St. Louis Rams @ Detroit Lions
Week 8, Nov. 1, 2009
Location: Ford Field, Detroit, MI
TV: Fox

This is  the half way point of the season, and the Rams have a bye after this. We'll have plenty of time to break down the first half of the Rams' rebuilding project's first season. 

For today, the football Gods have given the Rams a game against the Lions (I suppose the Lions are saying the same thing).

Quick reminder about the comments. Civility is the guiding rule. You get one warning for inappropriate comments (insults, name calling, language, etc.), and then you're banned. If you want to go comments slumming, may I suggest the Post-Dispatch message boards.

Finally, enjoy the game. That's why we put ourselves through this root for the Rams week after week isn't it? 

St. Louis Rams vs. Indianpolis Colts
Week 7, October 25, 2009
Edward Jones Dome, St, Louis, MO
TV: CBS

It's a CBS game today. I tend to like the CBS broadcasts a little better than the Fox broadcasts. Fox is noisier and has those transitions that are made for 13-year-olds. All of the broadcasts have bad forced banter with the studio crew (thanks ESPN); Fox really hits bottom with it though. I really am an old man.

I guess you don't need me to remind you that this is a tough game for the Rams. Peyton Manning is having an MVP season, but every giant falls at some point. Sometimes, though, those turn out to be the most interesting. Let's just hope we can get our sling shot aimed before we accidentally break the rubber band.

GO RAMS!!!

Week 6: St. Louis Rams at Jacksonville Jaguars
Sunday, October 18, 12:00 p.m. CST
TV: Fox
Sunny, 63 degrees, Wind: N 16 mph

The Rams have to play aggressive, mistake-free football today. This is probably their most favorable matchup of the season, despite being 9.5 point underdogs. 

Go Rams!

    

St. Louis Rams at San Francisco 49ers
Week 4, October 4, 2009
Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA
TV: Fox

Another week.. Though they're not at all favored, there's every reason to think that the Rams can win this game. We'll be here.

GO RAMS!!

St. Louis Rams vs. Green Bay Packers, week 3
TV: Fox; 12:00 p.m. CST
Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO

The Rams officially open the new era at home this week, coming off a tough loss to the Redskins. They'll be looking for their first win on a day when the franchise retires Deacon Jones #75. Hard not to mention the significance of Jones number being retired in front of a team now coached by a defensive minded guy who made his reputation with an aggressive defense that stopped a team, a team all Rams fans can despise just a little, from a perfect season. Plenty of pressure to get the pass rush working today.

On the injury front, the Rams will be without RT Jason Smith, who has a sprained knee. C Jason Brown also has a sprained knee, but will play. 

For Green Bay, the injury report is a little more serious. They're without starting LT Chad Clifton, whose presence was sorely missed in the Bengals six sack day last week. They're also without SS Atari Bigby, and a bunch of other players made their injury report this week. Here's a look.

Here's 3k's game preview.

For the Packers side of things, head over to Acme Packing Company. 

Big game today. 

GO RAMS!!!!

   

Week 2
St. Louis Rams at Washington Redskins
FexEx Field; Landover, MD
TV: Fox; 12:00 p.m. CST

Weather: Sunny, Mid-70s, Calm wind

Well, here we are, the second week of the new era. The pressure may be on Washington to win (we're rebuilding remember), but the Rams face plenty of their own pressure to play better than they did last week. Washington's offense wasn't much better than ours, and if the defense tightens up a little and keeps pressing for the turnovers, it could be a good game. Of course, the Rams offense faces a tough hurdle in the Washington defense, vastly improved up front with the addition of Albert Haynesworth at DT. That doesn't mean they can abandon the run, the Giants ran well off the edges last week.

Here's the full preview from 3k (too bad you couldn't have stuck around to catch the game here today). 

Surely the lessons of stopping the TE will sink in after last week? Here's what the Redskins will be looking to do with Cooley, and the Rams will have to stop. 

Enough talk, let's play football.

GO RAMS!!

 

What better way to start a new era of St. Louis Rams football than a trip to Seattle.

Steve Spagnuolo inherited a Rams team almost broken from years of mismanagement. Recent first round draft picks have been jettisoned to take up bench space somewhere else. Names that once graced the marquee exiled to make room for just one name in front of the building, just one name to stand for tough, passionate football, the only name on the marquee now is: RAMS.

St. Louis Rams @ Seattle Seahawks
Sunday, September 13, 2009, 3:15 p.m.
TV: Fox
Qwest Field, Seattle, WA

We covered the injury report this morning. I still haven't found another source to confirm whether or not Seattle WR Deion Branch will be out. It sounds like it's a game time decision. Ditto for Rams LB Larry Grant.

So much for old rules about wearing white after Labor Day. The Rams are sporting the all white duds today. 

Here's the breakdown from 3k. And here's the game page with links to anything and everything posted about today's matchup. 

For more on the Seahawks side of ledger, visit Field Gulls. 

And one last thing...

GO RAMS!!!

Last game of the preseason...none too soon. We're all ready for some football that counts.

St. Louis Rams vs Kansas City Chiefs
7:00 p.m. Central, Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO
TV: Fox

Out: Leonard Little, Marc Bulger, Mike Karney and Larry Grant
Questionable: Richie Incognito
Returning: Jacob Bell, Donnie Avery

Here's 3k's preview and a fight card for tonight's game.

We'll have reactions after the game, and more on the fallout tomorrow. Keep up with us on Saturday too, we'll have updates and comment on the roster trimming (deadline is 3 p.m. Central on Sat.) as well as college football open thread.

 

St. Louis Rams @ Cincinnati Bengals
Preseason, week 3
Broadcast: KTVI, St. Louis; maybe somewhere else too.

Lots to see tonight as the Rams try to shake off a tough loss to the Falcons last week, a loss which featured scary reminders of last year's run defense.  We didn't run quite as much on the preview side of things this week. I intentionally skipped the three questions because those things should be fairly obvious. Three things the Rams need to do this week:

• Better run defense from the first team
• Key players need to step up (Tye Hill, Kyle Boller, Chris Long, Adam Carriker, Jason Smith)
• Better run blocking

Bulger is out. Little, Carriker and Avery are not expected to play tonight. Darby's probably out. Barron and Bell are to be determined. Notably absent for the Bengals tonight is QB Carson Palmer.

Here's 3k's game preview.

For Cincy's view, head over to Cincy Jungle.

As always, we'll be in the comments and on Twitter, twitter.com/TurfShowTimes.