Would it be wise for the St. Louis Rams to go to the playoffs?

brings and might get them more focused on building a consistent winner.

… would guarantee the Rams some prime time slots next year on television. Can you imagine the Rams playing on Monday night? Also, I think that if the front page of the PD was about the Rams going to the playoffs, the fan base will finally grow again. I live in St. Louis and I’m tired of hearing people say they don’t follow the Rams because “they’re still awful”. A playoff trip will finally show people in St. Louis that the Rams are back in business.

Also, just based on the topic of the article, I think the poll should be, ‘Do you want the Rams to go to the playoffs?’. Just an opinion.

besides, who needs draft picks when we can get free agents to come to StL?

Don’t even know what to say. I guess we should just give up. The playoffs are never a good thing for a struggling market, owners, fans or players. Hopefully we can stay in the rebuilding stage for at least another 2-3 years. That way we can assure that Spags and Devaney are fired and we can start all over again with new coaches, a new system and a new face. Maybe we should let Bradford and Jackson go at the end of the season; their salaries are just way too high! One thing is for certain, Robinson is a true number one and Gibson may be the next Jerry rice in 5 years so lets hold on to them for dear life. Rams please just give up; I want another first round mediocre player fresh out of college. Haha! Back to LA and go Rams!

The Rams going to the playoffs means that the FaggyWhinners and the Seachickens don’t get in.

I just find it funny and scary at the same time that if Rams and the Seahawks both lose on Sunday, the damn 49ers will be in first place in NFC >.<

Teams who know how to play the draft (and I have faith here) find good players regardless of where they pick. Sounds like oversimplification, but it’s generally true. People are blowing the importance of draft position way out of proportion.

On the other hand, you can’t buy the kind of experience a team gets in the playoffs – and what’s more, clawing, scraping and fighting to get there, together. Feels especially important to me, given that the Rams are trying to shake off that losing culture of the recent past. It’s the kind of thing that helps the team, and also helps draw the fanbase back (extremely important).

I’ll settle for draft position if I must, but it would be far from the ideal outcome.

/youplaytowinthegame

Are you retarded? unless english is your second language, you don’t even have to answer. Stupid question and even more pathetic is your grasp of the written english language. GO RAMS win every fucking game you can! How is this post a featured article? You need an editor bro.

being an 8-8 wild card team like were in 2004, where we got lucky and were in the heads of a terrible seahawks team enough to beat them on their turf. this is a division championship, which last time i checked comes with a home game. yes, we’d get paired up against a clearly better team, but i’ll take a home game against anybody. who wouldn’t relish the chance to have a revenge game on our turf against the defending SB champs? and with a little confidence from a playoff win, who knows?

i can’t believe any rams fan would prefer the team NOT to make the playoffs when they have a chance to do so. that’s ludicrous.

is enough reason for me to say YES to us in the playoffs… win or lose lol

You can’t win the Super Bowl if you don’t make the playoffs.

How will you be feeling if we got into the playoffs by beating the Whiners by 6 on Sunday, beat the Semen by 10 the following week and now the Rams are scrambling to call timeout with 14 seconds left in the NFC Wild Card on the New Orleans 24 yard line down by 2?

Besides, lower draft picks are not as expensive as picking number two overall.

but you PLAY TO WIN THE GAME!

what example does that set to the players?
we want our players to be ambitious and a playoff appearance could spark a magical run to the Superbowl like the Cards.
admittedly it does not look likely, however we do not know anything about the future and i’d like to see us at least try.

also it’d mean watching another Rams game this season, something I love.

(i’m gonna ignore all the financial, FA etc. benefits but they are obvious too)

   We don’t want to make the playoffs unless we’re pretty sure we’re gonna win it all. Last year when we had 10 losses under our belt, draft position mattered because of whom was available in the top 2 spots, and only for that reason. Like Abrantes said, good teams draft well, regardless of position. To elaborate on that, I’ll just say: draft position won’t matter if we don’t start using our picks better. It’s funny how the more time transpires from any given draft the worse that draft looks, for us. So screw it, get FAs and just win. We may have very little chance of winning it all, but if we don’t make the playoffs, we have even less.

Cmon man.

… it will pay off in the long run , something to build on next year ,
 this will be good for the whole franchise , as i consider this a building year for the ram’s and what a better way to move into the 2011 season …. as for the Niner’s this would be a complete disaster . with the thinkin’ that this just might get Singleberry one more year …!!

I want you guys to go to the Playoffs. I also want you guys to win the last two games. I don’t want the 49ers to make it for the fact that the Cardinals-49ers are a developing rivalry (And because my cousin is a huge 49er fan, and I don’t think I’ll be able to live with him bragging), and I definitely don’t want the Seahawks to make it.

So I’m crossing my fingers you guys finish 8-8 and make the Playoffs, thus saving face for the NFC West.

it would suck to lose draft position and all those great prospects….but to show the world that we’re back F yes we should be in the playoffs. i finally can get excited with our play again….p.s i say our cuz im a ram and have been longer then other ass*$@%& players that been apart of this team and i hurt with every loss and smile with every win. pps, F you jason seahorn you cost us another superbowl birth.

Seriously their game could determine if they get #5 or #6 in the draft. While you are their , tell them Luck is gonna stay for his senior year. Hey maybe next year again huh. Good “LUCK” with that philosophy.
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Lets lose games for a draft pick. Name a sure thing draft pick and I can name many more busts at ANY position.
As a wise man said " YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME !"
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  How old was H. Walker when he was traded? He captured a couple of firsts, 2nds, 3rds and so on. And yes STLcards, I would trade Fletcher for Jackson any day of the week and twice on Sunday. I would say Fletcher and a second for Jackson would swing the deal. Is Fletcher a perennial Pro Bowler? Is he looked upon as an elite CB in the NFL? Is he the leader of our defense? Nope! However, Jackson is a proven top ten running back, a leader and has some years left in the tank. Remember the Skins and Dallas are always out there!