Pictures to prove it: Rams can't fly with the Falcons

by Ryan Van Bibber on Nov 22, 2010 6:36 AM CST in 2010 St. Louis Rams season

Brandon Gibson #11 of the St. Louis Rams catches a touchdown pass against Dunta Robinson #23 of the Atlanta Falcons at the Edward Jones Dome on November 21 2010 in St. Louis Missouri. The Falcons beat the Rams 34-17. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)

After a 34-17 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, the St. Louis Rams are now 1-2 against bird themed teams and still in second place in the NFC West.

It's not going to get any easier. Next Sunday, the Rams start a three week road trip going to Denver and Arizona before heading to New Orleans for a game against the defending champs. And you'll recall that the road hasn't exactly been kind to the Rams.

Still, for all the fault with this game, Spagnuolo's Rams played pretty well, up to a point. Things didn't really go to hell until a rare Sam Bradford INT on that late drive. It happens to even the best QBs. You could also argue that it went downhill fast when the top defensive backs started leaving the field with cramps. Either way, the Rams hung in there with a far more talented team for awhile.

Back in August or even before that, most of us were saying that we expected a much more competitive team. We knew that the 2010 version of the Rams wasn't quite a Super Bowl contender. Few expected Sam Bradford to play as well as he has, and the Rams have been competitive in all but one game this season. And will probably finish with a record of about what most would have expected. That's no small accomplishment for a team that has already topped their win total of the last two years.

Still, there's no substitute for winning.

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Man, that Gibson catch was nice

Although you wonder how you see the catch in when the ball is practically behind your head

You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.

by 3k on Nov 22, 2010 7:56 AM CST reply actions

Off topic,but I have a question

Does anyone know the story with Gilyard? I had heard he was having a hard time learning the play book but that wouldn’t effect his returning. He hasn’t been doing any of the returning lately. To me that seems counter intuative. It would give Amendola some rest (with as unhealthy as our wr core is that is a plus) and it would give Gilyard some more real game experience at least in misdirection etc. It just seems like something is up there.

by stlfan2004 on Nov 22, 2010 11:52 AM CST reply actions