It also helps if your defense is actually making some plays. We had no sacks, got no turnovers, allowed Atlanta to convert over half their 3rd down plays. The noise level comes both from fan enthusiasm and from the defense making plays. There was some noise in the first half on 3rd down plays, but when Atlanta kept converting them with no problem, it started to fade away.

I don’t know, maybe the fans should be making more noise. But when you’ve been making noise for years and seeing no results, at some point you decide you will wait for the team to show you they deserve that level of support and commitment from the fans. I’m spending $2,000 a year for my two seats and not getting much in return since about 2004. I’m sure there are thousands of fans there that feel the same. I don’t go to be the center of attention like Raiders fans. I go to the see the Rams play well and do well. Like you said, there was plenty of noise for the Washington and Seattle games, but the Rams were outclassed yesterday and it was easy to see it was just a matter of time before Atlanta put them away. I refuse to get myself in a lather on the 1 in 100 chance that the Rams might pull it out, when the action on the field tells you it won’t happen. I’ve done that for years for nothing. Against Seattle or the Niners, I’m ready to be loud, and I did make some noise in the Atlanta game, but I wasn’t really committed because the Rams level of play didn’t deserve it and it wasn’t having any effect on the other team. Sorry if you think that shows a lack of passion or support, but years of disappointment does that to you.