St. Louis Cardinals Pitcher Chris Carpenter Fittingly Wears A Steven Jackson Jersey For Today's Game

by Ryan Van Bibber on Oct 30, 2011 7:55 PM CDT in 2011 NFL regular season

Chris Carpenter wore a Steven Jackson jersey. It was entirely appropriate.

The World Champion St. Louis Cardinals descended upon the field at the Edward Jones Dome today to take in the St. Louis Rams game against the New Orleans Saints. Underdogs by more than two touchdowns, the Rams pulled off a stunning upset for their first win of the season. It was a sports writer's dream, the comeback Cardinals in the house before their World Series parade as the Rams righted ship. The secret online cliche machine that we writers depend on for our posts each day crashed from overuse.

I won't try to make my own cliches without the cliche bot working properly, but I just can't pass up this photo. Chris Carpenter epitomized the Cardinals' magical postseason run, for me anyway. Though he looks like the typical flesh and blood human being, Carpenter is made entirely of muscle, guts and gristle. Starting on three days rest to win game seven of the World Series sums up the essence of Chris Carpenter.

Fitting that he donned a Steven Jackson jersey.

This was Steven Jackson's day. Prior to the game, he gave a rousing speech inside the Rams locker room, the kind of inspiration this team had been so sorely lacking. On the field, Jackson willed his way down the field, turning on the kind of speed that most people, myself included, assumed he just didn't have anymore. On the sidelines, he kept it up, letting his teammates know when they weren't playing their best and asking them to dig deep to preserve the win.

Chris Carpenter. Steven Jackson. Those are the kinds of players you build a team around.

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I love the look on Feeley's face

He’s thinking, “The dude is stealing my thunder.”

I miss the good old days of Warner to Holt

by guitrguy on Oct 30, 2011 8:00 PM CDT reply actions

Like Feeley would wear a Feeley jersey

by LARams1968 on Oct 30, 2011 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions

All the Feeley jokes aside he played good today.

2 men enter 1 man leaves. THOSE ARE THE RULES OF THUNDER DOME!

by RAMpage28 on Oct 30, 2011 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions

Not as accurate as Sam but I agree. He did pretty good especially in the non throwing aspects of QB play.

He did have that one fumble and he should have thrown the ball away. I’m not sure that he had time to even do that.

by LARams1968 on Oct 30, 2011 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions

He didn't give the game away, that's all you can hope for from a backup really.

Two things about me will never change. I will always root for the Rams, and I will always root against the Niners.

by DuhhhRams! on Oct 30, 2011 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions

he doesn't have thunder to steal

Beating off the dog is never appropriate when we have company over...... I mean EVER!

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by sergey606 on Oct 30, 2011 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Feely get away

He has a better arm and has won more Championships than yo bro..

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by Da Rookie on Oct 31, 2011 4:53 AM CDT up reply actions

i hope the fight does not leave them after one game

hope they get inspiration from the cards and play all out and see where it takes them. cards could have given up when they were down by double digits in the playoff chase but they did not. you never know how things will play out. game 6 cry was don’t quit, never give up.

by hbwb on Oct 30, 2011 9:03 PM CDT reply actions

Demarco + 74 yrds on 6 carries = BEAST!

I’m posting this everywhere

Note to Douglas M: Remember that 99% of what I say involves BS

by King Sam Rules! on Oct 30, 2011 9:06 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

HOLY COW!!!!!

Granted, I’ve been working a lot of Sundays this season, but I wish I had gotten to watch this one. That Pick-6 from Stewart was freakin’ awesome!!!! I’m not regretting the Quinn pick at all. Dude wants to get to where he’s going.

THIS year's the year. I hope....

by thisguy on Oct 30, 2011 10:35 PM CDT reply actions

i got destroyed in most of fantasu games

But f it the rams won, can’t wait to see what all the sports stations say

M-V-TEAGUE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Upon hearing that the nfl lockout was over, I faced in the general direction of Seattle and gave them the finger. GO RAMS
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by Throw on Oct 30, 2011 10:53 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

Carpenter was an honorary captain at the coin toss, too.

And the Rams got to receive! All Carp does is WIN.

by Sam Godford on Oct 30, 2011 11:03 PM CDT reply actions

hahaha, well now that the baseball season is over

maybe we can get those guys some season tickets so they can come to every game.

Two things about me will never change. I will always root for the Rams, and I will always root against the Niners.

by DuhhhRams! on Oct 30, 2011 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Total team victory.

for the first time in 6 games, this team played a complete game. offense played good, the defense outstanding, special teams good. even the coaching was good. when was the last time we said that. seeing guys being accounted for was great, stephen jackson letting eveybody know how he felt. did you see him in the huddle getting on everyone, priceless. i know it was 1 game, but seeing these guys come together today was just amazing. maybe it’ll be a kick start for a good finish.

by crazy mike on Oct 30, 2011 11:21 PM CDT reply actions

It's nice to feel good for 1 week.

Whatever they changed for this game needs to keep happening.

Two things about me will never change. I will always root for the Rams, and I will always root against the Niners.

by DuhhhRams! on Oct 30, 2011 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions

It's also nice to be able to watch our HIGHLIGHTS for once.

by crazy mike on Oct 30, 2011 11:44 PM CDT up reply actions

LOL I actually enjoyed ESPN

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by Da Rookie on Oct 31, 2011 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Keep wearing those jerseys they just look and play better.

by crazy mike on Oct 30, 2011 11:28 PM CDT reply actions

I feel like a bad fan for admitting this...

I am a Cardinals fan first and foremost, have been since I was a tot. I almost felt a little antsy going in to today’s game — I didn’t want to lose the Sports high that had been fuming in my head since Game 6 of the World Series went to extra innings. I didn’t want a downer on my mind going into watching the parade.

Talking about being wrong — what a freaking game. It was cool seeing Carp and TLR rocking the Rams gear. It was weird watching the Rams today, it didn’t feel like they were fundamentally different, it just felt like every little thing they did had an extra step of effort in it. All season long I felt like they had talented players who just weren’t meshing together well for some reason — but today they finally came together as a team. Hope it carries.

WWCD? CDGAF.

by JStymie on Oct 30, 2011 11:34 PM CDT reply actions

No need to be ashamed

You’re still a Rams fan, so you can’t be all bad. ha.
Imagine what poor 3k must feel like. His Rangers had to take it on the chin in order for his Rams to finally get motivated. Talk about a mixed bag of emotions.
Seriously though, I’m happy to see that the Cardinals could bring out the missing element the Rams have been lacking all season.
My only fear now is that they’ll return to there previous form once the World Series hype dies down.
If Steven Jackson (and Chris Long for that matter) can stay focused, the remaining schedule looks to favor they’re task of salvaging the season and making us look respectable.
It just goes to show you what PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS can do when they put their minds to it.
It’s so refreshing to see this team actually play football like they know what their doing.
It’s Monday, and I’m walking with a little pep in my step for a change.

by ZamRam on Oct 31, 2011 7:13 AM CDT up reply actions

First win

thread and I said this weekend because I wasn’t going to make my 9 hour anual drive for nothing. Big win from a team that you never wold have guessed was 0 fer. The Rams took it to em. Did meet some cool dudes up from NO. True fans and as they were leaving siad exactly what we had watched which was good game yall just beat us in all phases. Got to catch game 7 and the after games celebrations. What a weekend!

by RWRAMS28 on Oct 31, 2011 1:19 AM CDT reply actions