If you have an extra moment while your waiting to watch the St. Louis Rams players of the future on college football Saturday, take a moment to make your voice heard in the Pro Football Hall of Fame fan vote. Sponsored by Van Heusen and JC Penny, it's the first time ever that the HOF has allowed the voice of the fan to be heard.

Like a Florida election, however, the fan vote will not put that player in the HOF, but he will get a nice mention on the NFL Network. It's still pretty cool. There a poll over in the right hand sidebar on TST with the top vote getters so far. Jerry Rice isn't exactly a stretch for the HOF...or Emmitt Smith. You get to more of a gray area with http://www.fanschoice.com/vote.aspx Sharpe. 

The full list is pretty long, and there are a couple of important Rams on there, that you should go vote for. Chuck Knox coached the Rams from '73 to '77, when they had that great defense with Merlin Olsen, Fred Dryer and Jack Youngblood. Deacon Jones was gone by the time Knox took over. They never lost more than 4 games.

The other long-time Rams great on the list is WR Henry Ellard. With the Rams from '83 to '93 he had all the receiving records before Holt and Bruce put their names atop that list. Go vote. 

What better way to spend thirty thousand bucks than to commemorate a 10th anniversary. Well Rams fans with plenty of disposable income, here's your chance.

A St. Louis Rams 1999 Super Bowl XXXIV Championship Ring is for sale, and the asking price is a mere $29,995. Of course, it is made with real diamonds and gold. Right now, it's a size 12, but can be resized by two notches larger or smaller.

For the St. Louis Rams of 2009, this might also be the easiest, only way to get a Super Bowl ring. Why do players sell their championship rings? Here's some insight.

The St. Louis Rams (formerly of LA) will retire the number of one of football's best known defensive players, Deacon Jones. 

Jones was a member of one hell of a defensive line, a unit that the current group is no doubt watching tapes of for inspiration. 

The untimely and tragic end of Steve McNair has brought back lots  of memories of the 2000 Super Bowl, a highpoint for the Rams, and more importantly, a game for football fans won't forget. Something else this news got me thinking about was the bitter memories of the Rams free agent dalliance with former Titans receiver Drew Bennett.

Bennett was the number two receiver in Tennessee, behind McNair's top target Derrick Mason. He was sort of the Houshmanzadeh to Mason's OchoCinco, and the lanky 6'5" Bennett topped Mason in yardage and TDs just once, in the 2004 season that put Bennett on the map (80 receptions, 1247 yards, 11 TDs)...and forever inflated his value.

The performance of WRs is inextricably linked to the fate of the quarterbacks, and Bennett's big year came with Billy Volek starting 8 games. Some WRs seem to fare well regardless of who throws them the ball, while some are wholly reliant on the passer...most seem to be somewhere in the middle. Anyway, looking at this post from NFL.com's Jason La Canfora about the most productive receivers playing alongside McNair got me thinking about just how important McNair was to Bennett and how that connection made Bennett seem like something more than he was.

With McNair throwing him the ball, Bennett has 168 receptions, 2,274 yards, and 11 TDs. Compare that to his career numbers of 307 receptions, 4,412 yards and 28 TDs. Over 50% of Bennett's yards and catches started with McNair.

So, what's the lesson for Bennett's failure in St. Louis?

Obviously, the offense itself was a big part of the problem, with barely a line to speak of, a shaken QB, and bad coaching. Bennett was supposed to be the red zone answer the Rams needed, but that notion should have been a red flag itself. Bennett wasn't a red zone guy with the Titans. If anything, McNair was more of a red zone threat with his rushing ability than Bennett was as a receiver. In fact, during the three seasons between 2001 and 2003, McNair had more rushing TDs than Bennett had receiving TDs, 10 to 7. It probably also helped Bennett that McNair could scramble and find Bennett, versus relying solely on a route.

If nothing else, Drew Bennett has Steven McNair (and the poor decision making of the Rams front office of the time) for a huge contract.

First off, top of the morning. it's a Monday, but it is at least 4th of July week. Jumping right into the mix, here are the answers to yesterday's trivia questions.

1. Marc Bulger, 2006. Bulger threw just 8 INTs in 588 passing attempts for a 1.4% INT%.
2. That's true. No Rams returner has ever scored a kick return and a punt return TD in the same season. Much of that has to do with different players splitting those duties. Dante Hall did both for a while most recently.
   
3. Two Rams kickers tied for the most attempts and FGs made from 50+ yards, but it's not who you think. Tony Zendajas in 1993 made 6 in 8 attempts, and so did Josh Brown last season.
4. Stan Kroenke owns 40% of the Rams. Will that change in the near future?
5. 1951 was the last championship the Rams won, beating the Cleveland Browns. The last time the Rams went to a Super Bowl prior to 1999 was with that stellar 70s team in 1979, where they lost to the Terry Bradshaw, Mean Joe Greene-led Steelers.
6. Spags did two stints coaching Europe: in 1992 as the defensive line and special teams coach of the Barcelona Dragons and again in 1998 as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach with the Frankfurt Galaxy.

Congrats to Bond_007x who nailed four out of six. Got a tough question for an upcoming future trivia challenge? Send it  to me at the mail link next to my name at the bottom of the page.

Happy Sunday morning everyone. As you may have heard, there's not much new in the way of football to talk about. That's okay, we'll need a little breather before camp starts and things get really crazy...in a good way. Since this has kind of been history week on the site, I thought for a lazy Sunday it might be fun to have some trivia. The prize? You get the satisfaction of being a walking, talking textbook of Rams knowledge. Impress your friends! I'm going to throw out a few questions this morning, take a stab at them in the comments. Hint, all this information is available, thanks to the magic of the interwebs. Try to answer without Google first. I'll post a few more questions this afternoon, trying to make them harder as the day goes on. Get you piece of Rams trivia pie...

1. Which Rams QB has the lowest single season INT% (interceptions as a percentage of total pass attempts), and what season was it?
2. True or false: No Rams return man has ever scored a TD on a kick return AND a punt return in the same season.
3. Who holds the record for the most field goals made from 50 yards or more?
4. What percentage stake in the team does Stan Kroenke own?
5. Prior to 1999, the last time the Rams won a championship was in what year?
6. How many times did Steve Spagnuolo coach in the World League/NFL Europe?

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St. Louis Rams quarterback Marc Bulger will pass his way into the team's record books this season, but is he the franchise's best QB of all-time? (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Let's continue the all-time team debate with quarterback. Unlike running back, where you had two cut and dry viable candidates in Dickerson and Faulk that could easily claim the title, the franchise history at QB is a little less clear. And the debate definitely requires a look back into the Rams' team history.

The candidates...

Roman Gabriel, 1962-1972, record 74-39-6
Gabriel made three Pro Bowl appearances with the Rams, but led the team to the playoffs just twice, in '67 and '69. In 130 games with the team he passed for 22,223 yards (2nd most), 154 TDs (most in team history), and threw 112 INTs.

Jim Everett, 1986-1993, record 46-59
Ultimately more famous for the "Chris" dust-up with Jim Rome and his draft escapades, Everett holds the team record for passing yards with 23,758. During his 107 games with the team he passed for 142 TDs (2nd most) and 123 INTs. He led the team to the playoffs three times early in his career, but the franchise dwindled into irrelevancy in the later part of Everett's days, before ultimately packing up and moving to St. Louis. He made one Pro Bowl appearance, in 1990.

Norm Van Brocklin, 1949-1957, record 42-20-3
Many of you will be hard pressed to recall Van Brocklin's time with the Rams. He was the last QB to lead the team to a championship, 1951, before the Super Bowl win in '99. Van Brocklin threw for 16,114 yards with the Rams with 118 TDs (3rd most) and 127 INTs in 104 games. He was a six-time All Pro in his time with the Rams.

Kurt Warner, 1998-2003, record 35-15
Warner didn't have a long tenure with as the Rams QB, but he helped breath new life into a forgotten franchise, leading them to a Super Bowl win ten years ago. In just 53 games with the Rams, he passed for 14,447 yards, 102 TDs and 65 INTs. He had three Pro Bowl appearances with the Rams and has the highest completion percentage (66.4%) of any QB in team history.

Marc Bulger, 2002-2008, record 40-47
Bulger gets listed here, as much as some will groan, based on some impressive stats with the team, though I don't think many would call him the franchise's top QB. Currently third on the list of total passing yards with 21,345, Bulger will become the Rams' all-time leader in passing yards this season, barring injury. He's fourth on the list with 117 TDs, and will surpass Van Brocklin with just one more. If he gets his career turned around with the Rams, he'll most likely be the team leader in TDs in two or three seasons; he needs 37 more. He's thrown 87 INTs in 87 games, and has the second best franchise completion percentage with 62.6%.

So there you have it. Did I leave anyone out? Tony Banks...um, that's probably for another "all-time" team.

Now that there is virtually nothing going on in the world of football, I thought it would be a good time to dedicate a few posts to the history of the team. It seems especially pertinent as we wait out a the start of a couple new chapters in the team's history thanks to the front office/coaching changes and the "for sale" sign hanging out front. With a couple of long-time Rams nearing a special place in the team record book, I thought it would be a good time to go back and take a look at players at key positions, and start a conversation about which player is the all-time best. It's an arbitrary title, and that's the point.

Today, let's start with running backs. If you haven't heard that head coach Steve Spagnuolo plans to make RB Steven Jackson the centerpiece of the Rams offense this season, you've obviously been living under a rock. That means Jackson should rack up oodles of yardage, and hopefully touchdowns, that will vault him up the franchise leader board. We looked at Jackson's proximity to the franchise rushing records last month, but as a quick reminder a mediocre season will put him at third place on the all-time list. After the 2010 season, he will most likely be the Rams franchise record holded in rushing yards.

However, it's tough to make the argument, at this point, that Jackson's the greatest Rams RB of all time. With memories of Marshall Faulk still so vivid. Making Faulk's claim to the title even more impressive is the fact that he is fourth on the franchise list for total receptions with 470. That's still eons away from the numbers Holt and Bruce gave the Rams, but it speaks directly to Marshall's talent. Eric Dickerson, in addition to his wisdom of the LA football market, ran for 7,245 yards and 56 TDs, the most and second most in those two categories, in just 65 games with the Rams between 1983-1987. That's fewer games than anyone else among the top five names on the franchise leaderboard. Faulk played in 99 games, and Jackson has played in 69 thus far.

Five-time Pro Bowl RB Lawrence McCutcheon has to be in the discussion too. A member of those impressive 1970s teams known mostly for their fearsome defense, McCutcheon did the bulk of the offense's heavy lifting with his legs. Finally, though most of us would be too young to remember, Dick Bass played 112 games from 1960-1969, rushing for a team that never reached .500 until he was on the downhill side of his career.

That's an impressive group of names. Who will be your pick for the greatest Rams RB of all time?