Bulger returns to St. Louis...be polite
by Ryan Van Bibber on Sep 1, 2010 1:59 PM CDT
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PrintJust in case you forgot, the Ravens coming to town tomorrow night means the return of Marc Bulger to St. Louis.
The Rams starters are expected to play about 15 snaps, and it's safe to assume that Baltimore's first units would probably play about the same amount of time. That means Marc Bulger will get a fair amount of playing time as he works to learn the Ravens offense.
I hope that fans at the game will treat Bulger with class. His recent seasons with the Rams were disappointing to say the least. Bulger was mostly a victim of neglect, the guy expected to do more less every year as the team decayed around him. The Rams never afforded him much protection from the offensive line and they never did a good job of supplementing the offensive skill players around him, save for Steven Jackson.
He doesn't deserve your boos. Save those for Richie Incognito, Alex Barron or most deservedly of all Jay Zygmunt.
Then again, maybe Bulger won't play. Troy Smith, fighting for his job, will play all four quarters.
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STL Fans - Class act
Every home game I’ve attended, the STL fans have been a class act. Whether it be to injured players, Isaac Bruce breaking records against us, or even behavior to outside fans. This doesn’t just go for the Rams, whom some would just say we don’t deserve to be mean, but this applies to the Cards and Blues fans as well.
I’ve been trying to hit a game a year in other venues near me (Philly, Washington, Tennessee, Detroit and of course Cinci) with varying success. Some areas are quite pleasing, while others, not so much.
I’m sure STL will do right by him and give the applause that he deserves. He had huge shoes to fill and didn’t have the talent to do it. Wish him the best in Baltimore.
Wish Bulger the best...
I also hope nobody boos Marc. He seems to be a classy guy along with Warner. You never heard him complain or ask for a trade. As I was with Warner, I think going to a new team is just what Bulger needs. It may not end of being the Ravens but he is a great quarterback. Good luck Marc!
Boos won't hurt Marc Bulger
He has never been capable of showing any emotion in the huddle.
No he wasn't....
But the TV cameras sure were in there. The only time he showed emotion was when he got sacked and he threw the ball down like a little girl. I’m glad we got rid of Bulger, he couldn’t lead himself out of a wet paper bag, let alone lead an NFL team to victory. Good riddens!!
On this team, we are all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
-- Lou Holtz
hopefully he
Go all Kurt warner on us
by RamsFan7 on Sep 1, 2010 2:18 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
He should have signed in Arizona
I wish Arizona would have signed him instead of Baltamore. He could pull a Kurt Warner too. Beat out Leinart just like Kurt did, then have everyone in stl asking themselves why we ever got ride of him.
I loved Bulger.
He was a great quarterback for us. I think people forget how good he was before 2007.
* how overrated he was before 2007
I’m sorry but he was still playing with the greatest show on turf before 2007.
he did some nice stuff for us, but you could tell he was not a fighter, he never seemed to truly fight for this team once it started to disintegrate.
now football is the ultimate team sport, and he didn’t have much of a team, but he should accept that his poor play was a contribution to our downfall. the fact he couldn’t stay healthy despite the beatings didn’t help us win games as he wasn’t there.
and i’m always suspicious of a guy who plays lights out, gets 60 mil and then doesn’t do ANYTHING for the duration of that contract.
I appreciate Bulger for how he took his lumps and set records etc. but I was glad to see him go and I don’t care how he is received.
as long as he doesn’t get hurt (which i never wish on anyone) I want his ass to be thoroughly whooped by a lights out defense :)
Bradford to Onobun!
I was going to reply to this,
but I think I’ll just let your comments speak for themselves.
I'd have to agree with Infemous
Granted, even with an awesome, a shitty quarterback will still be horrible. But was definitely evident that the better team helped him tremendously. Would he have started? Probably. But he strikes me a Jake Delhomme (mid to high eighties QB rating) type of QB who had a career year at the perfect time.
Do I hate him? No. There is nothing wrong with a silent personality. I disagree that he wasn’t a fighter, because complaining about the FO just wasn’t his style; it never was. I saw him over the last few years and I could clearly tell he wanted to win, but was just so demoralized by the fact that the type was horrible that he probably just accepted defeat.
When your constantly injured like he was, it would be mighty tough not to do that. Wish him the best, but stay away from the Rams!
Sam Bradford drops back, sees Laurent Robinson in the open, and he completes the pass for a gain of 28! Oh- Wait, looks like a holding penalty is going to call this one back...(Oh wait; Barron's gone, ignore that last sentence).
Kurt Warner was an overrated quarterback by your logic.
He was also playing with the Greatest Show on Turf, and the Rams defenses with him at QB were much better. Warner’s decline in 2002 and 2003 happened with the Greatest show on Turf.
If Kurt Warner and Marc Bulger swapped times (meaning Bulger plays from 1999-2003, Warner plays from 2004 to 2009), the results for the Rams would be the same.
Exactly.
I think Hanifan mentioned it. I have the link if you want it, but it went like this on 101 ESPN:
“D’Marco Farr: Coach, if Marc Bulger were the QB for the ’99 Rams, would we have won the Superbowl?
Hanifan: (w/o hesitation) Yes.”
In my opinion, the two were indistinguishable in the one quality needed to run the Martz offense: accuracy. Put it where it needs to be and you can bet your ass than an in-his-prime Torry or Isaac will come up with it.
On top of that, MB never had the defense Kurt did, with the likes of London Fletcher blowing up the run, Kevin Carter, an all pro that year, a solid Grant Wistrom, the aforementioned Farr. That was an elite D that year.
But alas, we’ll never search our memory that far. This chapter is closed. I will cheer as if I’m in St. Louis watching the game. Bulger was a true class act that just never had the right set of cards, but did a hell of a job his early years to etch his name in record books. No average QB could run this offense. It took a tough SOB with pinpoint accuracy. Watch the early tape at hulu/rams and you’ll see he had it in spades.
"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
Chris Mortensen: "You know it's the 'Show-Me' State right Sam?"
"Pshh, 'Show Me.' (smirking) Yeah, I've heard that."
-Sam Bradford
i don't think Warner was overrated, but to an extent his success has been on good teams...
it’s the way it goes, I don’t think Kurt is HOF despite what he has done in the NFL, and I love him for what he did with us, but he had some years of just being plain bad and as a backup.
his records are all amazing but they aren’t the highest ever, so I don’t think he gets in that way.
I think also if GReen never got hurt we still would have won the superbowl.
I appreciate Bulger, but he never inspired a winning attitude amongst fans too. over the last few years have you ever thought that despite the poor supporting cast Marc would do something special?
there are tonnes of different scenarios we can throw out, but the one that stands out to me is Bulger’s lack of wins. and even when he was putting up huge numbers, we were still losing…
Bradford to Onobun!
Personally, I don't see any reason to get worked up over this, one way or the other...
If I was at the game, I would be disrespectful to him and I wouldn’t boo him…I save that for when someone is clearly not putting in a good effort, which is not the case here…on the other hand, I hardly feel he deserves a hero’s welcome. While he did have some good moments for the Rams, he also presided over the worst period in the history of the franchise…most of this was not his fault, true enough, but he was the guy who took the majority of the snaps the last three years…he moved on and the team moved on…thanks for your effort, but let’s turn the page.
exactly how I feel
If I was at this game I definitely would not boo him but I wouldn’t cheer for him either. that chapter is finished, lets move onward into the bradford era.
I really hope he gets a loud ovation if he comes on the field
and then we stop his ass….lol. That would be the true Stl fan’s dream.
For some reason our FO at the time...
…felt that allocating those resources to the QB meant not allocating resources to the rest of the Offense, namely receivers to spell a declining Holt, a decent TE, and especially a competent, at least average offensive line. Oh and, a little offensive continuity might have helped.
Bulger had neither, and thus never got to that 65 Million FYI. It was about 30 I believe. 30 down the drain mainly because of bad drafts.
"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
Chris Mortensen: "You know it's the 'Show-Me' State right Sam?"
"Pshh, 'Show Me.' (smirking) Yeah, I've heard that."
-Sam Bradford
When Kurt Warner came back the first time
the fans cheered him. I suspect when Bulger is announced tomorrow night there will be a polite round of applause and that’s it. Acknowledge the fact that he played for us for a number of years, wasn’t a bad guy, but wasn’t really a fan favorite.
was hung out to dry
he was a good qb but was fucking murdered by the line, maybe with the majority he wasnt a favourite but i liked him n felt really sorry for him as well
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