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“Stan has been a familiar and respected figure in the National Football League for more than 15 years,” said NFL Commissioner Roger
Goodell. “He is a proven businessman and has experienced success in all of his sports franchises, as well as serving as a responsible com-
munity leader. We look forward to him continuing to uphold the goals and values of the NFL as he becomes the majority owner of the St. Louis
Rams.”
Prior to becoming the majority owner of the Rams, Kroenke was the minority owner of the team. He was vital in the effort to bring professional
football back to St. Louis in 1995. With his real estate development expertise, Kroenke was instrumental in the building of Rams Park, now
known as the Russell Training Center.
“We are delighted with today’s vote by NFL owners. It is one of the very high points of our long association with the NFL,” Kroenke said last
Wednesday. “We look forward to working with our fellow owners and Commissioner Goodell as the transaction is finalized and in the years
ahead.
"The Rosenbloom family deserves our thanks for all their efforts on behalf of a great football organization and a great city.
“Building organizations that win consistently is a challenge that we understand. We are excited about the opportunity as principal owner of the
St. Louis Rams.”
“Fifteen years ago, my family entered a partnership with Stan Kroenke and it has been a wonderful relationship,” said Chip Rosenbloom.
“Although today is an emotional day and the end of an era for our family, it is also the beginning of a new chapter in the rich history of the St.
Louis Rams. We look forward to Stan continuing the great tradition of the organization. On behalf of my sister Lucia and our entire family, we
congratulate Stan and the Kroenke family on becoming the majority owner of the Rams.”
Kroenke currently is the owner of the Colorado Avalanche (NHL), Denver Nuggets (NBA), the Colorado Rapids (MLS) and the Colorado
Mammoth (NLL). He is also the largest shareholder of Arsenal FC of the English Premier League.
The Pepsi Center in Denver, also owned by Kroenke, hosted the 2001 NHL All-Star game and the 2005 NBA All-Star game. This facility also
played host to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. In 2004, Kroenke launched the Altitude Sports & Entertainment television network.
The 24-hour regional sports network is home to the Nuggets, Avalanche and the Mammoth.
Kroenke’s extensive business interests include serving as chairman and owner of The Kroenke Group, a private real estate investment and
development company with offices throughout the United States and Canada, with headquarters in Columbia, Mo. Kroenke is one of the
nation’s leading developers of shopping centers and commercial real estate.
Kroenke has undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Missouri and is an active supporter of Mizzou athletic programs. In
February 2009, Kroenke was enshrined into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Joining him in the class of 2009 was former Rams defensive
end Grant Wistrom.
E. Stanley Kroenke, named after baseball legends Enos Slaughter and Stan Musial, was born in Cole Camp, Mo., and grew up in Mora, Mo.
Stan and his wife, Ann, have a daughter, Whitney, and a son, Josh.
• The Rams converted two key fourth • CB Bradley Fletcher recorded his first career interception, and his
CB Bradley Fletcher & LB James fourth-quarter pick essentially clinched the victory for St. Louis.
downs that led to scores, one in the first Laurinaitis
quarter and another in the fourth.
REGULAR SEASON WEEK 4: SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT ST. LOUIS RAMS
NFL Coaching Year: 12th year NFL Coaching Year: 17th year
Rams Head Coach: 2nd year Seahawks Head Coach: 1st year
Regular Season: 2-17 (.105) Regular Season: 35-32 (.522)
Postseason: 0-0 (.000) Postseason: 1-2 (.333)
Steve Spagnuolo is in his second season as head coach of the St. In January, Pete Carroll became the eighth head coach in
Louis Rams. Through impressive individual achievements and per- Seahawks history after one of the most successful runs in USC his-
severance through adversity, the Rams formed a bond during tory in the college ranks.
Spagnuolo’s first season at the helm, and became what Spagnuolo
envisioned – a team. Carroll returns to the NFL after spending the previous nine years
(2001-09) as head coach at USC, where he won seven consecutive
“The inner-makings of this team, is a team, and that was one of the Pac-10 titles (2002-08), two national championships (2003-04) and
primary goals when we first started putting this thing together,” led the Trojans to a 97-19 record.
Spagnuolo said at the conclusion of last season.
Carroll began his NFL career as defensive backs coach for Buffalo
Along the way Spagnuolo adopted his formula for success, built on (1984) and Minnesota (1985-89) before becoming the New York
what he calls the Four Pillars: Faith. Character. Core Values. Team Jets defensive coordinator (1990-93) and head coach (1994). He
spent two years as San Francisco’s defensive coordinator (1995-
First.
96), leading the league in total defense in 1995, before leading New
England to a 27-21 record and two playoff appearances as head
Spagnuolo came to the Rams after a stellar career as defensive coach (1997-99).
coordinator of the New York Giants and was the architect of the
defense that shut down the high-octane New England Patriots in the Carroll spent the 2000 season as a consultant for pro and college
Giants’ stunning 17-14 win in Super Bowl XLII. teams, doing charitable work for the NFL and writing a column on
pro football for CNNSI.com.
Spagnuolo spent eight seasons (1999-2006) with the Philadelphia
Eagles, serving as defensive assistant/safeties from 1999-2000, Carroll began his coaching career at the college level, serving as a
defensive backs coach from 2001-03 and linebackers coach from graduate assistant at his alma mater, Pacific, for three years (1974-
2004-06. From 1999-2005, the Eagles played in four NFC 76), working with the wide receivers and secondary. He then spent a
Championship games and one Super Bowl. season as a graduate assistant working with the secondary at
Arkansas (1977) under Lou Holtz and then a season each as an
Spagnuolo coached for 18 years in the college ranks and in profes- assistant in charge of the secondary at Iowa State (1978) and at
sional football in Europe before joining the Eagles. Spagnuolo Ohio State (1979). He next spent three seasons (1980-82) as the
served as defensive line/special teams coach with the Barcelona defensive coordinator and secondary coach at North Carolina State,
Dragons of the WLAF in 1992 and was defensive coordinator/line- before returning to Pacific in 1983 as the assistant head coach and
backers coach for NFL Europe’s Frankfurt Galaxy in 1998. offensive coordinator.
A wide receiver at Springfield (Mass.) College from 1978-81, Carroll was a two-time (1971-72) All-Pacific Coast Conference free
Spagnuolo coached collegiately at Massachusetts (1982-93), safety at Pacific and earned his bachelor's degree in 1973 in busi-
Lafayette (1984-86), Connecticut (1987-91), Maine (1993-94), ness administration. He was inducted into the Pacific Athletic Hall of
Fame in 1995.
Rutgers (1994-95) and Bowling Green (1996-97). Spagnuolo also
worked as a pro personnel intern for the Washington Redskins in
He was a three-sport (football, basketball and baseball) standout at
1983 and as a scout with the San Diego Chargers in 1993.
Redwood High in Larkspur, Calif., earning the school's Athlete of the
Year award as a senior. He was inducted into the inaugural
A native of Whitinsville, Mass., Spagnuolo is married to wife, Maria. Redwood High Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009. He then played foot-
ball at Marin Junior College in Kentfield, Calif., from 1969-70 before
SPAGNUOLO, AT A GLANCE transferring to Pacific.
2009- St. Louis Rams Head Coach
2007-08 New York Giants Defensive Coordinator CARROLL, AT A GLANCE
2004-06 Philadelphia Eagles Linebackers
2001-03 Philadelphia Eagles Defensive Backs 2010- Seattle Seahawks Executive V.P./Head Coach
1999-2000 Philadelphia Eagles Defensive Assistant 2001-09 USC Head Coach
1998 Frankfurt Galaxy (NFLE) Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers 1997-99 New England Patriots Head Coach
1996-97 Bowling Green University Defensive Backs 1995-96 San Francisco 49ers Defensive Coordinator
1994-95 Rutgers University Defensive Backs 1994 New York Jets Head Coach
1994 University of Maine Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers 1990-93 New York Jets Defensive Coordinator
1993 University of Maine Defensive Backs 1985-89 Minnesota Vikings Defensive Backs
1993 San Diego Chargers Scout 1984 Buffalo Bills Defensive Backs
1992 Barcelona Dragons (WLAF) Defensive Line/Special Teams 1983 Pacific Asst. Head Coach/Off. Coordinator
1990-91 University of Connecticut Defensive Coordinator/Def. Backs 1980-82 North Carolina State Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
1987-89 University of Connecticut Defensive Backs 1979 Ohio State Secondary
1984-86 Lafayette College Defensive Line/Special Teams 1978 Iowa State Secondary
1983 Washington Redskins Player Personnel Intern 1977 Arkansas Graduate Assistant
1982-83 University of Massachusetts Graduate Intern 1974-76 Pacific Graduate Assistant
THE LAST TIME
Last Meeting FINAL TEAM STATISTICS
SEAHAWKS 27 - RAMS 17 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS
RAMS
23
SEAHAWKS
15 FGs - PATs Had Blocked
RAMS
0-0
SEAHAWKS
0-0
November 29, 2009 - Edward Jones Dome By Rushing 5 10 Net Punting Average 37.8 41.4
By Passing 15 5 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE 8 118
The Rams hosted NFC West rival the Seattle Seahawks in their second By Penalty 3 0 No. and Yards Punt Returns 2-8 4-53
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 8-18-44% 4-12-33% No. and Yards Kickoff Returns 2-51 3-53
meeting of the season, falling 27-17. RB Steven Jackson, who dealt with FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 1-1-100% No. and Yards Interception Returns 0-0 2-65
a back injury in the week leading to the game, started and accounted for TOTAL NET YARDS 364 265 PENALTIES Number and Yards 4-35 7-52
116 total yards and one touchdown. Jackson rushed for 89 yards and one Total Offensive Plays 78 57 FUMBLES Number and Lost 0-0 2-1
touchdown on 23 carries and produced 27 receiving yards on five catch- Average gain per offensive play 4.7 4.6 TOUCHDOWNS 2 3
es. NET YARDS RUSHING 113 170 Rushing 1 2
Total Rushing Plays 28 31 Passing 1 0
Average gain per rushing play 4.0 5.5 EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3
QB Kyle Boller made his third start of the season, and first since Week 5 Tackles for a loss-number and yards 3-4 1-4 Kicking Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3
vs. Minnesota (10/11), in place of an injured Marc Bulger. Boller estab- NET YARDS PASSING 251 95 FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts 1-2 2-2
lished career highs with 28 completions and 46 attempts. Boller threw for Times thrown 4-31 1-7 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 2-3-67%
Gross yards passing 282 102 GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 2-2-100%
282 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions for a 67.5 passer rating. PASS ATT-COMP-HAD INT 46-28-2 25-14-0 SAFETIES 0 0
Avg gain per pass play 5.0 3.7 FINAL SCORE 17 27
P Donnie Jones punted five times for 262 yards (52.4-yard gross aver- KICKOFFS #-In End Zone-TB 3-0-0 6-6-4 TIME OF POSSESSION 33:32 26:28
age). Jones has averaged 50.0 gross yards in 18 games since joining the PUNTS Number and Average 5-52.4 5-47.0
Rams in 2007. DT Darell Scott made his first career start, recording four Had Blocked 0 0
tackles (three solo). WR Danny Amendola made his first career start and FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
led the Rams with a career-high seven receptions totaling 55 yards.
ST. LOUIS RAMS SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
Amendola also returned two kickoffs for 51 yards (25.5 yards) and added RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
two punt returns for eight yards. WR Donnie Avery made four catches for S.Jackson 23 89 3.9 25 1 J.Forsett 22 130 5.9 26 2
48 yards and one touchdown. K.Boller 3 26 8.7 16 0 M.Hasselbeck 3 18 6.0 19 0
K.Darby 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 L.Rankin 5 12 2.4 4 0
S.Gado 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 S.Wallace 1 10 10.0 10 0
The Rams defense started out strong when LB James Laurinaitis record- Total 28 113 4.0 25 1 Total 31 170 5.5 26 2
ed the first sack of his career when he took down Seattle QB Matt
Hasselbeck for a 7-yard loss on the game’s first play from scrimmage. PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN
Laurinaitis tied for the team lead in tackles with 10 (eight solo). K.Boller 46 28 282 4/31 1 33 2 M.Hasselbeck 25 14 102 1/7 0 17 0
Total 46 28 282 4/31 1 33 2 Total 25 14 102 1/7 0 17 0
The Seahawks scored in the first quarter to bring the score to 7-0. Later, RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
LB Paris Lenon caused RB Louis Rankin to fumble and stop a Seahawks’ D.Amendola 7 55 7.9 11 0 N.Burleson 4 46 11.5 17 0
drive. CB Justin King recovered the fumble, the first of his career, and S.Jackson 5 27 5.4 12 0 D.Branch 3 19 6.3 9 0
give the Rams possession at the St. Louis 35-yard line. The fumble recov- D.Avery 4 48 12.0 28 1 J.Carlson 2 14 7.0 14 0
K.Darby 3 26 8.7 11 0 T.Houshmanzadeh 2 14 7.0 10 0
ery led to a Rams’ touchdown pass from Boller to Avery to cap a 10-play, B.Gibson 3 18 6.0 7 0 J.Griffith 2 8 4.0 7 0
65-yard drive, and even the score 7-7. R.Martin 2 60 30.0 33 0 O.Schmitt 1 1 1.0 1 0
D.Fells 1 25 25.0 25 0 J.Forsett 0 0 0.0 0 0
Late in the second quarter, the Seahawks intercepted a pass from Boller R.McMichael 1 12 12.0 12 0
B.Bajema 1 6 6.0 6 0
and returned it for a touchdown. The Rams responded with a K Josh S.Gado 1 5 5.0 5 0
Brown 55-yard field goal to end the first half, 14-10. The kick was Total 28 282 10.1 33 1 Total 14 102 7.3 17 0
Brown’s longest of the season and his longest since joining the Rams in
2008. Brown’s 55-yard field goal is the second longest in Rams history, INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
None J.Wilson 1 65 65.0 65 1
trailing Jeff Wilkins’ 57-yard field goal vs. Arizona (9/27/98). J.Babineaux 1 0 0.0 0 0
Total 2 65 32.5 65 1
The Seahawks posted two touchdowns and one field goal in the second
half of play. In the fourth quarter, Boller rushed 16 yards to the Seattle 1- PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB/I20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB/I20 LG
D.Jones 5 262 52.4 37.8 1/0 61 J.Ryan 5 235 47.0 41.4 1/0 65
yard line to set up a Jackson touchdown run. Jackson’s 1-yard rushing Total 5 262 52.4 37.8 1/0 61 Total 5 235 47.0 41.4 1/0 65
touchdown late in the fourth quarter, gave him his fourth consecutive
game with a touchdown. The four consecutive games with a touchdown PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD
tie the second-longest streak of Jackson’s career. Jackson produced five D.Amendola 2 8 4.0 0 8 0 N.Burleson 4 53 13.3 0 29 0
Total 2 8 4.0 0 8 0 Total 4 53 13.3 0 29 0
consecutive games with a touchdown in 2005 (Jackson produced at least
one rushing or receiving touchdown in each game during Weeks 4-8 of KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD
2005). Though the Rams managed to tighten the deficit they fell to the D.Amendola 2 51 25.5 0 29 0 L.Rankin 1 26 26.0 0 26 0
Seahawks, 27-17. B.Obomanu 1 25 25.0 0 25 0
N.Burleson 1 2 2.0 0 2 0
Total 2 51 25.5 0 29 0 Total 3 53 17.7 0 26 0
SCORING SUMMARY
1 2 3 4 OT TOTAL FIELD GOALS
HOME St. Louis Rams 0 10 0 7 0 17 Jo.Brown 46WR (55)
Visitor Seattle Seahawks 7 7 3 10 0 27 O.Mare (29) (38)
Clock
TEAM Qtr Time Play (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home
Seahawks 1 7:54 J.Forsett 3 yd. run (O.Mare kick) (8-64, 3:33) 7 0
RAMS 2 13:34 D.Avery 1 yd. pass from K.Boller (Jo. Brown kick) (10-65, 4:47) 7 7
Seahawks 2 1:38 J.Wilson 65 yd. interception return (O.Mare kick) (10-65, 4:47) 14 7
RAMS 2 0:00 Jo. Brown 55 yd. Field Goal (10-43, 1:38) 14 10
Seahawks 3 3:37 O.Mare 29 yd. Field Goal (11-59, 4:17) 17 10
Seahawks 4 13:57 J.Forsett 2 yd. run (O.Mare kick) (7-44, 2:21) 24 10
Seahawks 4 9:24 O.Mare 38 yd. Field Goal (6-31, 2:57) 27 10
RAMS 4 0:44 S.Jackson 1 yd. run (Jo. Brown kick) (8-80, 2:06) 27 17
RB Steven Jackson totaled 116 yards from scrimmage and scored a touchdown in
the Rams last meeting with the Seahawks.
PROBABLE STARTERS THIS WEEK
OFFENSE DEFENSE
WR Laurent Robinson – Was inactive in Week 3 due to a foot LDE Chris Long – Leads Rams with five quarterback pressures
injury. Has caught four passes for 22 yards and a touchdown this and five quarterback hits in first three weeks to go along with six
season. total tackles.
LT Rodger Saffold – Second-round pick is the only NFL rookie LDT Fred Robbins - Eleven-year veteran joined the Rams in
to start all three games at left tackle this season. March. Recorded a sack in Rams debut to give him 29.5 on his
career and added a tackle for loss to force a Raiders missed field
LG Jacob Bell – Seventh-year lineman has blocked for four goal in Week 2.
1,000-yard rushers, opening holes for Tennessee’s Chris Brown,
Travis Henry, LenDale White and the Rams’ Steven Jackson. RDT Gary Gibson – Has recorded three tackles and a quarter-
back hit while starting each of the first three games this season.
C Jason Brown – 2009 Pro Bowl alternate started his 63rd
RDE James Hall – Has registered a sack in each of the last two
consecutive game last week, fifth-longest active streak among NFL
weeks to give him 48.5 for his career. Also has 10 tackles on the
centers.
year, including two for loss.
RG Adam Goldberg – Has played in 83 career games with 45
SLB Na’il Diggs – Eleven-year pro and first-year Ram has started
starts and two years ago was the only offensive lineman in the NFL all three games and has seven tackles on the year.
to start at four different positions during the season (LT, RT, LG, RG).
MLB James Laurinaitis – Second among Rams with 26 tackles
RT Jason Smith – Former second-overall pick has started both on the season after recording eight last week in a win over
games at right tackle this season and was part of a group that Washington. Was on the field for every defensive snap in Weeks 2
helped produce 365 total yards in Week 3. and 3.
TE Daniel Fells – Recorded first touchdown catch of the season WLB Larry Grant – Forced a fumble last week that was recovered
last week on 3-yard pass from Sam Bradford. Ranks fourth on the by S James Butler and led to St. Louis’ second touchdown of the
club with eight receptions and third with 73 yards on the season. afternoon. Has 10 tackles on the year.
WR Danny Amendola – Second among Rams with 16 catches LCB Ron Bartell – Leads Rams with five passes defensed this
and 162 yards on the year. Six of his catches have come on third season and has seven tackles on the year.
down.
RCB Bradley Fletcher – Clinched a Rams victory with his first
QB Sam Bradford – Top overall pick in April’s draft has complet- career interception in the fourth quarter of last week’s game against
ed 69-of-117 passes (59.0 pct.) for 655 yards and four touchdowns. Washington.
Has thrown at least one touchdown pass in every game this sea-
son. SS Craig Dahl – Inactive in Week 3 due to injury. Registered 10
tackles including one for loss and added two special teams stops in
FB Mike Karney – Second-year Ram helped had one recep- Week 2 versus Oakland.
tions while paving the way for St. Louis backs to gain 133 rushing
yards last week. FS Oshiomogho Atogwe – Left Week 3 contest with thigh
injury. Leads Rams with 28 tackles on the season and also have
four quarterback hits.
RB Steven Jackson – Two-time Pro Bowler rushed for 58 yards
on 10 carries including a 42-yard touchdown run against Washington
KEY CONTRIBUTORS
before leaving in the second quarter with a strained groin.
S James Butler – Sixth-year has recorded a takeaway in each
KEY CONTRIBUTORS
of last two games. His 49-yard return of a fumble recovery last
week set up Rams’ second score.
WR Mark Clayton – Leads Rams with 17 catches for 228 yards
and two touchdowns. Caught five passes for 85 yards in Week 3. CB Justin King – Has four tackles while manning the nickel cor-
ner spot for the Rams.
RB Kenneth Darby – Rushed a career high 14 times in relief of
Stephen Jackson last week and averaged 3.5 yards per carry (49 yds.). DT Clifton Ryan – Inactive the last two weeks due to injury. Has
one passed defensed and one fumble recovery on the year.
WR Mardy Gilyard – Rookie fourth-round draft pick recorded first
career catch versus Washington which set up Rams touchdown.
NEW TO THE RAMS IN 2010
2010 DRAFT PICKS
QB Sam Bradford TE Fendi Onobun
6-4, 235 pounds 6-6, 249 pounds
Oklahoma Houston
D1 – 2010 (1st overall) D6a – 2010 (170th overall)
• 2008 Heisman Trophy winner holds • Played one season of football at Houston
school records for passing yards (8,403), after four-year collegiate basketball career
touchdown passes (88) and completion at Arizona.
percentage (67.64) • Was a key special teams contributor for
• One of just four quarterbacks in major Cougars and also recorded a touchdown
college history to pass for 50 or more catch.
touchdowns in a season.
Sam Bradford Fendi Onobun
OT Rodger Saffold
6-5, 323 pounds
Indiana
D2 - 2010 (33rd overall)
• Second-team All-Big 10 after recording
91 knockdown blocks and 12 touchdown- DE Eugene Sims
resulting blocks as a senior. 6-6, 250 pounds
• Graded third among Big 10 offensive line- West Texas A&M
men in blocking consisency in 2009 and D6b - 2010 (189th overall)
helped Indiana rush for 100 yards in 29 •Two-time Lone Star Conference
games during his career. Defensive Lineman of the Year.
Rodger Saffold •Recorded 17 sacks in two seasons at
WTAMU.
CB Jerome Murphy
6-0, 196 pounds
South Florida Eugene Sims
D3 – 2010 (65th overall)
• Named to All-Big East First Team by Phil
Steele after finishing third on the team with
77 tackles and tied for the team lead with
four interceptions. CB Marquis Johnson
• Played in 52 career games, the most ever 5-11, 205 pounds
by a USF player. Alabama
D7a - 2010 (211th overall)
• Appeared in 50 games with 13 starts dur-
Jerome Murphy
ing his career at Alabama and played key
role for the 2009 National Champions.
WR Mardy Gilyard • Spent two weeks on the active roster
5-11, 194 pounds before returning to the practice squad.
Cincinnati
D4 – 2010 (103rd overall) Marquis Johnson
• Unanimous All-Big East after catching 87
passes for 1,191 yards and 11 touchdowns
as a senior.
• Ranks second in Big East history with
204 career receptions. George Selvie
• Two-time Big East Special Teams Player 6-4, 251 pounds
of the Year averaged 30.5 yards per kick- South Florida
Mardy Gilyard off return as a senior. D7b - 2010 (226th overall)
• Two-time All-American for South Florida
Bulls.
• Recorded 29 sacks during collegiate
TE Michael Hoomanowanui career.
6-4, 265 pounds • Only two-time All-American in USF histo-
Illinois ry.
D5a – 2010 (132nd overall)
• 2009 Mackey Award Candidate finished
career at Illinois with 40 receptions for 490 George Selvie
yards and four touchdowns.
Michael Hoomanawanui
NEW TO THE RAMS IN 2010
KEY ADDITIONS
WR Mark Clayton
QB A.J. Feeley
5-10, 190 Pounds
6-3, 220 pounds
Oklahoma
Oregon
Trade
Unrestricted Free Agent
(Baltimore) - 2010
(Carolina) – 2010
• Former first-round draft pick
• Has appeared in 23 games and
boasts 251 career receptions for
started 15 contests.
3,344 yards and 14 touchdowns.
• In 2002, Feeley started five
• Has appeared in 79 regular-
games and led the Eagles to a 4-
season games with 62 starts, as
1 mark to help Philadelphia
well as six postseason contests
secure home-field advantage
• Boasts 10 career 100-yard
throughout the playoffs.
receiving games after recording
116 yards in his Rams debut.
LB Na’il Diggs
C/G Hank Fraley
6-4, 240 pounds
6-3, 310 pounds
Ohio State
Robert Morris
Unrestricted Free Agent
Unrestricted Free Agent
(Carolina) – 2010
(Cleveland) – 2010
•Eleventh-year veteran who has
• Eleventh-year pro has played in
played in 148 games with 130
135 games with 123 starts. Also
starts and has also started seven
started 10 postseason contests,
postseason contests.
including Super Bowl XXXIX with
•Led the Packers in tackles for
the Eagles.
three-consecutive seasons (2002-
• While in Philadelphia, the Eagles
04).
posted the highest point total in
• Forced a fumble that led to Rams
team history in 2002 and third-
touchdowns versus Washington.
highest during their Super Bowl
run in 2004.
DT Fred Robbins
6-4, 325 pounds
CB Kevin Dockery
Wake Forest
5-8, 188
Unrestricted Free Agent (New
Mississippi State
York Giants) – 2010
Free Agent
• Has played in 152 games with
(New York Giants) - 2010
119 starts. Also has six postsea-
• Entered the NFL as an undrafted
son starts and was a key member
free agent and earned roster spot
of Super Bowl XLII champions.
with agressive play.
• Has recorded 29.5 career sacks
• Career totals include 127 tackles
and was a Pro Bowl alternate in
(91 solo), 22 passes defensed, one
2008.
fumble recovery and 26 special
teams tackles.
Dick Bass Lawrence McCutcheon Steven Jackson Marshall Faulk Eric Dickerson
5,417 yards 6,186 yards 6,921 yards 6,959 yards 7,245 yards
Jackson’s 6,921 career rushing yards In 2009, Jackson posted 1,416 rushing yards, the second-highest
place him behind only Eric Dickerson single-season total of his career. The 1,416 rushing yards rank as
(7,245 yards, 1983-87) and Marshall Faulk the sixth-best single-season performance in team history.
(6,959 yards, 1999-2005) in Rams’ history.
Jackson needs 39 yards to pass Faulk for As a rookie in 2004, Jackson rushed for 673 yards. Since that sea-
second in franchise history and 325 yards son, Jackson posted yearly rushing totals of 1,046, 1,528, 1,002,
to pass Dickerson for first. RB Steven Jackson 1,042 and 1,416 yards.
Jackson entered last season as the Rams’ fifth-leading rusher, as his Consecutive 1,000-Yard Rushing Seasons In Rams History
1,416-yard campaign in 2009 allowed him to pass Dick Bass for fifth Consecutive Seasons Years
place and later move ahead of Lawrence McCutcheon into third. Steven Jackson 5 2005-09
Eric Dickerson 4 1983-86
Rams Career Rushing Yards Leaders Marshall Faulk 3 1999-2001
Yards
Eric Dickerson (1983-87) 7,245
Marshall Faulk (1999-2005) 6,959
Steven Jackson (2004- ) 6,921
Lawrence McCutcheon (1972-79) 6,186
Dick Bass (1960-69) 5,417
CENTURY MARK
Steven Jackson rushed for 100 yards in a
career-high seven games in 2009 and now
has 23 career 100-yard performances.
Only two Rams’ running backs have regis- RB Steven Jackson is on his way to extending his franchise record for 1,000-yard seasons to six.
tered more career 100-yard rushing per-
formances.
MOVE THE CHAINS
Jackson is looking for his first 100-yard
RB Steven Jackson is 2-for-2 this season when it comes to convert-
game of the 2010 season. The last time he ing third-and-short situations into first downs. As the numbers show,
faced Seattle, he carried 23 times for 89 Jackson is one of the NFL’s best at picking up those tough yards
yards and a touchdown. needed to move the chains.
Career 100-yard Games in Rams RB Steven Jackson Since Jackson became a starter in 2006, he’s second in the NFL in
such situations. Here’s a look at the top five backs at converting
History third-and-two and shorter into first downs since 2006.
DANDY DANNY
RB Steven Jackson dives for the endzone on a 12-yard touchdown catch vs. Pittsburgh (12/20/07).
The catch was one of 285 in Jackson’s career.
In his first NFL season, WR Danny Amendola became the Rams
season record holder for kickoff returns, kickoff return yards, com-
bined kick returns and total return yards.
ON THE MARK Amendola continues to have an impact on special teams but has
WR Mark Clayton has made quite a become a big part of the offense as well. He ranks second on the
club with 16 receptions and is one of the league’s best on third
splash since joining the Rams just three down. His six receptions on third down are tied for fourth in the NFC
weeks ago. He leads the team with 17 and are tied for ninth in the NFL.. Last week, his 18-yard catch on
receptions for 228 yards and has had an second-and-15 helped set up Kenneth Darby’s 12-yard TD run that
impact in each of his three contests with allowed the Rams to regain the lead, 21-16, after they’d fallen
St. Louis. behind.
*Crouch was drafted by the Rams in the third round in 2002 but was injured during the
preseason and never played in a regular-season game with St. Louis.
**Cannon was the first overall pick in both the NFL and AFL drafts but chose to sign
with the Houston Oilers rather than the Rams.
Here’s a look at the NFL’s top five S James Butler secures an interception
RED LIGHT IN THE RED ZONE
teams in takeaways this season. at Oakland for one of the Rams’ eight In the Rams’ Week 3 win over
takeaways on the season.
Washington, the Redskins had
Team Takeaways to settle for field goals on all
Pittsburgh 10
St. Louis 8 three of their trips inside the
Cincinnati 8 Rams’ 20 yard line.
Tampa Bay 8
San Diego 8 St. Louis’ perfect afternoon in
the red zone was a continuation
of their defense’s strong play
BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW... near the goal line this season. S Oshiomogho Atogwe and LB Larry Grant lead a
charge to stop Darren McFadden at the goal line.
• The oldest player – DE James Hall, 33 years old (2/4/77)
• The youngest player – S Darian Stewart, 22 years old (8/4/88) The Rams rank fourth in the NFL in red zone defense on the year.
• The tallest player – T Adam Goldberg, who stands 6-7.
Opponents have scored touchdowns on just 27.3 percent of their
• The shortest player – RB Kenneth Darby, who stands 5-10.
• The heaviest player – T Renardo Foster, 333 pounds drives inside the St. Louis 20 yard line. In all, the Rams have given
• The lightest player – WR Danny Amendola, 186 pounds up just 39 points on 11 possessions by their opponets inside thier 20.
• Most seasons with the Rams – LS Chris Massey, 11 seasons
• Most seasons in the NFL – LB Na’il Diggs, C/G Hank Fraley, DE
James Hall and DT Fred Robbins, 11 seasons HARDWOOD TO GRIDIRON
• The farthest distance a player is from their hometown – WR The NFL has seen a handful of former col-
Brandon Gibson hails from Puyallap, Wash., which is 2,088 miles
lege hoopsters transfer their athleticism to
from the Russell Training Center.
the gridiron, and Rams tight end Fendi
• The shortest distance a player has to travel from their hometown to
St. Louis, Mo. – TE Michael Hoomanawanui hails from Onobun looks to do the same.
Bloomington, Ill., just 174 miles from the Russell Training Center.
Onobun, who the Rams selected in the
sixth round of April’s draft, was a
McDonald’s All-American in high school
before enjoying a four-year basketball
career at the University of Arizona. When
his basketball eligibility ran out, he enrolled
at the University of Houston and spent one
season playing football for the Cougars. Fendi Onobun
Now he hopes to follow in the footsteps of Antonio Gates and Tony
Gonzalez, both of whom became Pro Bowl tight ends following suc-
cessful college basketball careers.
Defensive end James Hall is the oldest player on the Rams’ 2010 training camp roster and with 11 After being inactive the first two weeks, Onobun made his NFL debut
NFL seasons, he’s tied with two other players for the most experience among current Rams. last week and caught two passes for 15 yards.
LONG DISTANCE INSIDE THE 20
K Josh Brown booted two field goals for Rams P Donnie Jones was a Pro Bowl
the Rams in the season opener with a long alternate in 2009 and is trying to make an
of 46. Long kicks are a big part of Brown’s early case for a postseason trip to Hawaii
repertoire. In 2009, he converted six of this season.
seven attemps from 50 or more yards.
Through three weeks, Jones is second in
The six 50-yard field goals tied the team
the NFL and first in the NFC with a gross
record for most field goals from 50-plus in
a season. Brown previously tied the punting average of 48.9 yards per kick. He
record in 2008 after Tony Zendejas set it in also ranks second in the NFL and first in
1993. the NFC in net punting average (42.3).
Since entering the NFL in 2003, Brown has K Josh Brown Jones’ specialty is pinning opponents deep
made 25 field goals from 50-plus yards, in their own territory. He’s tied for the third P Donnie Jones
most among active kickers during that time. Brown’s 66.7 career field in the NFL lead with seven punts inside the
goal percentage is fourth among active kickers (minimum of 10 field opponents’ 20 yard line this season.
goal attempts) during that time period.
In 2009, Jones set the Rams’ single-season franchise record when
Most 50+ yard Field Goals By Since 2003 he placed 34 punts inside the opponent’s 20 yard line. Jones sur-
(active kickers) passed Dale Hatcher’s 32 punts inside the 20 established in 1985.
50+ FG Pct. Thirteen of Jones 34 punts inside the 20 in 2009 were stopped inside
Josh Brown 25 66.7 the 10-yard line.
Sebastian Janikowski 22 50.0
Jason Hanson 21 70.0
This season, Jones has picked up where he left off a year ago.
John Kasay 17 50.0
Seven of his 16 kicks have landed inside the opponents’ 20. Since
Ryan Longwell 16 69.6
Neil Rackers 16 47.1 2008, Jones ranks fifth among NFL punters in the category.
Cromwell’s coaching tenure has lead him to three Super Bowls and Robbins came to the Rams after six seasons with the New York
four NFC West Division titles. He spent nine seasons coaching Giants. During two of those seasons, current Rams Head Coach
Seattle’s wide receivers, and during his time at Green Bay, Steve Spagnuolo was the Giants’ defensive coordinator. It’s no coin-
Cromwell helped Pro Bowler Antonio Freeman lead the NFL in cidence that those two campaigns were perhaps the best of Robbins’
1998 with 1,424 receiving yards on 84 catches. career as he tied his career high with 5.5 sacks in each of those sea-
sons and was a Pro Bowl Alternate in 2008. He played a key role in
New York’s run to their Super Bowl XLII championship.
Former All-Pro safety Nolan Cromwell (21) spent 11 seasons patrolling the Rams’ defensive second-
ary and now returns to the organization to coach the club’s wide receivers. Rams DT Fred Robbins sacks Cleveland’s Jake Delhomme in the preseason.
A HALL OF A PLAYER BEST AMONG ROOKIE ’BACKERS
DE James Hall had a big afternoon in Oakland in Week 2 and fol- Rams LB James Laurinaitis was one of seven linebackers chosen on
lowed his performance up with another key effort against the first day (Rounds 1-2) of the 2009 NFL Draft. Based on statistics
Washington. Last week, he sacked Donovan McNabb for a 3-yard obtained from each of the seven linebackers’ teams, Laurinaitis led all
loss in the fourth quarter to force a Redskins punt. On the drive that of the first day linebackers with 146 tackles last season.
followed, the Rams kicked a field goal that made it a two-possession
game. Top Tacklers Among Linebackers Selected on Day 1 of 2009 Draft
Player / Team Round/Overall Total Solo Asst. Sacks
Against the Raiders, Hall Jason Campbell for a 9-yard loss and fin- James Laurinaitis / STL 2/35th 146 98 48 2.0
Brian Cushing / HOU 1/15th 134 87 47 5.0
ished the day with four tackles and two caused fumbles to go along
Rey Maualuga / CIN 2/38th 80 44 36 1.0
with his sack. Hall now has 48.5 sacks in his 11-year career. Aaron Curry / SEA 1/4th 60 53 7 2.0
Clay Matthews / GB 1/26th 58 42 16 10.0
Robert Ayers / DEN 1/18th 18 13 5 0.0
Clint Sintim / NYG 2/45th 10 7 3 1.0
DE James Hall drops Redskins QB Donovan McNabb for a three-yard loss in last week’s win. Hall
has recorded a sack in each of the last two games.
Linebacker James Laurinaitis was the fifth linebacker selected in the 2009 NFL Draft but was the
leading tackler among those taken on the first day.
4 A.J. Feeley – Experienced veteran who has spent time as a starter and reserve throughout
his 10-year NFL career. Has an extensive history with Head Coach Steve Spagnuolo and Offensive
Coordinator Pat Shurmur from his time in Philadelphia with the coaches. Has passed for 4,070 yards
with 27 touchdowns and 29 interceptions.
QB Sam Bradford
RUNNING BACKS
34 Kenneth Darby – Recorded a career-high 14 carries and averaged 3.5 yards per attempt
while gaining 49 yards in relief of Steven Jackson last week. Leads the Rams in special teams tackles
with five.
39 Steven Jackson – Two-time Pro Bowler rushed for 58 yards on 10 carries including a 42-yard
touchdown run in win against Washington. Left the game in the second quarter due to a strained groin.
Has 214 yards on 51 carries (4.2 avg.) on the season.
44 Mike Karney – Converted a fourth-and-1 that helped set up a Rams touchdown on the open-
ing drive versus Washington. Paved the was for Rams to rush for season-best 133 yards as a team.
RB Steven Jackson 38 Keith Toston – Rushed for 22 yards on 11 carries as he saw first offensive action of his career
against the Redskins. Has appeared in all three games this season and has three special teams
stops. Undrafted free agent from Oklahoma State was first-team All-Big Twelve as a senior after rush-
ing for 1,218 yards and 11 touchdowns.
WIDE RECEIVERS
16 Danny Amendola – Second among Rams with 16 catches for 162 yards. Six of his catches
have come on third down. Led St. Louis with six receptions last week. Handles return duties and set
Rams kickoff and punt return records in 2009.
89 Mark Clayton – Sixth-year pro acquired prior to Week 1 in a trade with Baltimore leads team
FB Mike Karney with 17 receptions for 228 yards and two touchdowns. Caught five passes for 85 yards in win over
Washington. Finished Rams debut (Week 1) with 10 receptions for 119 yards. His 10 receptions were
a single-game career high. Gained the 10th 100-yard receiving game of his career. Hauled in the first
completion of QB Sam Bradford’s career on a 19-yard reception.
11 Brandon Gibson – Made 2010 debut versus Washington and caught three passes for 33
yards. Was inactive in Weeks 1 and 2. Joined the Rams midway through the 2009 season in a trade
with Philadelphia.
81 Mardy Gilyard - Gilyard recorded his first career reception on a key third quarter grab in
which he gained 7 yards as he stretched out to reach the first down marker on third-and 7. On the
next play, RB Kenneth Darby raced 12 yards for a touchdown, one that allowed St. Louis to regain the
lead, 21-16. Fourth-round draft pick caught 204 passes for 3,003 yards and 25 touchdowns at
Cincinnati. Gilyard ranks second in Big East history in career receptions.
WR Danny Amendola
19 Laurent Robinson – Inactive versus Redskins due to foot injury. Caught one pass for four
yards at Oakland after posting three catches for 18 yards in Week 1, including Sam Bradford’s first
career touchdown pass. Was off to strong start in ‘09 before ankle injury prematurely ended his sea-
son. Logged 13 receptions for 167 yards, averaging 12.8 yards per catch and led Rams in receiving in
both games in which he appeared.
WR Laurent Robinson
PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN
TIGHT ENDS
47 Billy Bajema – In active versus Washington due to foot injury. An accomplished blocker and
special teams player, Bajema caught one pass for 13 yards at Oakland after recording three recep-
tions in the Rams’ season opener against Arizona. Expected to miss some time after suffering knee
injury versus Raiders.
46 Daniel Fells – Recorded first touchdown of the season on three-yard catch in win over
Washington. Tied a career-long with 36-yard catch against the Raiders in Week 2. Caught five passes
from Sam Bradford in 2010 debut.
87 Darcy Johnson – Joined Rams prior to Week 2 after spending entire offseason with the club.
TE Billy Bajema
Played in Week 2 versus Oakland. Former New York Giant’s career totals include nine catches for 78
yards and two touchdowns.
86 Michael Hoomanawanui – Fifth-round draft pick logged first career reception in Week 1 but
suffered ankle injury that has him currently sidelined.
48 Fendi Onobun – Caught two passes for 15 yards in NFL debut last week. Inactive in Weeks 1
and 2. Sixth-round draft choice played one year of football at Houston after enjoying a college basket-
ball career at Arizona.
OFFENSIVE LINE
63 Jacob Bell – Started at left guard in Weeks 1-3 and helped pave the way for 365 total yards
by the Rams offense. Started 13 games in ‘09 before being placed on reserved/injured list 12/15 with a
TE Daniel Fells hamstring injury. Part of an offensive line that allowed RB Steven Jackson to rush for a career-high
seven 100-yard performances.
60 Jason Brown – Has started 63 consecutive games, the fifth longest active streak among NFL
centers. Threw key block that sprung RB Steven Jackson for 42-yard touchdown versus Redskins and
was part of a 133-yard rushing performance by St. Louis.
70 Renardo Foster – Was inactive versus Washington. Played on special teams in Weeks 1 and
2. Spent time with the Falcons and Saints prior to joining Rams.
65 Hank Fraley – Saw action on special teams in Weeks 1-3 and was part of goal line package
versus Washington. Versatile guard/center joined the Rams this spring after four seasons in
Cleveland. Has played in 136 games with 123 starts in 10 NFL season as well as 10 postseason
starts, including Super Bowl XXXIX with the Eagles.
T Jason Smith
73 Adam Goldberg – Started at right guard in Weeks 1-3 and was part of 365-yard effort against
Washington. Has appeared in 83 games with 45 starts while playing four different positions (LT, RT, LG,
RG) during NFL career.
79 John Greco – Made 2010 debut in Week 3 versus Redskins and saw action at right guard.
Helped open holes for 133-yard rushing effort by St. Louis. Was inactive in Weeks 1 and 2. Former
third-round draft pick has appeared in 21 career games.
76 Rodger Saffold - Second-round pick was a second-team All-Big 10 performer at Indiana is the
only rookie in the NFL to start all three games at left tackle this season. Was part of an offensive line
that allowed just one sack in 38 drop backs last week as Rams totaled 365 yards on offense.
77 Jason Smith – Started at right tackle in Weeks 1-3. Former second-overall pick was part of an
C Jason Brown
offensive line that allowed just one sack in 38 drop backs last week as Rams totaled 365 yards on
offense.
G Jacob Bell
PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN
DEFENSIVE LINE
99 C.J. Ah You – Has seen action in all three contests. Recorded one tackle and tipped a pass
that was intercepted by Jerome Murphy in Week 2 against the Raiders. In season opener, recorded
second-career sack and first forced fumble against Cardinals last week.
71 Gary Gibson – Started and recorded one tackle and one quarterback hit versus Washington.
Has three tackles on the season.
96 James Hall – Eleventh-year veteran has recorded sacks in back-to-back weeks. Has 48.5
career sacks after dropping Donovan McNabb. Has 10 tackles including two for loss and two sacks on
the season.
DT Fred Robbins
72 Chris Long – Leads the Rams with five quarterback pressures and five quarterbacks hits this
season. Also has six tackles and has started all three games at left defensive end.
98 Fred Robbins – Has seven tackles in three starts on the season. Recorded four tackles
including one for loss at Oakland. Started and recorded a sack in Rams debut to give him 29.5 on his
career. Eleventh-year pro has played in 151 games with 118 starts. Played for Steve Spagnuolo with
the Giants.
95 Clifton Ryan – Was inactive in Weeks 2 and 3 due to migranes. Saw action at defensive tack-
le and recorded his second-career fumble recovery against Arizona.
97 Darell Scott – Second-year pro and former fourth-round draft choice was inactive with an
ankle sprain in Week 3. Saw action on defense and recorded one tackle and one quarterback pres-
DE Chris Long sure versus Raiders.
90 George Selvie – Logged one tackle and a quarterback hit against Washington. Seventh-round
draft pick was a two-time All-American at South Florida and collected 29 career sacks during college
career.
92 Eugene Sims – Recorded one tackle versus Redskins. Made NFL debut at Oakland and
notched two tackles. Inactive in Week 1. Sixth-round selection was the two-time Lone Star Conference
Defensive Lineman of the Year recorded 17 sacks in two seasons at West Texas A&M.
LINEBACKERS
LB James Laurinaitis 57 Chris Chamberlain – Suffered toe injury in Week 1 that currently has him sidelined.
Recorded one solo tackle and saw action on special teams in Week 1.
53 Na’il Diggs – Started at Sam linebacker and recorded two tackles in win over Redskins. Had
four tackles against Oakland. Veteran signed with the Rams as an unrestricted free agent.
59 Larry Grant – Had two tackles and recorded second forced fumble of the season which led to
Rams second touchdown in Week 3. Logged four tackles versus Raiders after impressive Week 1 per-
formance in which he forced and recovered a fumble and recorded four tackles in his first NFL start.
50 Bryan Kehl – Recorded four tackles in win over Washington. Saw action on special teams in
Rams debut lat Oakland in Week 3. Claimed by the Rams off waivers from the New York Giants prior
to Week 2. Tied for New York lead in special teams tackles in 2009.
LB Na’il Diggs 55 James Laurinaitis – Led Rams with eight tackles versus Washington. Tied for team lead with
10 tackles and recorded third career sack against the Raiders. Notched seven tackles in 2010 opener.
Last season became only the second rookie in Rams’ history to lead the team in tackles. Laurinaitis
recorded 146 tackles (98 solo), the most by a rookie in franchise history.
58 David Vobora – Notched two tackles versus the Redskins. Recorded two special teams tack-
les and saw action on defense in Week 2. Final pick in the 2008 NFL Draft started 10 of 12 games
that he played in 2009 and made 40 tackles (28 solo) on defense and six on special teams.
PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN
DEFENSIVE BACKS
21 Oshiomogho Atogwe - Had five tackles against Washington before leaving the game with
thigh injury. Leads Rams with 28 stops on the season. Tied for team lead with 10 stops in Week 2. Led
the team with 13 total tackles (five solo) in Week 1 and forced his 20th career fumble in the Cardinals’
opening drive of the game with a hit on RB Tim Hightower.
24 Ron Bartell – Leads Rams with five passes defensed on the season. Also has seven tackles.
Had one stop and one pass defensed versus Washington.
37 James Butler – Had six tackles and recovered a fumble that he returned 49 yards to set up
St. Louis’ second touchdown versus the Redskins. Recorded first interception of the season and
S Oshiomogho Atogwe
added two tackles at Oakland. Logged four tackles in Week 1. Led the team with three interceptions
and ranked third on the team with 81 tackles in 2009.
43 Craig Dahl – Inactive versus Washington in Week 3. Tied for team lead with 10 tackles,
including one for loss, against Oakland. In Week 1, notched five total tackles (four solo) while also get-
ting a hit on Arizona QB Derek Anderson. Recovered a key fumble with 1:28 left in the fourth quarter
after LB Larry Grant forced the ball from Arizona RB Tim Hightower.
35 Kevin Dockery – Re-joined Rams this week after being released prior to Week 3. Inactive
with hamstring injury in Week 2. Saw action on special teams and in nickel defense in Rams debut in
Week 1. Former New York Giant has appeared in 52 games with three interceptions in four NFL sea-
sons.
32 Bradley Fletcher – Recorded his first career interception when he picked off Donovan
CB Ron Bartell McNabb in the fourth quarter to clinch a Rams victory. Started and recorded nine tackles (six solo) at
Oakland. In Week 1, logged five tackles and a fumble recovery in Week 1. Played in seven games
with three starts as a rookie before suffering season-ending knee injury.
31 Justin King – Had three solo tackles while manning the nickel position versus Washington.
Inactive in Week 2 due to injury. Appeared on special teams and in nickel defense in Week 1. Played
in 15 games with seven starts in 2009 after missing the previous season with a toe injury.
23 Jerome Murphy – Saw action on defense and special teams in win over Redskins. Made NFL
debut and recorded his first career interception in fourth quarter at Oakland. Interception set up a late
score that allowed St. Louis to cut the deficit to two points. Also had three tackles. Inactive in Week 1.
Third-round draft pick was first-team all Big East performer at South Florida.
20 Darian Stewart – Logged a tackle and quarterback hit in Week 3. Recorded one quarterback
K Josh Brown hit and contributed on special team versus Raiders. Played on special teams in NFL debut. Undrafted
free agent from South Carolina logged 58 tackles in 2009 including 7.0 tackles for loss.
SPECIALISTS
3 Josh Brown - Connected on 3-of-4 field goal tries against Washington. Had one attempt
blocked. Hit two PATs and missed only field goal try, a 36-yard attempt, in Week 2 versus Raiders.
Had first field goal attempt of the season blocked but made his next two attempts from distances of 46
and 25 yards against Arizona. His six field goals from 50 or more yards tied a team record. Brown’s
25 career field goals from 50 or more yards are the most among active kickers since 2003.
5 Donnie Jones – Leads NFC and second in NFL in both gross punting average (48.9) and net
average (42.3) on the season and has had seven punts downed inside the 20.
P Donnie Jones
45 Chris Massey – Longest-tenured Ram returns after 2009 season was cut short by injury. Has
made clean snaps on 919 of 920 career attempts (99.9 percent).
LS Chris Massey
ST. LOUIS RAMS 2010 DEFENSIVE STATS
(based on coaches’ video tape evaluations)
QB QB
TACKLES Total Solo Asst. Sacks Yards Int. *PD Press. Hits *FF *FR
Oshiomogho Atogwe 28 16 12 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 4 1 0
James Laurinaitis 25 19 7 1.0 9.0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Bradley Fletcher 17 12 5 0.0 0.0 1 3 0 0 0 1
Craig Dahl 15 9 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 1 1 1
James Butler 12 5 7 0.0 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Larry Grant 10 7 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 1
James Hall 10 5 5 2.0 12.0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Ron Bartell 7 4 3 0.0 0.0 0 5 0 1 0 0
Fred Robbins 7 3 4 1.0 9.0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Na’il Diggs 7 3 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Long 6 3 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 5 5 0 0
Justin King 4 4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 1 0 0
George Selvie 4 3 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bryan Kehl 4 1 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jerome Murphy 3 1 2 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Eugene Sims 3 1 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Gibson 3 0 3 0.0 0.0 0 2 0 1 0 0
David Vobora 2 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darell Scott 2 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0
C.J. Ah You 2 1 1 1.0 22.0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Jermelle Cudjo 2 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marquis Johnson 2 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Chamberlain 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darian Stewart 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Kevin Dockery 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Clifton Ryan 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Total 178 104 74 5.0 52.0 3 16 10 21 7 5
*Tackle totals include tackles for loss
* PD is passes defensed SACK LEADERS No. Yards
SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS James Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.0 12.0
Total Solo Ast. FF FR BK BK Rec Fred Robbins . . . . . . . . . . . .1.0 9.0
Kenneth Darby ..................5 4 1 0 0 0 0 C.J. Ah You . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.0 22.0
David Vobora ....................5 1 4 0 0 0 0 James Laurinaitis . . . . . . . . .1.0 9.0
Larry Grant ........................3 3 0 0 0 0 0 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.0 52.0
Craig Dahl..........................3 2 1 0 0 0 0
Keith Toston ......................3 2 1 0 0 0 0
Dominique Curry................3 2 1 0 0 1 0
C.J. Ah You ........................2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Josh Hull............................2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Mardy Gilyard ....................1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Donnie Jones ....................1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Hoomanawanui ....1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Brown........................1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bryan Kehl ........................1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Chris Chamberlain ............1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Total..................................32 21 11 1 0 1 0
ST. LOUIS RAMS / WEEK 3 / THROUGH MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
WON 1, LOST 2 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD
09/12 L 13-17 Arizona 52,440 S. Jackson 51 214 4.2 42t 1
09/19 L 14-16 at Oakland 48,396 Darby 17 51 3.0 13 1
09/26 W 30-16 Washington 52,370 Toston 11 22 2.0 8 0
10/03 Seattle Karney 2 4 2.0 2 0
10/10 at Detroit Bradford 1 2 2.0 2 0
10/17 San Diego TEAM 82 293 3.6 42t 2
10/24 at Tampa Bay OPPONENTS 78 401 5.1 36 1
10/31 Carolina * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD
11/14 at San Francisco Clayton 17 228 13.4 39 2
11/21 Atlanta Amendola 16 162 10.1 36 0
11/28 at Denver S. Jackson 9 62 6.9 24 0
12/05 at Arizona Fells 8 73 9.1 36 1
12/12 at New Orleans Bajema 4 31 7.8 15 0
12/19 Kansas City Robinson 4 22 5.5 11 1
12/26 San Francisco B. Gibson 3 33 11.0 16 0
01/02 at Seattle Karney 3 6 2.0 3 0
St.L. Opp. Onobun 2 15 7.5 8 0
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 60 61 Darby 1 8 8.0 8 0
Rushing 16 16 Hoomanawanui 1 8 8.0 8 0
Passing 36 35 Gilyard 1 7 7.0 7 0
Penalty 8 10 TEAM 69 655 9.5 39 4
3rd Down: Made/Att 17/46 13/40 OPPONENTS 60 782 13.0 56 3
3rd Down Pct. 37.0 32.5 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD
4th Down: Made/Att 4/5 0/1 Murphy 1 19 19.0 19 0
4th Down Pct. 80.0 0.0 Fletcher 1 4 4.0 4 0
POSSESSION AVG. 30:17 29:43 J. Butler 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0
TOTAL NET YARDS 900 1131 TEAM 3 20 6.7 19 0
Avg. Per Game 300.0 377.0 OPPONENTS 5 74 14.8 65 0
Total Plays 205 193 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
Avg. Per Play 4.4 5.9 D. Jones 16 782 48.9 42.3 1 7 63 0
NET YARDS RUSHING 293 401 TEAM 16 782 48.9 42.3 1 7 63 0
Avg. Per Game 97.7 133.7 OPPONENTS 14 532 38.0 33.1 1 5 59 1
Total Rushes 82 78 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
NET YARDS PASSING 607 730 Amendola 6 3 49 8.2 21 0
Avg. Per Game 202.3 243.3 TEAM 6 3 49 8.2 21 0
Sacked/Yards Lost 6/48 5/52 OPPONENTS 10 2 86 8.6 53 0
Gross Yards 655 782 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD
Att./Completions 117/69 110/60 Gilyard 9 209 23.2 34 0
Completion Pct. 59.0 54.5 Amendola 1 22 22.0 22 0
Had Intercepted 5 3 Karney 1 17 17.0 17 0
PUNTS/AVERAGE 16/48.9 14/38.0 TEAM 11 248 22.5 34 0
NET PUNTING AVG. 16/42.3 14/33.1 OPPONENTS 12 313 26.1 31 0
PENALTIES/YARDS 22/231 31/227 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
FUMBLES/BALL LOST 3/2 12/5 Jo. Brown 0/ 0 2/ 3 2/ 4 1/ 1 0/0
TOUCHDOWNS 6 4 TEAM 0/ 0 2/ 3 2/ 4 1/ 1 0/0
Rushing 2 1 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 5/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 2 0/0
Passing 4 3 Jo. Brown: (34B,46G,25G)(36N)(21B,37G,29G,36G)
Returns 0 0 OPP: (22G)(46N,38G,41G,22G)(29G,24G,21G)
* SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS
TEAM 14 17 10 16 0 57 SACKS: Hall 2, Ah You 1, Laurinaitis 1,
OPPONENTS 0 26 13 10 0 49 Robbins 1, TM 5, OPP 6
* SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS FUM/LOST: Bajema 1/0, Gilyard 1/1, Ryan 1/1
Jo. Brown 0 0 0 0 6/ 6 5/ 8 0 21 2-Pt Conv: TM 0-0, OPP 0-0
Clayton 2 0 2 0 0 12
Darby 1 1 0 0 0 6
Fells 1 0 1 0 0 6
S. Jackson 1 1 0 0 0 6
Robinson 1 0 1 0 0 6
TEAM 6 2 4 0 6/ 6 5/ 8 0 57
OPPONENTS 4 1 3 0 4/ 4 7/ 8 0 49
* PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating
Bradford 117 69 655 59.0 5.60 4 3.4 5 4.3 39 6/ 48 68.1
TEAM 117 69 655 59.0 5.60 4 3.4 5 4.3 39 6/ 48 68.1
OPPONENTS 110 60 782 54.5 7.11 3 2.7 3 2.7 56 5/ 52 74.9
RAMS COACHES & PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
9/28/2010
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
COACHES
Ken FLAJOLE FLAY-juhl
Steve SPAGNUOLO SPAG-no-low
PLAYERS
16 Danny AMENDOLA ah-men-DOLE-uh
21 OSHIOMOGHO ATOGWE oh-SHIM-ago uh-TOG-way
47 Billy BAJEMA BADGE-uh-muh
68 Jermelle CUDJO CUDD-joe
53 NA'IL Diggs nigh-EL
81 Mardy GILYARD GILL-yard
86 Michael HOOMANAWANUI huh-oh-muh-NOW-uh-NEW-ee
55 James LAURINAITIS Lore-in-eye-tis
48 FENDI ONOBUN FIN-dee AH-no-bun
19 LAURENT Robinson la-RON
97 DARELL Scott duh-rel
38 Keith TOSTON TOE-stun
RAMS UNOFFICIAL DEPTH CHART
9/21/2010
OFFENSE
WR 19 Laurent Robinson 11 Brandon Gibson 81 Mardy Gilyard
LT 76 Rodger Saffold 70 Renardo Foster
LG 63 Jacob Bell 79 John Greco
C 60 Jason Brown 65 Hank Fraley
RG 73 Adam Goldberg 79 John Greco
RT 77 Jason Smith 70 Renardo Foster
TE 47 Billy Bajema 46 Daniel Fells 86 Michael Hoomanawanui 87 Darcy Johnson
48 Fendi Onobun
WR 16 Danny Amendola 89 Mark Clayton
QB 8 Sam Bradford 4 A.J. Feeley
FB 44 Mike Karney
HB 39 Steven Jackson 34 Kenneth Darby 38 Keith Toston
DEFENSE
LDE 72 Chris Long 90 George Selvis
LDT 98 Fred Robbins 95 Clifton Ryan 93 Jermelle Cudjo
RDT 71 Gary Gibson 97 Darell Scott
RDE 96 James Hall 99 C.J. Ah You 92 Eugene Sims
SLB 53 Na’il Diggs 58 David Vobora
MLB 55 James Laurinaitis 58 David Vobora
WLB 59 Larry Grant 50 Bryan Kehl 57 Chris Chamberlain
LCB 24 Ron Bartell 31 Justin King 23 Jerome Murphy
RCB 32 Bradley Fletcher 35 Kevin Dockery
SS 43 Craig Dahl 37 James Butler
FS 21 Oshiomogho Atogwe 20 Darian Stewart
SPECIALISTS
P 5 Donnie Jones
K 3 Josh Brown
H 5 Donnie Jones 16 Danny Amendola
LS 45 Chris Massey
PR 16 Danny Amendola 81 Mardy Gilyard
KR 81 Mardy Gilyard 16 Danny Amendola
ST. LOUIS RAMS ALPHABETICAL ROSTER
9/28/2010
Birth NFL
# Player Pos Ht Wt Date Age Exp College H.S. Hometown How Acq
99 Ah You, C.J. DE 6-4 270 7/7/82 28 2 Oklahoma Highland, Utah FA-'07
16 Amendola, Danny WR 5-11 186 11/2/85 24 2 Texas Tech The Woodlands, Texas FA-'09
21 Atogwe, Oshiomogho S 5-11 205 6/23/81 29 6 Stanford Windsor, Ontario (Canada) D3A-’05
47 Bajema, Billy TE 6-4 259 10/31/82 27 6 Oklahoma State Oklahoma City, Okla. UFA(SF)-'09
24 Bartell, Ron CB 6-1 206 2/22/82 28 6 Howard Detroit, Mich. D2-’05
63 Bell, Jacob G 6-5 300 3/2/81 29 7 Miami (Ohio) Cleveland, Ohio UFA(TEN)-'08
8 Bradford, Sam QB 6-4 228 11/8/87 22 R Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Okla. D1-'10
60 Brown, Jason C 6-3 328 5/5/83 27 6 North Carolina Henderson, N.C. UFA(BAL)-'09
3 Brown, Josh K 6-0 205 4/29/79 31 8 Nebraska Foyil, Okla. UFA(SEA)-'08
37 Butler, James S 6-3 209 9/7/82 28 6 Georgia Tech Bainbridge, Ga. UFA(NYG)-'09
57 Chamberlain, Chris LB 6-1 230 9/30/85 25 3 Tulsa Bethany, Okla. D7A-'08
89 Clayton, Mark WR 5-10 190 7/2/82 28 6 Oklahoma Arlington, Texas T(BAL)-'10
93 Cudjo, Jermelle DT 6-2 299 9/28/86 24 R Central Oklahoma Lawton, Okla. FA-'10
43 Dahl, Craig S 6-1 209 6/17/85 25 4 North Dakota State Mankato, Minn. FA-'09
34 Darby, Kenneth RB 5-10 219 12/26/82 27 3 Alabama Huntsville, Ala. FA-'08
53 Diggs, Na'il LB 6-4 240 7/8/78 32 11 Ohio State Los Angeles, Calif. FA-'10
35 Dockery, Kevin CB 5-8 188 1/8/84 26 5 Mississippi State Hernando, MS FA-'10
4 Feeley, A.J. QB 6-3 220 5/16/77 33 10 Oregon Caldwell, ID UFA(CAR)-'10
46 Fells, Daniel TE 6-4 272 9/23/83 27 4 California-Davis Fullerton, Calif. FA-'08
32 Fletcher, Bradley CB 6-0 198 6/25/86 24 2 Iowa Youngstown, Ohio D3-'09
70 Foster, Renardo T 6-7 333 7/15/84 26 2 Louisville Ripley, Tenn. FA-'10
65 Fraley, Hank C/G 6-3 310 9/21/77 33 11 Robert Morris Gaithersburg, MD FA-'10
11 Gibson, Brandon WR 6-0 210 8/13/87 23 2 Washington State Puyallup, Wash. T(PHI)-'09
71 Gibson, Gary DT 6-3 300 5/5/82 28 5 Rutgers Lafayette, N.Y. FA-'09
81 Gilyard, Mardy WR 5-11 194 12/2/86 23 R Cincinnati Brunnell, Fla. D4-'10
73 Goldberg, Adam T 6-7 309 8/12/80 30 7 Wyoming Edina, Minn. T(MIN)-'06
59 Grant, Larry LB 6-1 251 2/16/85 25 2 Ohio State Sacramento, Calif. FA-'08
79 Greco, John G 6-4 329 3/24/85 25 3 Toledo Youngstown, Ohio D3-'08
96 Hall, James DE 6-2 281 2/4/77 33 11 Michigan New Orleans, La. T(DET)-'07
86 Hoomanawanui, Michael TE 6-4 265 7/4/88 22 R Illinois Bloomington, Ill. D5A-'10
39 Jackson, Steven RB 6-2 236 7/22/83 27 7 Oregon State Las Vegas, Nev. D1-’04
87 Johnson, Darcy TE 6-5 252 2/11/83 27 5 Central Florida Palatka, Fla. FA-'10
5 Jones, Donnie P 6-2 225 7/5/80 30 7 Louisiana State Baton Rouge, La. RFA(MIA)-'07
44 Karney, Mike FB 5-11 260 7/6/81 29 7 Arizona State Kent, Wash. FA-'09
50 Kehl, Bryan LB 6-2 237 6/16/84 26 3 Bringham Young Salt Lake City, Utah FA'10
31 King, Justin CB 5-11 188 5/11/87 23 3 Penn State Pittsburgh, Pa. D4A-'08
55 Laurinaitis, James LB 6-2 247 12/3/86 23 2 Ohio State Plymouth, Minn. D2-'09
72 Long, Chris DE 6-3 276 3/28/85 25 3 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. D1-'08
45 Massey, Chris LS 6-0 237 8/21/79 31 9 Marshall Chesapeake, W.V. D7-'02
23 Murphy, Jerome CB 6-0 200 1/13/87 23 R South Florida Elizabeth, NJ D3-10
48 Onobun, Fendi TE 6-6 249 11/17/86 23 R Houston Houston, Texas D6A-'10
98 Robbins, Fred DT 6-4 325 3/26/77 33 11 Wake Forest Pensacola, Fla. UFA(NYG)-'10
19 Robinson, Laurent WR 6-2 197 5/20/85 25 4 Illinois State Rockledge, Fla. T(ATL)-'09
95 Ryan, Clifton DT 6-3 324 2/18/84 26 4 Michigan State Saginaw, Mich. D5B-'07
76 Saffold, Rodger OT 6-5 323 6/6/88 22 R Indiana Bedford, Ohio D2-'10
97 Scott, Darell DT 6-3 315 3/15/86 24 2 Clemson Columbia, S.C. D4-'09
90 Selvie, George DE 6-4 251 3/6/87 23 R South Florida Pensacola, Fla. D7B-'10
92 Sims, Eugene DE 6-6 250 3/18/86 24 R West Texas A&M Mt. Olive, Miss. D6B-'10
77 Smith, Jason T 6-5 307 4/30/86 24 2 Baylor Dallas, Texas D1-'09
20 Stewart, Darian S 5-11 215 8/4/88 22 R South Carolina Huntsville, Ala. FA-'10
38 Toston, Keith RB 5-11 214 5/6/87 23 R Oklahoma State Angleton, Texas FA-'10
58 Vobora, David LB 6-1 239 4/8/86 24 3 Idaho Eugene, Ore. D7B-'08
Reserve/Injured (5)
17 Avery, Donnie WR 5-11 183 6/12/84 26 3 Houston Alief, Texas D2-'08
15 Curry, Dominique WR 6-2 224 8/16/87 23 R Cal (PA) Philadelphia, Pa. FA-'10
93 Hovan, Chris DT 6-2 296 5/12/78 32 11 Boston College Rocky River, Ohio FA-'10
56 Hull, Josh LB 6-3 239 5/21/87 23 R Penn State Millheim, Pa. D7C-'10
62 Lewis, Mark G 6-3 302 7/17/85 25 1 Oregon Arroyo Grande, Calif. FA-'09
Physically Unable to Perform (1)
66 Setterstrom, Mark G 6-4 318 3/3/84 26 5 Minnesota Northfield, Minn. D7B-'06
Practice Squad (7)
84 Alexander, Danario WR 6-5 215 8/7/88 22 R Missouri Marlin, Texas FA'10
52 Johnson, Curtis LB 6-2 242 2/16/85 25 3 Clark Atlanta University Syracuse, N.Y. FA-'10
12 Lewis, Thaddeus QB 6-0 219 2/1/88 22 R Duke Opa Locka, Fla. FA-'10
42 McCoy, Jamie FB 6-2 240 7/21/87 22 R Texas A&M Midland, Texas FA-'10
68 McKee, Ryan T 6-6 291 11/4/86 23 1 Southern Mississippi Daphne, Ala. W-'09 (NYJ)
49 Miller, Brit FB 6-1 250 9/15/86 23 1 Illinois Decatur, Ill. FA-'10
67 Miller, Drew C 6-5 303 7/6/85 25 2 Florida Paducah, Ky. FA-'09
ST. LOUIS RAMS NUMERICAL ROSTER
9/28/2010
Birth NFL
# Player Pos Ht Wt Date Age Exp College H.S. Hometown How Acq
3 Josh Brown K 6-0 205 4/29/79 31 8 Nebraska Foyil, Okla. UFA(SEA)-'08
4 A.J. Feeley QB 6-3 220 5/15/77 33 10 Oregon Caldwell, Id UFA(CAR)-'10
5 Donnie Jones P 6-2 225 7/5/80 30 7 Louisiana State Baton Rouge, La. RFA(MIA)-'07
8 Sam Bradford QB 6-4 228 11/8/87 22 R Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Okla. D1-'10
11 Brandon Gibson WR 6-0 210 8/13/87 23 2 Washington State Puyallup, Wash. T(PHI)-'09
16 Danny Amendola WR 5-11 186 11/2/85 24 2 Texas Tech The Woodlands, Texas FA-'09
19 Laurent Robinson WR 6-2 197 5/20/85 25 4 Illinois State Rockledge, Fla. T(ATL)-'09
20 Darian Stewart S 5-11 215 8/4/88 22 R South Carolina Huntsville, Ala. FA-'10
21 Oshiomogho Atogwe S 5-11 205 6/23/81 29 6 Stanford Windsor, Ontario (Canada) D3A-’05
23 Jerome Murphy CB 6-0 200 1/13/87 23 R South Florida Elizabeth, NJ D3-10
24 Ron Bartell CB 6-1 206 2/22/82 28 6 Howard Detroit, Mich. D2-’05
31 Justin King CB 5-11 188 5/11/87 23 3 Penn State Pittsburgh, Pa. D4A-'08
32 Bradley Fletcher CB 6-0 198 6/25/86 24 2 Iowa Youngstown, Ohio D3-'09
34 Kenneth Darby RB 5-10 219 12/26/82 27 3 Alabama Huntsville, Ala. FA-'08
35 Kevin Dockery CB 5-8 188 1/8/84 26 5 Mississippi State Hernando, MS FA-'10
37 James Butler S 6-3 209 9/7/82 28 6 Georgia Tech Bainbridge, Ga. UFA(NYG)-'09
38 Keith Toston RB 5-11 214 5/6/87 23 R Oklahoma State Angleton, Texas FA-'10
39 Steven Jackson RB 6-2 236 7/22/83 27 7 Oregon State Las Vegas, Nev. D1-’04
43 Craig Dahl S 6-1 209 6/17/85 25 4 North Dakota State Mankato, Minn. FA-'09
44 Mike Karney FB 5-11 260 7/6/81 29 7 Arizona State Kent, Wash. FA-'09
45 Chris Massey LS 6-0 237 8/21/79 31 9 Marshall Chesapeake, W.V. D7-'02
46 Daniel Fells TE 6-4 272 9/23/83 27 4 California-Davis Fullerton, Calif. FA-'08
47 Billy Bajema TE 6-4 259 10/31/82 27 6 Oklahoma State Oklahoma City, Okla. UFA(SF)-'09
48 Fendi Onobun TE 6-6 249 11/17/86 23 R Houston Houston, Texas D6A-'10
50 Bryan Kehl LB 6-2 237 6/16/84 26 3 Bringham Young Salt Lake City, Utah FA'10
53 Na'il Diggs LB 6-4 240 7/8/78 32 11 Ohio State Los Angeles, Calif. FA-'10
55 James Laurinaitis LB 6-2 247 12/3/86 23 2 Ohio State Plymouth, Minn. D2-'09
57 Chris Chamberlain LB 6-1 230 9/30/85 25 3 Tulsa Bethany, Okla. D7A-'08
58 David Vobora LB 6-1 239 4/8/86 24 3 Idaho Eugene, Ore. D7B-'08
59 Larry Grant LB 6-1 251 2/16/85 25 2 Ohio State Sacramento, Calif. FA-'08
60 Jason Brown C 6-3 328 5/5/83 27 6 North Carolina Henderson, N.C. UFA(BAL)-'09
63 Jacob Bell G 6-5 300 3/2/81 29 7 Miami (Ohio) Cleveland, Ohio UFA(TEN)-'08
65 Hank Fraley C/G 6-3 310 9/21/77 33 11 Robert Morris Gaithersburg, MD FA-'10
70 Renardo Foster T 6-7 333 7/15/84 26 2 Louisville Ripley, Tenn. FA-'10
71 Gary Gibson DT 6-3 300 5/5/82 28 5 Rutgers Lafayette, N.Y. FA-'09
72 Chris Long DE 6-3 276 3/28/85 25 3 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. D1-'08
73 Adam Goldberg T 6-7 309 8/12/80 30 8 Wyoming Edina, Minn. T(MIN)-'06
76 Rodger Saffold OT 6-5 323 6/6/88 22 R Indiana Bedford, Ohio D2-'10
77 Jason Smith T 6-5 307 4/30/86 24 2 Baylor Dallas, Texas D1-'09
79 John Greco G 6-4 329 3/24/85 25 3 Toledo Youngstown, Ohio D3-'08
81 Mardy Gilyard WR 5-11 194 12/2/86 23 R Cincinnati Brunnell, Fla. D4-'10
86 Michael Hoomanawanui TE 6-4 265 7/4/88 22 R Illinois Bloomington, Ill. D5A-'10
87 Darcy Johnson TE 6-5 252 2/11/83 27 5 Central Florida Palatka, Fla. FA-'10
89 Mark Clayton WR 5-10 190 7/2/82 28 6 Oklahoma Arlington, Texas T(BAL)-'10
90 George Selvie DE 6-4 251 3/6/87 23 R South Florida Pensacola, Fla. D7B-'10
92 Eugene Sims DE 6-6 250 3/18/86 24 R West Texas A&M Mt. Olive, Miss. D6B-'10
93 Jermelle Cudjo DT 6-2 299 9/28/86 24 R Central Oklahoma Lawton, Okla. FA-'10
95 Clifton Ryan DT 6-3 324 2/18/84 26 4 Michigan State Saginaw, Mich. D5B-'07
96 James Hall DE 6-2 281 2/4/77 33 11 Michigan New Orleans, La. T(DET)-'07
97 Darell Scott DT 6-3 315 3/15/86 24 2 Clemson Columbia, S.C. D4-'09
98 Fred Robbins DT 6-4 325 3/26/77 33 11 Wake Forest Pensacola, Fla. UFA(NYG)-'10
99 C.J. Ah You DE 6-4 270 7/7/82 28 2 Oklahoma Highland, Utah FA-'07
Reserve/Injured (5)
15 Dominique Curry WR 6-2 224 8/16/87 23 R Cal (PA) Philadelphia, Pa. FA-'10
17 Donnie Avery WR 5-11 183 6/12/84 26 3 Houston Alief, Texas D2-'08
56 Hull, Josh LB 6-3 239 5/21/87 23 R Penn State Millheim, Pa. D7C-'10
62 Mark Lewis G 6-3 302 7/17/85 25 1 Oregon Arroyo Grande, Calif. FA-'09
93 Chris Hovan DT 6-2 296 5/12/78 32 11 Boston College Rocky River, Ohio FA-'10
Physically Unable to Perform (1)
66 Mark Setterstrom G 6-4 318 3/3/84 26 5 Minnesota Northfield, Minn. D7B-'06
Practice Squad (7)
12 Thaddeus Lewis QB 6-0 219 2/1/88 22 R Duke Opa Locka, Fla. FA-'10
42 Jamie McCoy FB 6-2 240 7/21/87 22 R Texas A&M Midland, Texas FA-'10
49 Brit Miller FB 6-1 250 9/15/86 23 1 Illinois Decatur, Ill. FA-'10
52 Curtis Johnson LB 6-2 242 2/16/85 25 3 Clark Atlanta University Syracuse, N.Y. FA-'10
67 Drew Miller C 6-5 303 7/6/85 25 2 Florida Paducah, Ky. FA-'09
68 Ryan McKee T 6-6 291 11/4/86 23 1 Southern Mississippi Daphne, Ala. W-'09 (NYJ)
84 Danario Alexander WR 6-5 215 8/7/88 22 R Missouri Marlin, Texas FA'10
ST. LOUIS RAMS ROSTER BY EXPERIENCE
9/28/2010
Birth NFL
# Player Pos Ht Wt Date Age Exp College H.S. Hometown How Acq
11th year (5) 65 Fraley, Hank C/G 6-3 310 9/21/77 33 11 Robert Morris Gaithersburg, MD FA-'10
96 Hall, James DE 6-2 281 2/4/77 33 11 Michigan New Orleans, La. T(DET)-'07
93 Hovan, Chris* DT 6-2 296 5/12/78 32 11 Boston College Rocky River, Ohio FA-'10
53 Na'il Diggs LB 6-4 240 7/8/78 32 11 Ohio State Los Angeles, Calif. FA-'10
98 Robbins, Fred DT 6-4 325 3/26/77 33 11 Wake Forest Pensacola, Fla. UFA(NYG)-'10
10th year (1) 10 Feeley, A.J. QB 6-3 220 5/16/77 33 10 Oregon Caldwell, ID UFA(CAR)-'10
9th year (1) 45 Massey, Chris LS 6-0 237 8/21/79 31 9 Marshall Chesapeake, W.V. D7-'02
8th year (2) 3 Brown, Josh K 6-0 205 4/29/79 31 8 Nebraska Foyil, Okla. UFA(SEA)-'08
73 Goldberg, Adam T 6-7 309 8/12/80 30 8 Wyoming Edina, Minn. T(MIN)-'06
7th year (4) 63 Bell, Jacob G 6-5 300 3/2/81 29 7 Miami (Ohio) Cleveland, Ohio UFA(TEN)-'08
39 Jackson, Steven RB 6-2 236 7/22/83 27 7 Oregon State Las Vegas, Nev. D1-’04
5 Jones, Donnie P 6-2 225 7/5/80 30 7 Louisiana State Baton Rouge, La. RFA(MIA)-'07
44 Karney, Mike FB 5-11 260 7/6/81 29 7 Arizona State Kent, Wash. FA-'09
6th year (6) 21 Atogwe, Oshiomogho S 5-11 205 6/23/81 29 6 Stanford Windsor, Ontario (Canada) D3A-’05
47 Bajema, Billy TE 6-4 259 10/31/82 27 6 Oklahoma State Oklahoma City, Okla. UFA(SF)-'09
24 Bartell, Ron CB 6-1 206 2/22/82 28 6 Howard Detroit, Mich. D2-’05
60 Brown, Jason C 6-3 328 5/5/83 27 6 North Carolina Henderson, N.C. UFA(BAL)-'09
37 Butler, James S 6-3 209 9/7/82 28 6 Georgia Tech Bainbridge, Ga. UFA(NYG)-'09
Clayton, Mark WR 5-10 190 7/2/82 28 6 Oklahoma Arlington, Texas T(BAL)-'10
5th year (3) 35 Dockery, Kevin CB 5-8 188 1/8/84 26 5 Mississippi State Hernando, MS FA-'10
71 Gibson, Gary DT 6-3 300 5/5/82 28 5 Rutgers Lafayette, N.Y. FA-'09
66 Setterstrom, Mark** G 6-4 318 3/3/84 26 5 Minnesota Northfield, Minn. D7B-'06
4th year (4) 43 Dahl, Craig S 6-1 209 7/7/85 25 4 North Dakota State Mankato, Minn. FA-'09
46 Fells, Daniel TE 6-4 272 9/23/83 27 4 California-Davis Fullerton, Calif. FA-'08
11 Robinson, Laurent WR 6-2 197 5/20/85 25 4 Illinois State Rockledge, Fla. T(ATL)-'09
95 Ryan, Clifton DT 6-3 324 2/18/84 26 4 Michigan State Saginaw, Mich. D5B-'07
3rd year (8) 17 Avery, Donnie* WR 5-11 183 6/12/84 26 3 Houston Alief, Texas D2-'08
57 Chamberlain, Chris LB 6-1 230 9/30/85 25 3 Tulsa Bethany, Okla. D7A-'08
34 Darby, Kenneth RB 5-10 219 12/26/82 27 3 Alabama Huntsville, Ala. FA-'08
79 Greco, John G 6-4 329 3/24/85 25 3 Toledo Youngstown, Ohio D3-'08
50 Kehl, Bryan LB 6-2 237 6/16/84 26 3 Bringham Young Salt Lake City, Utah FA'10
31 King, Justin CB 5-11 188 5/11/87 23 3 Penn State Pittsburgh, Pa. D4A-'08
72 Long, Chris DE 6-3 276 3/28/85 25 3 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. D1-'08
58 Vobora, David LB 6-1 239 4/8/86 24 3 Idaho Eugene, Ore. D7B-'08
2nd year (9) 99 Ah You, C.J. DE 6-4 270 7/7/82 28 2 Oklahoma Highland, Utah FA-'07
16 Amendola, Danny WR 5-11 186 11/2/85 24 2 Texas Tech The Woodlands, Texas FA-'09
32 Fletcher, Bradley CB 6-0 198 6/25/86 24 2 Iowa Youngstown, Ohio D3-'09
70 Foster, Renardo T 6-7 333 7/15/84 26 2 Louisville Ripley, Tenn. FA-'10
11 Gibson, Brandon WR 6-0 210 8/13/87 23 2 Washington State Puyallup, Wash. T(PHI)-'09
59 Grant, Larry LB 6-1 251 2/16/85 25 2 Ohio State Sacramento, Calif. FA-'08
55 Laurinaitis, James LB 6-2 247 12/3/86 23 2 Ohio State Plymouth, Minn. D2-'09
97 Scott, Darell DT 6-3 315 3/15/86 24 2 Clemson Columbia, S.C. D4-'09
77 Smith, Jason T 6-5 307 4/30/86 24 2 Baylor Dallas, Texas D1-'09
1st year (1) 62 Lewis, Mark* G 6-3 302 7/17/85 25 1 Oregon Arroyo Grande, Calif. FA-'09
Rookie (13) 8 Bradford, Sam QB 6-4 228 11/8/87 22 R Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Okla. D1-'10
93 Cudjo, Jermelle DT 6-2 299 9/28/86 24 R Central Oklahoma Lawton, Okla. FA-'10
15 Curry, Dominique* WR 6-2 224 8/16/87 23 R Cal (PA) Philadelphia, Pa. FA-'10
81 Gilyard, Mardy WR 5-11 194 12/2/86 23 R Cincinnati Brunnell, Fla. D4-'10
86 Hoomanawanui, Michael TE 6-4 265 7/4/88 22 R Illinois Bloomington, Ill. D5A-'10
56 Hull, Josh* LB 6-3 239 5/21/87 23 R Penn State Millheim, Pa. D7C-'10
23 Murphy, Jerome CB 6-0 200 1/13/87 23 R South Florida Elizabeth, NJ D3-10
48 Onobun, Fendi TE 6-6 249 11/17/86 23 R Houston Houston, Texas D6A-'10
76 Saffold, Rodger OT 6-5 323 6/6/88 22 R Indiana Bedford, Ohio D2-'10
90 Selvie, George DE 6-4 251 3/6/87 23 R South Florida Pensacola, Fla. D7B-'10
92 Sims, Eugene DE 6-6 250 3/18/86 24 R West Texas A&M Mt. Olive, Miss. D6B-'10
20 Stewart, Darian S 5-11 215 8/4/88 22 R South Carolina Huntsville, Ala. FA-'10
38 Toston, Keith RB 5-11 214 5/6/87 23 R Oklahoma State Angleton, Texas FA-'10
16 Danny Amendola WR 5-11 186 11/2/85 24 2 Texas Tech The Woodlands, Texas FA-'09
19 Laurent Robinson WR 6-2 197 5/20/85 25 4 Illinois State Rockledge, Fla. T(ATL)-'09
81 Mardy Gilyard WR 5-11 194 12/2/86 23 R Cincinnati Brunnell, Fla. D4-'10
TIGHT ENDS (5)
46 Daniel Fells TE 6-4 272 9/23/83 27 4 California-Davis Fullerton, Calif. FA-'08
47 Billy Bajema TE 6-4 259 10/31/82 27 6 Oklahoma State Oklahoma City, Okla. UFA(SF)-'09
48 Fendi Onobun TE 6-6 249 11/17/86 23 R Houston Houston, Texas D6A-'10
86 Michael Hoomanawanui TE 6-4 265 7/4/88 22 R Illinois Bloomington, Ill. D5A-'10
87 Darcy Johnson TE 6-5 252 2/11/83 27 5 Central Florida Palatka, Fla. FA-'10
OFFENSIVE LINE (8)
60 Jason Brown C 6-3 328 5/5/83 27 6 North Carolina Henderson, N.C. UFA(BAL)-'09
63 Jacob Bell G 6-5 300 3/2/81 29 7 Miami (Ohio) Cleveland, Ohio UFA(TEN)-'08
65 Hank Fraley C/G 6-3 310 9/21/77 33 11 Robert Morris Gaithersburg, MD FA-'10
70 Renardo Foster T 6-7 333 7/15/84 26 2 Louisville Ripley, Tenn. FA-'10
73 Adam Goldberg T 6-7 309 8/12/80 30 7 Wyoming Edina, Minn. T(MIN)-'06
76 Rodger Saffold OT 6-5 323 6/6/88 22 R Indiana Bedford, Ohio D2-'10
77 Jason Smith T 6-5 307 4/30/86 24 2 Baylor Dallas, Texas D1-'09
79 John Greco G 6-4 329 3/24/85 25 2 Toledo Youngstown, Ohio D3-'08
DEFENSIVE LINE (10)
71 Gary Gibson DT 6-3 300 5/5/82 28 5 Rutgers Lafayette, N.Y. FA-'09
72 Chris Long DE 6-3 276 3/28/85 25 3 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. D1-'08
90 George Selvie DE 6-4 251 3/6/87 23 R South Florida Pensacola, Fla. D7B-'10
92 Eugene Sims DE 6-6 250 3/18/86 24 R West Texas A&M Mt. Olive, Miss. D6B-'10
93 Jermelle Cudjo DT 6-2 299 9/28/86 24 R Central Oklahoma Lawton, Okla. FA-'10
95 Clifton Ryan DT 6-3 324 2/18/84 26 4 Michigan State Saginaw, Mich. D5B-'07
96 James Hall DE 6-2 281 2/4/77 33 11 Michigan New Orleans, La. T(DET)-'07
97 Darell Scott DT 6-3 315 3/15/86 24 2 Clemson Columbia, S.C. D4-'09
98 Fred Robbins DT 6-4 325 3/26/77 33 11 Wake Forest Pensacola, Fla. UFA(NYG)-'10
99 C.J. Ah You DE 6-4 270 7/7/82 28 2 Oklahoma Highland, Utah FA-'07
LINEBACKERS (6)
50 Bryan Kehl LB 6-2 237 6/16/84 26 3 Bringham Young Salt Lake City, Utah FA'10
53 Na'il Diggs LB 6-4 240 7/8/78 32 11 Ohio State Los Angeles, Calif. FA-'10
55 James Laurinaitis LB 6-2 247 12/3/86 23 2 Ohio State Plymouth, Minn. D2-'09
57 Chris Chamberlain LB 6-1 230 9/30/85 25 3 Tulsa Bethany, Okla. D7A-'08
58 David Vobora LB 6-1 239 4/8/86 24 3 Idaho Eugene, Ore. D7B-'08
59 Larry Grant LB 6-1 251 2/16/85 25 2 Ohio State Sacramento, Calif. FA-'08
SECONDARY (9)
20 Darian Stewart S 5-11 215 8/4/88 22 R South Carolina Huntsville, Ala. FA-'10
21 Oshiomogho Atogwe S 5-11 205 6/23/81 29 6 Stanford Windsor, Ontario (Canada) D3A-’05
23 Jerome Murphy CB 6-0 200 1/13/87 23 R South Florida Elizabeth, NJ D3-10
24 Ron Bartell CB 6-1 206 2/22/82 28 6 Howard Detroit, Mich. D2-’05
31 Justin King CB 5-11 188 5/11/87 23 3 Penn State Pittsburgh, Pa. D4A-'08
32 Bradley Fletcher CB 6-0 198 6/25/86 24 2 Iowa Youngstown, Ohio D3-'09
35 Kevin Dockery CB 5-8 188 1/8/84 26 5 Mississippi State Hernando, MS FA-'10
37 James Butler S 6-3 209 9/7/82 28 6 Georgia Tech Bainbridge, Ga. UFA(NYG)-'09
43 Craig Dahl S 6-1 209 6/17/85 25 4 North Dakota State Mankato, Minn. FA-'09
SPECIALISTS (3)
3 Josh Brown K 6-0 205 4/29/79 31 8 Nebraska Foyil, Okla. UFA(SEA)-'08
5 Donnie Jones P 6-3 225 7/5/80 30 7 Louisiana State Baton Rouge, La. RFA(MIA)-'07
45 Chris Massey LS 6-0 237 8/21/79 31 9 Marshall Chesapeake, W.V. D7-'02
Reserve/Injured (5)
15 Dominique Curry WR 6-2 224 8/16/87 23 R Cal (PA) Philadelphia, Pa. FA-'10
17 Donnie Avery WR 5-11 183 6/12/84 26 3 Houston Alief, Texas D2-'08
56 Hull, Josh LB 6-3 239 5/21/87 23 R Penn State Millheim, Pa. D7C-'10
62 Mark Lewis G 6-3 302 7/17/85 25 1 Oregon Arroyo Grande, Calif. FA-'09
93 Chris Hovan DT 6-2 296 5/12/78 32 11 Boston College Rocky River, Ohio FA-'10
Physically Unable to Perform (1)
66 Mark Setterstrom G 6-4 318 3/3/84 26 5 Minnesota Northfield, Minn. D7B-'06
Practice Squad (7)
12 Thaddeus Lewis QB 6-0 219 2/1/88 22 R Duke Opa Locka, Fla. FA-'10
42 Jamie McCoy FB 6-2 240 7/21/87 22 R Texas A&M Midland, Texas FA-'10
49 Brit Miller FB 6-1 250 9/15/86 23 1 Illinois Decatur, Ill. FA-'10
52 Curtis Johnson LB 6-2 242 2/16/85 25 3 Clark Atlanta University Syracuse, N.Y. FA-'10
67 Drew Miller C 6-5 303 7/6/85 25 2 Florida Paducah, Ky. FA-'09
68 Ryan McKee T 6-6 291 11/4/86 23 1 Southern Mississippi Daphne, Ala. W-'09 (NYJ)
84 Danario Alexander WR 6-5 215 8/7/88 22 R Missouri Marlin, Texas FA'10
2010 ST. LOUIS RAMS TRANSACTIONS
Date Name Move Date Name Move
Jan. 4 DE Sean Conover signed to reserve/future contract Sept. 4 WR Danario Alexander waived
G Mark Lewis signed to reserve/future contract G Roger Allen waived
C Drew Miller signed to reserve/future contract LB Devin Bishop waived
Jan. 8 CB Marcus Brown signed to reserve/future contract LB Cardia Jackson waived
Jan. 12 TE Eric Butler signed to reserve/future contract CB Marquis Johnson waived
LB Dominic Douglas signed to reserve/future contract T Ryan McKee waived
Jan. 19 DT Chris Bradwell signed to reserve/future contract WR Brandon McRae waived
Jan. 29 WR Nick Moore signed to reserve/future contract G Drew Miller waived
Feb. 10 Nolan Cromwell named wide receivers coach FB Dennis Morris waived
Feb. 11 Reginald Scott named head athletic trainer QB Keith Null waived
Feb. 17 TE Derek Fine signed to reserve/future contract RB Chris Ogbonnaya waived
Feb. 26 WR Travis Brown signed to reserve/future contract DT Ernest Reid waived
Mar. 3 DT LaJuan Ramsey waived DB Antoine Thompson waived
Mar. 3 DT Claude Wroten waived DE Victor Adeyanju waived
Mar. 4 TE Derek Fine waived CB Quincy Butler waived
Mar. 4 OT Alex Barron offered tender at second-round pick level LB Bobby Carpenter waived
Mar. 4 DT Clifton Ryan offered tender at second-round pick level S Kevin Payne placed on reserve/injured
Mar. 4 DE Victor Adeyanju offered tender at fourth-round pick level T Eric Young placed on reserve/injured
Mar. 4 S Oshiomogho Atogwe offered tender at right of first refusal level Sept. 5 WR Danario Alexander signed to the practice squad
Mar. 4 S Craig Dahl offered tender at right of first refusal level CB Marquis Johnson signed to the practice squad
Mar. 6 QB A.J. Feeley signed as an unrestricted free agent (CAR) T Ryan McKee signed to the practice squad
Mar. 6 S Craig Dahl signed to a three-year contract WR Brandon McRae signed to the practice squad
Mar. 8 DT Fred Robbins signed as an unrestricted free agent (NYG) G Drew Miller signed to the practice squad
Mar. 10 TE Daniel Fells signed as a free agent Sept. 6 LB Curtis Johnson signed to the practice squad
Mar. 16 C/G Hank Fraley signed… LB Ivy Mortty signed to the practice squad
Mar. 16 G Mark Setterstrom signed as a free agent WR Keenan Burton waived
Mar. 18 LS Chris Massey signed as a free agent WR Mark Clayton acquired from Baltimore for an undisclosed draft pick
Mar. 18 RB Ken Darby signed as a free agent Sept. 7 RB Allen Patrick signed to the practice squad
Mar. 22 DE James Hall signed as a free agent Sept. 9 CB Kevin Payne waived from reserve/injured
Mar. 22 CB Kevin Dockery signed as a free agent Sept. 13 T Eric Young waived from reserve/injured
Mar. 22 TE Darcy Johnson signed as a free agent Sept. 13 RB Patrick Allen released from the practice squad
Mar. 25 LB David Vobora signed as a free agent FB Jamie McCoy signed to the practice squad
Mar. 30 CB Quincy Butler signed exclusive free rights agent Sept. 14 FB Brit Miller signed to the practice squad
Mar. 30 DE Victor Adeyanju signed restricted free agent (no offer executed) WR Brandon McRae released from the practice squad
April 5 QB Marc Bulger released DT Jermelle Cudjo waived
April 7 LB Na'il Diggs signed as a free agent Sept. 15 DT Jermelle Cudjo signed to the practice squad
April 19 DT Gary Gibson signed as a free agent LB Ivy Mortty released from the practice squad
April 20 DL Adam Carriker released Sept. 15 LB Josh Hull placed on reserve/injured
April 20 DT Clifton Ryan re-signed as a restricted free agent Sept. 18 CB Marquis Johnson signed to the active roster from the practice squad
April 23 OT Rodger Saffold selected in the second round (33th) in 2010 NFL Draft QB Thaddeus Lewis waived
CB Jerome Murphy selected in the third round (65th) in 2010 NFL Draft Sept. 20 QB Thaddeus Lewis signed to the practice squad
April 24 WR Mardy Gilyard selected in the fourth round (99th) in 2010 NFL Draft Sept. 25 DT Jermelle Cudjo signed to the active roster from the practice squad
TE Michael Hoomanawanui selected in the fifth round (132th) in 2010 NFL Draft CB Kevin Dockery waived
DE Hall Davis selected in the fifth round (149th) in 2010 NFL Draft Sept. 27 WR Dominique Curry placed on reserve/injured
TE Fendi Onobun selected in the sixth round (170th) in 2010 NFL Draft CB Marquis JOhnson waived
DE Eugene Sims selected in the sixth round (189th) in 2010 NFL Draft CB Kevin Dockery signed to the active roster
DB Marquis Johnson selected in the seventh round (211th) in 2010 NFL Draft
DE George Selvie selected in the seventh round (226th) in 2010 NFL Draft
LB Josh Hull selected in the seventh round (254th) in 2010 NFL Draft
Aoril 27 DT Cudjo Jermelle signed as a free agent
LB Freddie Harris signed as a free agent
LB Cardia Jackson signed as a free agent
S Jeromy Jones signed as a free agent
LB Simoni Lawrence signed as a free agent
QB Thaddeus Lewis signed as a free agent
FB Jamie McCoy signed as a free agent
WR Brandon McRae signed as a free agent
WR Roderick Owens signed as a free agent
S Darian Stewart signed as a free agent
FB Kennedy Tinsley signed as a free agent
RB Keith Toston signed as a free agent
RB DeMaundray Woolridge signed as a free agent
April 29 S Thomas Payne signed as a free agent
May 3 WR Dominique Curry signed as a free agent
DB Martin Harris signed as a free agent
DT Ernest Reid signed as a free agent
DB Antoine Thompson signed as a free agent
DB Marcus Brown waived
WR Travis Brown waived
QB Mike Reilly waived
May 7 OT Alex Barron signed tender
May 10 LB Bobby Carpenter acquired from Dallas in exchange for OT Alex Barron
May 13 OL Brandon Joyce signed as a free agent
May 18 LS Clint Mower signed as a free agent
May 24 LB Simoni Lawrence released
WR Nick Moore released
DT Chris Bradwell released
FB Kennedy Tinsley released
WR Rod Owens released
June 2 G Joe Gibbs signed as a free agent
June 9 DT Chris Hovan signed as a free agent
June 15 DB Freddie Harris waived
DB Jeromy Jones waived
DB Cord Parks waived
DE Sean Conover waived
DT Ernest Reid waived
June 18 LB Larry Grant re-signed
WR Kordan Kent re-signed
OT Ryan McKee re-signed
June 23 S Oshiomogho Atogwe re-signed
June 27 DE Hall Davis signed rookie contract
WR Mardy Gilyard signed rookie contract
LB Josh Hull signed rookie contract
TE Michael Hoomanawanui signed rookie contract
CB Marquis Johnson signed rookie contract
CB Jerome Murphy signed rookie contract
DE Eugene Sims signed rookie contract
DE George Selvie signed rookie contract
DT Leger Douzable waived
CB Danny Gorrer waived
LS Clint Mower waived
RB DeMaundray Woolridge waived
DE James Wyche waived
LB KC Asiodu waive/injured
July 27 OL Brandon Joyce waived
TE Fendi Onobun signed rookie contract
July 28 OT Rodger Saffold signed rookie contract
July 30 G Mark Setterstrom placed on Reserve/PUP
Aug. 5 OL Mark Lewis placed on Injured/Reserve
DT Ernest Reid signed as a free agent
Aug. 6 DT Chris Hovan placed on Injured/Reserve
C Tim Mattran signed as a free agent
Aug. 11 OL Mark Lewis waived
Aug. 12 TE Eric Butler waived
K Shaun Suisham signed as a free agent
Aug. 16 K Shaun Suisham waived
CB Marcus Brown signed as a free agent
Aug. 17 S David Roach waived
DB Brett Johnson signed as a free agent
Aug. 22 WR Brooks Foster waived
WR Danario Alexander signed as a free agent
Aug. 23 LB Dominic Douglas waived/placed on Injured/Reserve
LB Devin Bishop signed as a free agent
Aug. 29 WR Donnie Avery placed on Injured/Reserve
LB Dominic Douglas waived from Injured/Reserve
CB Marcus Brown waived
G Joe Gibbs waived
FB Jamie McCoy waived
Aug. 30 T Phil Trautwein placed on injured/reserve
Sept. 3 S Brett Johnson waived
TE Darcy Johnson waived
WR Jordan Kent waived
C Tim Mattran waived
2010 ST. LOUIS RAMS PARTICIPATION CHART
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
2010 9/12 9/19 9/26 10/3 10/10 10/17 10/24 10/31 11/14 11/21 11/28 12/5 12/12 12/19 12/26 1/2
# Player GP GS D IA ARZ @OAK WAS SEA @DET SD @TB CAR @SF ATL @DEN @ARZ @NOS KC SF @SEA
99 Ah You, C.J. 3 0 0 0 X X X
84 Alexander, Danario 0 0 0 0 PS PS PS
16 Amendola, Danny 3 2 0 0 WR WR X
21 Atogwe, Oshiomogho 3 3 0 0 FS FS FS
47 Bajema, Billy 2 1 0 1 TE X IA
24 Bartell, Ron 3 3 0 0 LCB LCB LCB
63 Bell, Jacob 3 3 0 0 LG LG LG
8 Bradford, Sam 3 3 0 0 QB QB QB
60 Brown, Jason 3 3 0 0 C C C
3 Brown, Josh 3 0 0 0 X X X
37 Butler, James 3 1 0 0 X X SS
57 Chamberlain, Chris 1 0 0 2 X IA IA
89 Clayton, Mark 3 3 0 0 WR WR WR
93 Cudjo, Jermelle 1 0 0 1 IA PS X
15 Curry, Dominique 2 0 0 1 IA X X Placed on Reserved/Injured List 9/27/10
43 Dahl, Craig 2 2 0 1 SS SS IA
34 Darby, Kenneth 3 0 0 0 X X X
53 Diggs, Na'il 3 3 0 0 SLB SLB SLB
35 Dockery, Kevin 1 0 0 1 X IA O
4 Feeley, A.J. 0 0 3 0 DNP DNP DNP
46 Fells, Daniel 3 1 0 0 X TE X
32 Fletcher, Bradley 3 3 0 0 RCB RCB RCB
70 Foster, Renardo 1 0 1 1 DNP X IA
65 Fraley, Hank 3 0 0 0 X X X
11 Gibson, Brandon 1 1 0 2 IA IA WR
71 Gibson, Gary 3 3 0 0 RDT RDT RDT
81 Gilyard, Mardy 3 0 0 0 X X X
73 Goldberg, Adam 3 3 0 0 RG RG RG
59 Grant, Larry 3 3 0 0 WLB WLB WLB
79 Greco, John 1 0 0 2 IA IA X
96 Hall, James 3 3 0 0 RDE RDE RDE
86 Hoomanawanui, Michael 1 0 0 2 X IA IA
56 Hull, Josh 1 0 0 0 X IR Placed on Reserved/Injured List 9/15/10
54 Ivy, Mortty 0 0 0 0 PS O O
39 Jackson, Steven 3 3 0 0 RB RB RB
52 Johnson, Curtis 0 0 0 0 PS PS PS
87 Johnson, Darcy 2 1 0 0 O X TE
25 Johnson, Marquis 2 0 0 0 PS X X
5 Jones, Donnie 3 0 0 0 X X X
44 Karney, Mike 3 1 0 0 X X FB
50 Kehl, Bryan 2 0 0 0 O X X
31 King, Justin 2 0 0 1 X IA X
55 Laurinaitis, James 3 3 0 0 MLB MLB MLB
12 Lewis, Thaddeus 0 0 1 1 3rd O PS
72 Long, Chris 3 3 0 0 LDE LDE LDE
45 Massey, Chris 3 0 0 0 X X X
42 McCoy, Jamie 0 0 0 0 O PS PS
83 McRae, Brandon 0 0 0 0 PS O O
68 McKee, Ryan 0 0 0 0 PS PS PS
49 Miller, Brit 0 0 0 0 O PS PS
67 Miller, Drew 0 0 0 0 PS PS PS
23 Murphy, Jerome 2 0 0 1 IA X X
48 Onobun, Fendi 1 0 0 2 IA IA X
98 Robbins, Fred 3 3 0 0 LDT LDT LDT
19 Robinson, Laurent 2 2 0 1 WR WR IA
95 Ryan, Clifton 1 0 0 2 X IA IA
76 Saffold, Rodger 3 3 0 0 LT LT LT
97 Scott, Darell 2 0 0 1 X X IA
90 Selvie, George 3 0 0 0 X X X
92 Sims, Eugene 2 0 0 1 IA X X
77 Smith, Jason 3 3 0 0 RT RT RT
20 Stewart, Darian 3 0 0 0 X X X
38 Toston, Keith 3 0 0 0 X X X
58 Vobora, David 3 0 0 0 X X X
Washington, Chauncey 0 0 0 0 O O O
(Pos) - Starter; X - Reserve; DNP - Did Not Play; IA - Inactive; 3rd - Inactive as third QB; IR - Injured Reserve; PS - Practice Squad; O - Not on Roster; U - Unsigned; E - Roster
Exemption; PUP - Physically Unable to Perform; GP - Games Played; GS - Started; D - Did Not Play; IA - Inactive; SUS - Reserve/Suspended; NFI - Non Football Injury List;
CEX - Reserve/Commissioners Exempt; US - Reserve/Unsigned
HOW THE RAMS WERE BUILT
DRAFTEES (26) FREE AGENTS (28) TRADES/WAIVERS (5)
2010 QB Sam Bradford (1) DT Jermelle Cudjo (FA) WR Mark Clayton (T-BAL)
T Rodger Saffold (2) WR Dominique Curry (FA)
CB Jerome Murphy (3) LB Na'il Diggs (UFA-CAR)
WR Mardy Gilyard (4) CB Kevin Dockery (FA)
TE Michael Hoomanawanui (5a) QB A.J. Feeley (UFA- CAR)
TE Fendi Onobun (6a) T Renardo Foster (FA)
DE Eugene Sims (6b) C/G Hank Fraley (UFA-CLE)
DE George Selvie (7b) LB Bryan Kehl (FA)
LB Josh Hull (7c) S Darian Stewart (FA)
DT Fred Robbins (UFA-NYG)
RB Keith Toston (FA)
2009 T Jason Smith (1) WR Danny Amendola WR Brandon Gibson (T-PHI)
LB James Laurinaitis (2) TE Billy Bajema (UFA-SF) WR Laurent Robinson (T-ATL)
CB Bradley Fletcher (3) C Jason Brown (UFA-BAL)
DT Darell Scott (4) S James Butler (UFA-NYG)
S Craig Dahl (FA)
DT Gary Gibson (FA)
FB Mike Karney (FA)
2008 DE Chris Long (1) G Jacob Bell (UFA-TEN)
WR Donnie Avery (2)* K Josh Brown (UFA-SEA)
G John Greco (3) RB Kenneth Darby (FA)
CB Justin King (4a) TE Daniel Fells (FA)
LB Chris Chamberlain (7a) LB Larry Grant (FA)
LB David Vobora (7b)
2007 DT Clifton Ryan (5b) DE C.J. Ah You (FA) DE James Hall (T-DET)
P Donnie Jones (RFA-MIA)
2006 DE Victor Adeyanju (4) G Adam Goldberg (T-MIN)
G Mark Setterstrom (7b)**
2005 CB Ron Bartell (2)
S Oshiomogho Atogwe (3a)
2004 RB Steven Jackson (1)
2003
DEFENSE
LDE LDT RDT RDE SLB MLB WLB LCB RCB SS FS
ARZ 9/12 C. Long F. Robbins G. Gibson J.Hall N. Diggs J. Laurinatitis L. Grant R. Bartell B. Fletcher C. Dahl O. Atogwe
@ OAK 9/19 C. Long F. Robbins G. Gibson J.Hall N. Diggs J. Laurinatitis L. Grant R. Bartell B. Fletcher C. Dahl O. Atogwe
WAS 9/26 C. Long F. Robbins G. Gibson J.Hall N. Diggs J. Laurinatitis L. Grant R. Bartell B. Fletcher J. Butler O. Atogwe
SEA 10/3
@ DET 10/10
SD 10/17
@ TB 10/24
CAR 10/31
@ SF 11/14
ATL 11/21
@ DEN 11/28
@ ARZ 12/5
@ NOS 12/12
KC 12/19
SF 12/26
@ SEA 1/2
SPECIALISTS INACTIVES
K P
ARZ 9/12 J. Brown D. Jones ARZ 9/12 T. Lewis (3rd) B. Gibson D. Curry J. Murphy F. Onobun J. Greco E. Sims J. Cudjo
@ OAK 9/19 J. Brown D. Jones @ OAK 9/19 K. Dockery B. Gibson C. Chamberlain M. Hoomanawanui F. Onobun J. Greco C. Ryan J. King
WAS 9/26 J. Brown D. Jones WAS 9/26 L. Robinson C. Dahl C. Chamberlain M. Hoomanawanui R. Foster B. Bajema R. Ryan D. Scott
SEA 10/3 SEA 10/3
@ DET 10/10 @ DET 10/10
SD 10/17 SD 10/17
@ TB 10/24 @ TB 10/24
CAR 10/31 CAR 10/31
@ SF 11/14 @ SF 11/14
ATL 11/21 ATL 11/21
@ DEN 11/28 @ DEN 11/28
@ ARZ 12/5 @ ARZ 12/5
@ NOS 12/12 @ NOS 12/12
KC 12/19 KC 12/19
SF 12/26 SF 12/26
@ SEA 1/2 @ SEA 1/2
St. Louis Rams
Miscellaneous Stats
2010 TEAM STATISTICS
ST. LOUIS RAMS
TOTAL OFFENSE INTERCEPTIONS SCORING
SCORING SUMMARY FIRST DOWNS SACKS PASSING BY RAMS PUNTS PUNT RETURNS KO RETURNS PEN. FUMBLES PAT FG
1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TOTAL T R PA PE Yds R P No Yds Att Cmp I No Yds Lg TD No Yds Avg No Yds FC LG TD No Yds Lg TD No Yds No Lost TDs R P RT Made Att Made Att
ARI 9/12 0 10 0 3 0 13 20 6 12 2 325 85 240 2 13 55 32 3 0 0 0 0 6 325 54.2 3 28 1 17 0 3 73 34 0 5 40 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 3
@OAK 9/19 0 7 0 7 0 14 16 3 9 4 210 75 135 3 32 25 14 1 2 16 19 0 7 319 45.6 1 0 1 0 0 5 118 30 0 8 92 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1
WAS 9/26 14 0 7 9 0 30 24 7 15 2 365 133 232 1 3 37 23 1 1 4 4 0 3 138 46.0 2 21 0 21 0 3 57 26 0 9 99 1 1 3 2 1 0 3 3 3 4
SEA 10/3
@DET 10/10
SD 10/17
@TB 10/24
CAR 10/31
@SF 11/14
ATL 11/21
@DEN 11/28
@ARI 12/5
@NO 12/12
KC 12/19
SF 12/26
@SEA 1/2
TOTAL 14 17 7 19 0 57 60 16 36 8 900 293 607 6 48 117 69 5 3 20 19 0 16 782 48.9 6 49 2 21 0 11 248 34 0 22 231 3 2 6 2 4 0 6 6 5 8
OPPONENTS
TOTAL OFFENSE INTERCEPTIONS SCORING
SCORING SUMMARY FIRST DOWNS Sacks PASSING BY OPP. PUNTS PUNT RETURNS KO RETURNS PEN. FUMBLES PAT FG
1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TOTAL T R PA PE Yds R P No Yds Att Cmp I No Yds Lg TD No Yds Avg No Yds FC LG TD No Yds Lg TD No Yds No Lost TDs R P RT Made Att Made Att
ARI 9/12 0 10 14 7 0 17 21 6 13 2 378 112 266 2 31 41 22 0 3 69 65 0 6 262 43.7 5 31 0 9 0 3 82 31 0 10 72 7 4 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 1
@OAK 9/19 0 3 10 3 0 16 25 6 14 5 404 173 231 2 18 37 19 2 2 16 19 0 3 129 43.0 3 54 1 53 0 3 61 21 0 12 90 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
WAS 9/26 0 13 3 0 0 16 15 4 8 3 349 116 233 1 3 32 19 1 1 5 5 0 4 141 35.3 2 1 1 1 0 6 170 31 0 9 65 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 3
SEA 10/3
@DET 10/10
SD 10/17
@TB 10/24
CAR 10/31
@SF 11/14
ATL 11/21
@DEN 11/28
@ARI 12/5
@NO 12/12
KC 12/19
SF 12/26
@SEA 1/2
TOTAL 0 26 27 10 0 49 61 16 35 10 1131 401 730 5 52 110 60 3 6 90 65 0 13 532 40.9 10 86 2 53 0 12 313 31 0 31 227 12 5 4 1 3 0 4 4 7 8
BALL POSSESSION AND DRIVE CHART
St. Louis Rams vs. ARIZONA CARDINALS (9/12/10)
St. Louis Rams (32:51) - Average SL 27 Arizona Cardinals (27:09) - Average ARZ 25
NO BEGIN TIME PLAYS YDS PEN NET LAST RESULT BEGIN TIME PLAYS YDS PEN NET LAST RESULT
1. ARZ 32 1:19 5 16 0 16 ARZ 16 Blocked FG ARZ 22 4:10 8 53 0 53 SL 22 Fumble
2. SL 11 1:38 4 15 0 15 SL 26 Interception ARZ 43 1:26 3 0 0 0 ARZ 43 Punt
3. SL 10 3:23 3 7 0 7 SL 17 Punt SL 39 1:35 3 0 0 0 SL 39 Punt
4. SL 23 3:23 8 27 0 27 ARZ 50 Punt ARZ 40 4:01 10 51 5 56 SL 4 Field Goal
5. SL 28 4:36 8 39 5 44 ARZ 28 Field Goal ARZ 14 0:27 3 0 0 0 ARZ 14 Punt
6. SL 37 1:07 3 8 -5 3 SL 40 Punt ARZ 24 2:34 5 76 0 76 SL 1 Touchdown
7. SL 37 1:20 8 63 0 63 ARZ 1 Touchdown ARZ 14 0:27 3 -2 0 -2 ARZ 12 Punt
8. SL 20 2:03 3 1 0 1 SL 21 Punt ARZ 22 1:03 3 1 -10 -9 ARZ 13 Punt
9. ARZ 38 3:26 7 19 12 31 ARZ 7 Field Goal ARZ 29 2:12 5 9 -15 -6 ARZ 45 Fumble
10. SL 30 1:57 5 10 0 10 SL 40 Punt ARZ 20 2:35 6 25 -10 15 ARZ 35 Punt
11. SL 5 3:59 7 30 0 30 SL 35 Punt ARZ 20 2:36 8 60 15 75 SL 14 Fumble
12. SL 29 4:45 12 50 0 50 ARZ 21 Interception ARZ 14 3:56 7 101 -15 86 SL21 Touchdown
13. SL 24 1:21 11 40 0 40 ARZ 36 Interception SL 29 0:07 1 4 0 4 SL 29 Fumble
St. Louis Rams (23:11) - Average SL 23 Oakland Raiders (36:49) - Average OAK 33
NO BEGIN TIME PLAYS YDS PEN NET LAST RESULT BEGIN TIME PLAYS YDS PEN NET LAST RESULT
1. SL 25 3:19 5 -1 0 -1 SL 24 Punt SL 25 3:13 6 19 0 19 SL 6 Downs
2. SL 6 5:38 10 71 5 76 OAK 18 Missed FG OAK 26 2:30 7 46 0 46 SL 28 Missed FG
3. SL 36 3:16 6 59 5 64 OAK 7 Touchdown OAK 22 4:56 9 43 -15 28 50 Punt
4. SL 7 1:34 3 3 0 3 SL 10 Punt SL 29 2:12 6 -3 12 9 SL 20 Field Goal
5. SL 26 2:00 6 21 -15 6 SL 32 Punt OAK 18 1:00 6 25 0 25 OAK 43 Interception
6. SL 22 0:22 1 1 0 1 SL 22 End of Half OAK 18 4:06 9 44 15 59 SL 23 Field Goal
7. SL 36 1:14 3 2 5 7 SL 43 Punt OAK 17 3:33 7 88 -5 83 SL 4 Touchdown
8. SL 17 2:07 5 5 15 20 SL 37 Punt OAK 11 2:11 4 42 0 42 SL 47 Punt
9. SL 20 1:35 3 5 0 5 SL 25 Punt OAK 29 5:24 11 47 20 67 SL 4 Field Goal
10. SL 23 0:17 1 0 5 5 SL 28 Interception SL 46 1:29 3 4 -10 -6 OAK 48 Punt
11. SL 13 1:02 3 5 0 5 SL 18 Punt OAK 40 2:57 7 27 -5 22 SL 38 Interception
12. SL 41 0:47 4 39 20 59 OAK 17 Touchdown OAK 18 3:18 8 22 15 37 SL 43 End of Game
St. Louis Rams (34:50) - Average SL 41 Washington Redskins (25:10) - Average WAS 30
NO BEGIN TIME PLAYS YDS PEN NET LAST RESULT BEGIN TIME PLAYS YDS PEN NET LAST RESULT
1. SL 40 3:29 8 60 0 60 WAS 42 Touchdown WAS 28 2:02 3 34 -15 19 WAS 37 Fumble
2. WAS 3 0:41 2 3 0 3 WAS 3 Touchdown WAS 31 3:00 3 13 -10 3 WAS 34 Blocked Punt
3. WAS 26 0:09 1 0 0 0 WAS 26 Interception WAS 15 2:15 5 39 0 39 SL 46 Punt
4. SL 15 1:36 3 8 0 8 SL 23 Punt WAS 36 1:58 6 14 39 53 SL 11 Field Goal
5. 0:07 0 0 0 0 KR Fumble SL 21 0:06 1 21 0 21 SL 21 Touchdown
6. SL 23 2:06 6 8 0 8 SL 31 Punt WAS 17 4:54 8 77 0 77 SL 6 Field Goal
7. SL 20 7:12 17 67 10 77 WAS 3 Blocked FG WAS 20 0:25 1 -1 0 -1 WAS 20 End of Half
8. SL 26 5:24 12 79 -5 74 WAS 12 Touchdown WAS 27 2:21 5 61 9 70 SL 3 Field Goal
9. SL 13 2:20 3 9 0 9 SL 22 Punt WAS 25 2:37 5 10 0 10 WAS 35 Punt
10. SL 35 5:20 11 46 0 46 WAS 19 Field Goal WAS 37 0:23 3 0 0 0 WAS 37 Punt
11. SL 48 4:31 9 51 -10 41 WAS 11 Field Goal WAS 27 2:42 3 16 -10 6 WAS 33 Punt
12. WAS 41 1:55 7 34 -11 23 WAS 18 Field Goal WAS 20 0:43 3 16 -5 11 WAS 31 Interception
13. WAS 27 1:44 7 49 0 49 SL 30 End of Game
2010 ST. LOUIS RAMS SCORING DRIVES
Opponent Qtr Time Rem. Plays Net Yards Poss. How Acquired Scoring Play
vs. Arizona 2 5:28 8 44 4:36 Punt Josh Brown 46 yd. Field Goal
vs. Arizona 2 0:00 8 63 1:20 Punt L. Robinson 1 yd. touchdown reception
vs. Arizona 3 8:28 7 31 3:26 Punt Josh Brown 25 yd. Field Goal
at Oakland 2 12:04 6 64 3:16 Missed FG M. Clayton 7 yd. touchdown reception
at Oakland 4 3:18 4 59 0:47 Interception M. Clayton 17 yd. touchdown reception
vs. Washington 1 11:31 8 60 3:29 Kickoff S. Jackson 42 yd. touchdown run
vs. Washington 1 8:48 2 3 0:41 Fumble D. Fells 3 yd. touchdown reception
vs. Washington 3 7:15 12 74 5:24 Kickoff K. Darby 12 yd. touchdown run
vs. Washington 4 11:35 11 46 5:20 Punt Josh Brown 37 yd. Field Goal
vs. Washington 4 4:22 9 41 4:31 Punt Josh Brown 29 yd. Field Goal
vs. Washington 4 1:44 7 23 1:55 Interception Josh Brown 36 yd. Field Goal
TOTALS
Opponents: Mike Cloud vs. Kansas City (10/22/00) 600 YARDS IN TOTAL OFFENSE
6-yard return of John Baker punt; Blocked by Bracy Walker Rams: 614 vs. San Diego (10/1/00)
Opponents: Never Happened
THE LAST TIME...
100 YARDS RUSHING SIX OR MORE TEAM SACKS IN A GAME
Rams: 112 Steven Jackson vs. Chicago (12/6/09) Rams: 6 @ Seattle (11/12/06)
Opponents: 145 D. McFadden @ Oakland (9/19/10) Opponents: 6 vs. N.Y. Giants (9/14/08)
RAMS RUN EXPLOSIVES (10+ YARDS) OPP. RUN EXPLOSIVES (10+ YARDS)
YDS RUSHER QTR DATE OPP YDS RUSHER QTR DATE OPP
42 S. Jackson 1 9/26 WAS 36 R. Torain 2 9/26 SL
23 S. Jackson 1 9/12 OAK 30 D. McFadden 3 9/19 SL
18 S. Jackson 2 9/12 ARZ 27 C. Portis 1 9/26 SL
13 K. Darby 4 9/26 WAS 26 D. McNabb 2 9/26 SL
21 L. Stephens-Howling 2 9/12 SL
15 L. Stephens-Howling 2 9/12 SL
20 T. Hightower 2 9/12 SL
16 T. Hightower 4 9/12 SL
2010 EXPLOSIVES
RAMS KICK RET. EXPLOSIVES (30+ YARDS) OPP. KICK RET. EXPLOSIVES (30+ YARDS)
YDS RETURNER QTR DATE OPP YDS RETURNER QTR DATE OPP
34 M. Gilyard 4 9/12 ARZ 31 L. Stephens-Howling 3 9/12 SL
30 M. Gilyard 1 9/19 OAK 31 D. Thomas 1 9/26 SL
RAMS PUNT RET. EXPLOSIVES (20+ YARDS) OPP. PUNT EXPLOSIVES (20+ YARDS)
YDS RETURNER QTR DATE OPP YDS RETURNER QTR DATE OPP
21 D. Amendola 4 9/26 WAS 53 J. Higgins 1 9/19 SL
2010 EXPLOSIVES
RAMS INT. RET. EXPLOSIVES (20+ YARDS) OPP. INT. RET. EXPLOSIVES (20+ YARDS)
YDS RETURNER QTR DATE OPP YDS RETURNER QTR DATE OPP
65 K. Rhodes 4 9/12 SL
RAMS FUMBLE RET. EXPLOSIVES (20+ YDS) OPP. FUMBLE RET. EXPLOSIVES (20+ YARDS)
YDS RETURNER QTR DATE OPP YDS RETURNER QTR DATE OPP
ST. LOUIS RAMS 2010 WEEKLY LEADERS
Game SPECIAL
RUSHING RECEIVING TEAMS
SCORING CARRIES YARDS RECEPTIONS YARDS TACKLES SACKS INTs TACKLES
9/12 ARIZONA 7 Josh Brown 22 S. Jackson 81 S. Jackson 10 M. Clayton 119 M. Clayton 8 O. Atogwe 1.0 C. Ah You 0 2 K. Darby
(L, 17-13) 6 L. Robinson 1 K. Darby 2 K. Darby 6 D. Amendola 67 D. Amendola 5 J. Laurinaitis 1.0 F. Robbins 1 C. Ah You
1 M. Karney 2 M. Karney 4 D. Fells 18 L. Robinson 5 B. Fletcher 1 C Dahl
9/19 @ Oakland 12 M. Clayton 19 S. Jackson 75 S. Jackson 4 S. Jackson 50 S. Jackson 9 J. Laurinaitis 1.0 J. Hall 1 J. Butler 2 C. Dahl
(L, 16-14) 2 J. Brown 2 K. Darby 4 D. Amendola 39 D. Amendola 8 C. Dahl 1.0 J. Laurinaitis 1 J. Murphy 1 D. Curry
2 M. Clayton 36 D. Fells 7 B. Fletcher 1 D. Jones
7 O. Atogwe 1 D. Vobora
9/26 WASHINGTON 11 J. Brown 14 K. Darby 58 S. Jackson 6 D. Amendola 85 M. Clayton 7 J. Laurinaitis 1.0 J. Hall 1 B. Fletcher 3 K. Darby
6 K. Darby 11 K. Toston 49 K. Darby 5 M. Clayton 56 D. Amendola 4 O. Atogwe 2 L. Grant
6 D. Fells 10 S. Jackson 22 K. Toston 3 B. Gibson 33 B. Gibson 4 J. Butler 1 D. Curry
10/3 SEATTLE
10/10 @ Detroit
10/31 CAROLINA
11/21 ATLANTA
11/28 @ Denver
12/5 @ Arizona
1/2 @ Seattle
2010 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING
Score SAM BRADFORD KENNETH DARBY STEVEN JACKSON MIKE KARNEY
Game STL Opp Att Yds Avg. LG TD Att Yds Avg. LG TD Att Yds Avg. LG TD Att Yds Avg. LG TD
ARI 13 17 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 2 2.0 2 0 22 81 3.7 18 0 1 2 2.0 2 0
@ OAK 14 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0.0 3 0 19 75 3.9 23 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
WAS 30 16 1 2 2.0 2 0 14 49 3.5 13 1 10 58 5.8 42 1 1 2 2.0 2 0
SEA
@DET
SD
@TB
CAR
@SF
ATL
@DEN
@ARI
@NO
KC
SF
@SEA
TOTALS 57 49 1 2 2.0 2 0 17 51 3.0 13 1 51 214 4.2 42 1 2 4 2.0 2 0
2010 GAME-BY-GAME PASSING
Score SAM BRADFORD A.J. FEELEY
Game STL Opp Att Comp Comp% Gross Net Long TD Int Rate Att Comp Comp% Gross Net Long TD Int Rate
ARI 13 17 55 32 58.2 253 240 39 1 3 53.1 DID NOT PLAY
@ OAK 14 16 25 14 56.0 167 135 36 2 1 86.6 DID NOT PLAY
WAS 30 16 37 23 62.2 235 232 30 1 1 78.1 DID NOT PLAY
SEA
@DET
SD
@TB
CAR
@SF
ATL
@DEN
@ARI
@NO
KC
SF
@SEA
TOTALS 57 49 117 69 59.0 655 607 39 4 5 68.1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING
Score DANNY AMENDOLA BILLY BAJEMA MARK CLAYTON KENNETH DARBY
Game STL Opp Rec Yds Avg. LG TD Rec Yds Avg. LG TD Rec Yds Avg. LG TD Rec Yds Avg. LG TD
ARI 13 17 6 67 11.2 36 0 3 18 6.0 15 0 10 119 11.9 39 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
@ OAK 14 16 4 39 9.8 16 0 1 13 13.0 13 0 2 24 12.0 17 2 0 0 0.0 0 0
WAS 30 16 6 56 9.3 18 0 INACTIVE 5 85 17.0 30 0 1 8 8.0 8 0
SEA
@DET
SD
@TB
CAR
@SF
ATL
@DEN
@ARI
@NO
KC
SF
@SEA
TOTALS 57 49 16 162 10.1 36 0 4 31 7.8 15 0 17 228 13.4 39 2 1 8 8.0 8 0
Yds/ Sk-
Game P/S Att Cmp Pct Yds Att TD Int Lg Yds Rtg
ARI 9/12 1/1 55 32 58.2 253 4.60 1 3 39 2-13 53.1
@OAK 9/19 1/1 25 14 56.0 167 6.68 2 1 36 3-32 86.6
WAS 9/26 1/1 37 23 62.1 235 6.35 1 1 30 1-3 78.1
SEA 10/3
@DET 10/10
SD 10/17
@TAM 10/24
CAR 10/31
@SF 11/14
ATL 11/21
@DEN 11/21
@ARI 12/5
@NO 12/12
KC 12/19
SF 12/26
@SEA 1/2/11
2010 TOTALS 3/3 117 69 59.0 655 5.60 4 5 39 6-48 68.1
RAMS CAREER 3/3 117 69 59.0 655 5.60 4 5 39 6-48 68.1
CAREER TOTALS 3/3 117 69 59.0 655 5.60 4 5 39 6-48 68.1
Game Rush Yds Avg Lg TD
ARI 9/12 0 0 0.0 0 0
@OAK 9/19 0 0 0.0 0 0
WAS 9/26 1 2 2.0 2 0
SEA 10/3
@DET 10/10
SD 10/17
@TAM 10/24
CAR 10/31
@SF 11/14
ATL 11/21
@DEN 11/28
@ARI 12/5
@NO 12/12
KC 12/19
SF 12/26
@SEA 1/2/11
2010 TOTALS 1 2 2.0 2 0
RAMS CAREER 1 2 2.0 2 0
CAREER TOTALS 1 2 2.0 2 0
Yds/ Sk-
Game P/S Att Cmp Pct Yds Att TD Int Lg Yds Rtg
ARI 9/12 Did not play
@OAK 9/19 Did not play
WAS 9/26 DNP
SEA 10/3
@DET 10/10
SD 10/17
@TAM 10/24
CAR 10/31
@SF 11/14
ATL 11/21
@DEN 11/28
@ARI 12/5
@NO 12/12
KC 12/19
SF 12/26
@SEA 1/2/11
2010 TOTALS
RAMS CAREER
CAREER TOTALS 23/15 665 372 55.9 4,070 6.12 27 29 89t 34-204 69.6
Game Rush Yds Avg Lg TD
ARI 9/12 Did not play
@OAK 9/19 Did not play
WAS 9/26 DNP
SEA 10/3
@DET 10/10
SD 10/17
@TAM 10/24
CAR 10/31
@SF 11/14
ATL 11/21
@DEN 11/28
@ARI 12/5
@NO 12/12
KC 12/19
SF 12/26
@SEA 1/2/11
2010 TOTALS
RAMS CAREER
CAREER TOTALS 34 45 1.3 7t 1
Yds/ Sk-
Game P/S Att Cmp Pct Yds Att TD Int Lg Yds Rtg
ARI 9/12 Inactive/Third Quarterback
@OAK 9/19 Moved to Practice Squad
WAS 9/26 N/A
SEA 10/3
@DET 10/10
SD 10/17
@TAM 10/24
CAR 10/31
@SF 11/14
ATL 11/21
@DEN 11/28
@ARI 12/5
@NO 12/12
KC 12/19
SF 12/26
@SEA 1/2/11
2010 TOTALS
RAMS CAREER
CAREER TOTALS
Game Rush Yds Avg Lg TD
ARI 9/12 Inactive/Third Quarterback
@OAK 9/19 Inactive/Third Quarterback
WAS 9/26 N/A
SEA 10/3
@DET 10/10
SD 10/17
@TAM 10/24
CAR 10/31
@SF 11/14
ATL 11/21
@DEN 11/28
@ARI 12/5
@NO 12/12
KC 12/19
SF 12/26
@SEA 1/2/11
2010 TOTALS
RAMS CAREER
CAREER TOTALS
WIDE RECEIVERS
SpTms
Game P/S Rec Yds Avg Lg TD Rush Yds Avg Lg TD Tkls
ARI 9/12 Inactive
@OAK 9/19 Inactive
WAS 9/26 1/1 3 33 11.0 16 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
SEA 10/3
@DET 10/10
SD 10/17
@TAM 10/24
CAR 10/31
@SF 11/14
ATL 11/21
@DEN 11/28
@ARI 12/5
@NO 12/12
KC 12/19
SF 12/26
@SEA 1/2/11
2010 TOTALS 1/1 3 33 11.0 16 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
RAMS CAREER 10/5 37 381 10.3 23 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
CAREER TOTALS 10/5 37 381 10.3 23 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
81 – Mardy Gilyard – 5-11, 194 – Cincinnati – Rookie – D4-‘10
GP/GS/DNP/IA: (3/0/0/0) Career GP/GS [Postseason]: (3/0) [0/0]
RUNNING BACKS
SpTms
Game P/S Rush Yds Avg Lg TD Rec Yds Avg Lg TD Tkls
ARI 9/12 1/0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1
@OAK 9/19 1/0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1
WAS 9/26 1/0 11 22 2.0 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1
SEA 10/3
@DET 10/10
SD 10/17
@TAM 10/24
CAR 10/31
@SF 11/14
ATL 11/21
@DEN 11/28
@ARI 12/5
@NO 12/12
KC 12/19
SF 12/26
@SEA 1/2/11
2010 TOTALS 3/0 11 22 2.0 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3
RAMS CAREER 3/0 11 22 2.0 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3
CAREER TOTALS 3/0 11 22 2.0 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3
TIGHT ENDS
SpTms
Game P/S Rec Yds Avg Lg TD Tkls
ARI 9/12 1/1 3 18 6.0 15 0 0
@OAK 9/19 1/0 1 13 13.0 13 0 0
WAS 9/26 Inactive
SEA 10/3
@DET 10/10
SD 10/17
@TAM 10/24
CAR 10/31
@SF 11/14
ATL 11/21
@DEN 11/28
@ARI 12/5
@NO 12/12
KC 12/19
SF 12/26
@SEA 1/2/11
2010 TOTALS 2/1 4 31 7.8 15 0 0
RAMS CAREER 17/6 12 125 10.4 27 0 2
CAREER TOTALS 79/31 19 213 11.2 29 0 22
SpTms
Game P/S Rec Yds Avg Lg TD Tkls
ARI 9/12 1/0 1 8 8.0 8 0 1
@OAK 9/19 Inactive
WAS 9/26 Inactive
SEA 10/3
@DET 10/10
SD 10/17
@TAM 10/24
CAR 10/31
@SF 11/14
ATL 11/21
@DEN 11/28
@ARI 12/5
@NO 12/12
KC 12/19
SF 12/26
@SEA 1/2/11
2010 TOTALS 1/0 1 8 8.0 8 0 1
RAMS CAREER 1/0 1 8 8.0 8 0 1
CAREER TOTALS 1/0 1 8 8.0 8 0 1
87 – Darcy Johnson – 6-5, 252 – Central Florida – 5th Year – FA-’10
GP/GS/DNP/IA: (2/1/0/0) Career GP/GS [Postseason]: (32/7) [0/0]
SpTms
Game P/S Rec Yds Avg Lg TD Tkls
@OAK 9/19 1/0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
WAS 9/26 1/1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
SEA 10/3
@DET 10/10
SD 10/17
@TAM 10/24
CAR 10/31
@SF 11/14
ATL 11/21
@DEN 11/28
@ARI 12/5
@NO 12/12
KC 12/19
SF 12/26
@SEA 1/2/11
2010 TOTALS 2/1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
RAMS CAREER 2/1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
CAREER TOTALS 32/7 9 78 8.7 26 20 0
SpTms
Game P/S Rec Yds Avg Lg TD Tkls
ARI 9/12 Inactive
@OAK 9/19 Inactive
WAS 9/26 1/0 2 15 7.5 8 0 0
SEA 10/3
@DET 10/10
SD 10/17
@TAM 10/24
CAR 10/31
@SF 11/14
ATL 11/21
@DEN 11/28
@ARI 12/5
@NO 12/12
KC 12/19
SF 12/26
@SEA 1/2/11
2010 TOTALS 1/0 2 15 7.5 8 0 0
RAMS CAREER 1/0 2 15 7.5 8 0 0
CAREER TOTALS 1/0 2 15 7.5 8 0 0
OFFENSIVE LINE
SPECIALISTS
SpTms
Game P/S FG FGA Pct Lg Blk XP XPA Pct Blk Pts Tkls
ARI 9/12 1/0 2 3 66.6 46 1 1 1 100.0 0 7 0
@OAK 9/19 1/0 0 1 0.0 0 0 2 2 100.0 0 2 0
WAS 9/26 1/0 3 4 75.0 37 1 3 3 100.0 0 12 1
SEA 10/3
@DET 10/10
SD 10/17
@TAM 10/24
CAR 10/31
@SF 11/14
ATL 11/21
@DEN 11/28
@ARI 12/5
@NO 12/12
KC 12/19
SF 12/26
@SEA 1/2/11
2010 TOTALS 3/0 5 8 62.5 46 2 6 6 100.0 0 21 1
RAMS CAREER 35/0 55 68 80.9 55 3 41 41 100.0 0 206 7
CAREER TOTALS 115/0 171 213 80.3 58 9 264 265 99.6 1 777 22
LINEBACKERS
53– Na’il Diggs – 6-4, 240 – Ohio State – 11th Year – FA-’10
GP/GS/DNP/IA: (3/3/0/0) Career GP/GS [Postseason]: (149/130) [7/7]
59– Larry Grant – 6-1, 251 – Ohio State – 2nd Year – FA-’08
GP/GS/DNP/IA: (3/3/0/0) Career GP/GS [Postseason]: (21/3) [0/0]
55– James Laurinaitis – 6-2, 247 – Ohio State – 2nd Year – D2-’09
GP/GS/DNP/IA: (3/3/0/0) Career GP/GS [Postseason]: (19/19) [0/0]
SECONDARY
PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN
S. Bradford 55 32 253 2/13 1 39 3 D. Anderson 41 22 297 2/31 1 35 0
STARTING LINEUPS Total 55 32 253 2/13 1 39 3 Total 41 22 297 2/31 1 35 0
St. Louis Rams Arizona Cardinals RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
WR L. Robinson LDE L. Little WR L. Fitzgerald DE C. Campbell M. Clayton 10 119 11.9 39 0 S. Breaston 7 132 18.9 35 0
LT R. Saffold LDT F. Robbins LT L. Brown NT B. Robinson D. Amendola 6 67 11.2 36 0 T. Hightower 4 40 10.0 17 0
LG J. Bell RDT G. Gibson LG A. Faneca DT D. Dockett D. Fells 4 15 3.8 5 0 L. Fitzgerald 3 43 14.3 21 1
S. Jackson 4 6 1.5 9 0 L. Stephens-Howling 3 16 5.3 9 0
C J. Brown RDE J. Hall C L. Seindlein ROLB J. Porter L. Robinson 3 18 6.0 11 1 E. Doucet 2 37 18.5 24 0
RG A. Goldberg SLB N. Diggs RG D. Lutui ILB P. Lenon B. Bajema 3 18 6.0 15 0 M. Komar 2 29 14.5 20 0
RT J. Smith MLB J. Laurinaitis RT B. Keith ILB D. Washington M. Hoomanawanui 1 8 8.0 8 0 S. Spach 1 0 0.0 0 0
TE B. Bajema WLB L. Grant TE B. Patrick LOLB C. Haggans M. Karney 1 2 2.0 2 0
WR D. Amendola LCB R. Bartell WR S. Breaston RCB G. Toler Total 32 253 7.9 39 1 Total 22 297 13.5 35 1
QB S. Bradford RCB B. Fletcher QB D. Anderson LCB D. Rodger-Cromartie
INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
WR M. Clayton FS C. Dahl RB T. Hightower SS A. Wilson None A. Wilson 2 4 2.0 4 0
RB S. Jackson SS O. Atogwe RB S. Spach FS K. Rhodes K. Rhodes 1 65 65.0 65 0
Total 3 69 23.0 65 0
ST. LOUIS SUBSTITUTIONS: K 3 J.Brown, P 5 D.Jones, S 20 D. Stweart, CB 32 J. King, RB 34 K. Darby, CB 35 K.
Dockery, S 37 J. Butler, RB 38 K. Toston, FB 44 M. Karney, LS 45 C.Massey, TE 46 D. Fells, LB 56 J. Hull, LB 57 PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB/I20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB/I20 LG
C.Chamberlain, LB 58 D. Vobora, C/G 65 H. Fraley, WR 81 M. Gilyard, TE 86 M. Hoomanawanui, DE 90 G. Selvie, DT 95 C. D.Jones 6 325 54.2 45.7 1/3 63 B. Graham 6 262 43.7 39.0 0/2 59
Total 6 325 54.2 45.7 1/3 63 Total 6 262 43.7 39.0 0/2 59
Ryan, DT 97 D. Scott, DE 98 C. Ah You
PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD
SCORING SUMMARY D. Amendola 3 28 9.3 1 17 0 M. Komar 5 31 6.2 0 9 0
Total 3 28 9.3 1 17 0 Total 5 31 6.2 0 9 0
1 2 3 4 OT TOTAL FIELD GOALS
VISITOR Arizona Cardinals 0 10 0 7 0 17 J. Feely (22) KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD
HOME ST. LOUIS RAMS 0 10 3 0 0 13 Jo. Brown 34B, (46) (25) M. Gilyard 1 34 34.0 0 34 0 L. Stephens-Howling 3 82 27.3 0 31 0
D. Amendola 1 22 22.0 0 22 0
M. Karney 1 17 17.0 0 17 0
Clock Total 3 73 24.3 0 34 0 Total 3 82 27.3 0 31 0
TEAM Qtr Time Play (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home
Cardinals 2 13:54 J. Feely 22 yd. Field Goal (10-56, 4:01) 3 0 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (based on coaches’ film review)
RAMS 2 5:28 Josh Brown 46 yd. Field Goal (8-44, 4:36) 3 3
Cardinals 2 2:54 T. Hightower 1 yd. run (J. Feely kick) (5-76, 2:34) 10 3 PLAYER T S A S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR PLAYER T S A S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR
O.Atogwe 13 5 8 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 D.Scott 1 1 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
RAMS 2 0:00 L. Robinson 1 yd. pass from S. Bradford (Josh Brown kick) (8-63, 1:20) 10 10 J.Laurinaitis 7 5 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 G.Selvie 1 1 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
RAMS 3 8:28 Josh Brown 25 yd. Field Goal (7-31, 3:26) 10 13 B.Fletcher 5 5 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 C.Chamberlain 1 1 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Cardinals 4 6:13 L. Fitzgerald 21 yd. pass from D. Anderson (J. Feely kick) (7-86, 3:56) 17 13 C.Dahl 5 4 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 J.King 1 1 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
L.Grant 4 3 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 G.Gibson 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
J.Butler 4 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 C.Ah You 1 0 1 1-22 0-0 0 1 0
F.Robbins 3 1 2 1-9 0-0 0 0 0 N.Diggs 1 1 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
J.Hall 3 2 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 K.Dockery 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
R.Bartell 2 1 1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 C.Ryan 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1
C.Long 2 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 TOTAL 55 33 22 2-31 0-0 5 4 4
OAKLAND 16, ST.
LOUIS 14 FINAL TEAM STATISTICS
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2 September 19, 2010 RAMS RAIDERS RAMS RAIDERS
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 16 25 FGs - PATs Had Blocked 0-0 0-0
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum - Oakland, CA By Rushing 3 6 Net Punting Average 37.9 36.3
By Passing 19 14 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE 16 54
WEATHER: Cloudy, 72°, Wind S 6 - ATTENDANCE: 48,396 - TIME: 3:06 By Penalty 4 5 No. and Yards Punt Returns 1-0 3-54
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-10-20% 7-17-41% No. and Yards Kickoff Returns 5-118 3-61
The Rams traveled to the Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland for their first road game of the season to take on AFC West contender FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0% No. and Yards Interception Returns 2-16 1-0
the Oakland Raiders, in their 12th all-time regular season meeting, the Rams lost 14-16. RB Steven Jackson led the team in rushing and TOTAL NET YARDS 210 404 PENALTIES Number and Yards 8-92 12-90
receiving yards, rushing 19 times for 75 yards with a long of 23 and caught four passes for 50 yards. Jackson totaled 125 combined yards Total Offensive Plays 49 79 FUMBLES Number and Lost 0-0 3-0
on 23 touches. Jackson compiled four explosive plays in the first half of play. In the first quarter Jackson rushed for 13, 13 and 23-yard
Average gain per offensive play 4.3 5.1 TOUCHDOWNS 2 1
NET YARDS RUSHING 75 173 Rushing 0 0
gains and then for 24-yards on the first play of the second quarter to put the Rams’ on the Oakland 8-yard line to set up a Rams touch- Total Rushing Plays 21 40 Passing 2 1
down. QB Sam Bradford threw for 167 yards and two touchdowns versus one interception for a passer rating of 86.6. Bradford complet- Average gain per rushing play 3.6 4.3 EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1
ed 14 of 25 passes. His performance marked his first multi-touchdown game of his career. Bradford came out strong in the first half, throw- Tackles for a loss-number and yards 2-4 1-3 Kicking Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1
ing for 101 yards, completing 9-of-11 passes for a 142.0 passer rating and a touchdown. WR Mark Clayton recorded his second multi- NET YARDS PASSING 135 231 FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts 0-1 3-4
touchdown game of his career, connecting with Bradford in the end zone two times. Clayton connected with QB Sam Bradford on a 7- Times thrown 3-32 2-18 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 1-4-25%
yard pass to put the Rams up 7-0 in the second quarter. The touchdown marked Clayton’s first as a Ram. Clayton connected with Bradford Gross yards passing 167 249 GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-1-100%
again in the fourth quarter on a 17-yard touchdown pass with 3:24 left to play. TE Daniel Fells tied a career-long reception when he con- PASS ATT-COMP-HAD INT 25-14-1 37-19-2 SAFETIES 0 0
nected with QB Sam Bradford for a 36-yard yard gain in the first quarter. DE James Hall tallied his first sack of the season when he Avg gain per pass play 4.8 5.9 FINAL SCORE 14 16
dropped Redskins QB Jason Campbell for a 9-yard loss. The sack gave Hall 47.5 career sacks and 14.5 as a Ram. DT Fred Robbins
KICKOFFS #-In End Zone-TB 3-2-0 5-2-0 TIME OF POSSESSION 23:11 36:49
PUNTS Number and Average 7-45.6 3-43.0
stopped Raiders RB Darren McFadden on a third-and-1 for a 3-yard loss, which led to a missed field goal attempt by K Sebastian Had Blocked 0 0
Janikowski. Laurinaitis sacked Campbell for a 9-yard loss, to mark his third sack of his career. Laurinatiis also recorded 10 tackles (eight
solo) to split the team lead in tackles with S Oshimogho Atogwe (eight solo) and S Craig Dahl (five solo). Four rookies made their NFL FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
debut today including: CB Jerome Murphy, WR Dominique Curry, S Marquis Johnson and DE Eugene Sims. LB Bryan Kehl made his
Rams’ debut. In Murphy’s NFL debut, he recorded his first interception on a pass from Raiders QB Bruce Gradkowski in the fourth quar- ST. LOUIS RAMS OAKLAND RAIDERS
ter at the St. Louis 21-yard line and returned it 19 yards. The interception set up a Rams scoring drive. Donnie Jones punted seven times RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
for 319 yards with a 45.6-yard average (37.9-net) and a long of 54 yards. Three punts were downed inside the 20. S.Jackson 19 75 3.9 23 0 D.McFadden 30 145 4.8 30 0
K. Darby 2 0 0.0 0 0 J.Campbell 3 19 6.3 9 0
M.Reece 3 9 3.0 5 0
STARTING LINEUPS B.Gradkowski 4 0 0.0 5 0
Total 21 75 3.6 3 0 Total 40 173 4.3 30 0
St. Louis Rams Oakland Raiders
WR L. Robinson LDE C. Long WR D. Heyward-Bey DE L. Houston PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN
LT R. Saffold LDT F. Robbins LT M. Henderson DT J. Henderson S. Bradford 25 14 167 3/32 2 36 1 B.Gradkowski 22 11 162 0/0 1 33 1
LG J. Bell RDT G. Gibson LG D. Loper DT T. Kelly J.Campbell 15 8 87 2/18 0 27 1
C J. Brown RDE J. Hall C S. Satele DE T. Scott Total 25 14 167 3/32 2 36 1 Total 37 19 249 2/18 1 33 2
RG A. Goldberg SLB N. Diggs RG C. Carlisle OLB Q. Groves
RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
RT J. Smith MLB J. Laurinaitis RT L. Walker MLB R. McClain S. Jackson 4 50 12.5 24 0 L.Murphy 6 91 15,2 27 1
TE D. Fells WLB L. Grant TE Z. Miller OLB K. Wimbley D. Amendola 4 39 9.8 16 0 D.Heyward-Bey 6 80 13.3 33 0
WR D. Amendola LCB R. Bartell WR L. Murphy CB S. Routt M. Clayton 2 24 12.0 17 2 Z.Miller 3 49 16.3 24 0
QB S. Bradford RCB B. Fletcher QB J. Campbell CB N. Asomugha D. Fells 1 36 36.0 36 0 M.Reece 2 21 10.5 19 0
WR M. Clayton FS C. Dahl FB M. Reece FS M. Huff B. Bajema 1 13 13.0 13 0 D.McFadden 2 8 4.0 5 0
L. Robinson 1 4 4.0 4 0
HB S. Jackson SS O. Atogwe RB D. McFadden SS T. Branch M. Karney 1 1 1.0 1 0
Total 14 167 11.9 36 2 Total 19 249 13.1 33 1
ST. LOUIS SUBSTITUTIONS: K 3 J.Brown, P 5 D.Jones, WR 15 D. Curry, S 20 D. Stewart, CB 23 J. Murphy, CB 25 M.
Johnson, CB 32 J. King, RB 34 K. Darby, S 37 J. Butler, RB 38 K. Toston, FB 44 M. Karney, LS 45 C.Massey, TE 47 B. INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
Bajema, LB 50 B. Kehl, LB 58 D. Vobora, C/G 65 H. Fraley, WR 81 M. Gilyard, TE 87 D. Johnson, DE 90 G. Selvie, DE 92 E. J. Murphy 1 19 19.0 19 0 S.Routt 1 0 0.0 0 0
Sims, DT 97 D. Scott, DE 98 C. Ah You J. Butler 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0
Total 2 16 8.0 19 0 Total 1 0 0.0 0 0
SCORING SUMMARY PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB/I20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB/I20 LG
1 2 3 4 OT TOTAL FIELD GOALS D.Jones 7 319 45,6 37.9 0/3 54 S.Lechler 3 129 43.0 36.3 1/2 47
Total 7 319 45,6 37.9 0/3 54 Total 3 129 43.0 36.3 1/2 47
VISITOR ST. LOUIS RAMS 0 7 0 7 0 14 S. Jankowski 46WL (38) (41) (22)
HOME Oakland 0 10 3 0 0 13 Jo. Brown 36 WR PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD
D. Amendola 1 0 0.0 1 0 0 J.Higgins 2 54 27.0 1 53 0
Clock B.Myers 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
TEAM Qtr Time Play (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home Total 1 0 0.0 1 0 0 Total 3 54 18.0 1 53 0
RAMS 2 12:04 M. Clayton 7 yd. pass from S. Bradford (Josh Brown kick) (6-64, 3:16) 7 0
KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD
Raiders 2 3:22 S. Janikowski 38 yd. Field Goal (6-9, 2:12) 7 3 M. Gilyard 5 118 23.6 0 30 0 J.Ford 3 61 20.3 0 21 0
Raiders 3 10:54 S. Janikowski 41 yd. Field Goal (9-59, 4:06) 7 6 Total 5 118 23.6 0 30 0 Total 3 61 20.3 0 21 0
Raiders 3 6:07 L. Murphy 4 yd. pass from B. Gradkowski (S. Janikowski kick) (7-83, 3:33) 7 13
Raiders 4 9:50 S. Janikowski 22 yd. Field Goal (11-67, 5:24) 7 16 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (based on coaches’ film review)
RAMS 4 3:18 M. Clayton 17 yd. pass from S. Bradford (Josh Brown kick) (4-59, 0:47) 14 16 PLAYER T S A S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR PLAYER T S A S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR
O.Atogwe 10 8 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 J.Butler 2 1 1 0-0 1--3 0 0 0
J.Laurinaitis 10 8 2 1-9 0-0 0 0 0 C.Long 2 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
C.Dahl 10 5 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 G.Selvie 2 2 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
B.Fletcher 9 6 3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 E.Sims 2 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
R.Bartell 4 2 2 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 C.Ah You 1 1 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
N.Diggs 4 0 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 G.Gibson 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
L.Grant 4 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 D.Scott 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
J.Hall 4 2 2 1-9 0-0 0 2 0 D.Stewart 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
F.Robbins 4 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 D.Vobora 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
J.Murphy 3 1 2 0-0 1-19 0 0 0 TOTAL 73 42 31 2-18 2-16 5 2 0
ST. LOUIS 30, WASHINGTON 16 FINAL TEAM STATISTICS
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3 September 26, 2010 RAMS REDSKINS RAMS REDSKINS
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 24 15 FGs - PATs Had Blocked 1-0 0-0
Edward Jones Dome - St. Louis, MO By Rushing 7 4 Net Punting Average 45.7 24.0
By Passing 15 18 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE 25 6
WEATHER: Indoors - ATTENDANCE: 52,370 - TIME: 3:17 By Penalty 2 3 No. and Yards Punt Returns 2-27 2-1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-16-44% 1-10-10% No. and Yards Kickoff Returns 3-57 6-170
The Rams picked up their first win of the season with a 27-16 victory over NFC East opponent Washington Redskins at the Edward Jones Dome. St. Louis FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 0-0-0% No. and Yards Interception Returns 1-4 1-5
posted 365 yards of total offense, including 133 on the ground, both of which were their highest totals of the season. QB Sam Bradford notched his first TOTAL NET YARDS 365 349 PENALTIES Number and Yards 9-99 9-65
career win as a starter as he completed 23-of-37 passes for 235 yards, one touchdown and one interception. WR Brandon Gibson made his 2010 debut Total Offensive Plays 75 50 FUMBLES Number and Lost 1-1 2-1
and caught three passes for 33 yards, including a key 16-yard grab for a first down on a third-quarter touchdown drive. Rookie RB Keith Toston saw his first
Average gain per offensive play 4.9 7.0 TOUCHDOWNS 3 1
NET YARDS RUSHING 133 116 Rushing 2 0
action of his career on offense and rushed 11 times for 22 yards. The Rams held Washington to just 1-of-10 on third downs and the Redskins were forced Total Rushing Plays 37 17 Passing 1 1
to settle for field goals on each of their three trips to the red zone. LB James Laurinaitis led the Rams with eight tackles (five solo) and added a pass defensed. Average gain per rushing play 3.6 6.8 EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts 3-3 1-1
On the opening drive of the game, TE Fendi Onobun made his NFL debut and recorded his first career catch. The rookie from Houston hauled in a 7-yard Tackles for a loss-number and yards 4-9 5-9 Kicking Made-Attempts 3-3 1-1
pass from Bradford on the second play of the game and finished with two receptions for 15 yards. On that same drive, Jackson scored his first touchdown NET YARDS PASSING 232 233 FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts 3-4 3-3
of the season on a 42-yard run. The run was Jackson’s longest run from scrimmage since he recorded a 48-yard gain vs. the Arizona Cardinals (11/22/09). Times thrown 1-3 1-3 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-6-33% 0-3-0%
Jackson rushed for 58 yards on 10 carries before leaving with a groin injury. On the Redskins’ first posession, LB Larry Grant and LB Na’il Diggs combined Gross yards passing 235 236 GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-1-0%
to force Redskins WR Santana Moss to fumble, and S James Butler snatched up the loose ball and raced 49 yards to the Washington 3-yard line. It was PASS ATT-COMP-HAD INT 37-23-1 32-19-1 SAFETIES 0 0
Butler’s second-consecutive week with a turnover. Two plays after Butler’s fumble return, Bradford found TE Daniel Fells in the back of the end zone for a Avg gain per pass play 6.1 7.1 FINAL SCORE 30 16
3-yard touchdown to make it 14-0 in the first quarter. It was Fells’ first touchdown catch of the season and his fourth of his career. On the Redskins’ ensuing
KICKOFFS #-In End Zone-TB 7-5-1 5-2-1 TIME OF POSSESSION 34:50 25:10
PUNTS Number and Average 3-46.0 5-28.2
possesion, Rams WR Dominique Curry blocked the field goal attempt by K Graham Gano. It was the first by a Ram since Drew Wahlroos blocked a punt Had Blocked 0 1
against Jacksonville (10/30/05), which was returned 29 yards for a touchdown by Brandon Chillar. After Washington managed to put up 13 points going into
the half and three more in the third quarter, the Rams marched down the field to get back in scoring position. WR Mardy Gilyard caught his first career pass, FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
a 7-yard gain on third-and-7 to keep the drive alive. On the next play, RB Kenneth Darby rushed for a 12-yard touchdown to give the Rams a 21-16 lead.
The score was Darby’s first career touchdown. Darby logged a career-high 14 carries and picked up 49 yards in the victory. For the second-consecutive ST. LOUIS RAMS WASHINGTON REDSKINS
week, DE James Hall recorded a sack to push his season total to 2.0 sacks and 48.5 on his career. CB Bradley Fletcher delivered his first interception of his RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
career when he picked off McNabb in the fourth quarter to halt the Redskins’ final drive. In the fourth quarter, K Josh Brown posted three field goals to seal S.Jackson 10 58 5.8 42 1 R.Torain 7 46 6.6 36 0
the lead, 30-16.
K. Darby 14 49 3.5 13 1 C.Portis 7 44 6.3 27 0
K.Toston 11 22 2.0 8 0 D.McNabb 2 25 12.5 26 0
STARTING LINEUPS M.Karney 1 2 2.0 2 0 M.Sellers 1 1 1.0 1 0
S.Bradford 1 2 2.0 2 0
St. Louis Rams Washington Redskins Total 37 133 3.6 42 2 Total 17 116 6.8 36 0
WR M. Clayton LDE C. Long TE F. Davis LDE A. Carriker PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN
LT R. Saffold LDT F. Robbins LT S. Heyer NT M. Kemoeatu S. Bradford 37 23 235 1/3 1 30 1 D.McNabb 32 19 236 1/3 1 56 1
LG J. Bell RDT G. Gibson LG K. Lichtensteiger RDE K. Golston Total 37 23 235 1/3 1 30 1 Total 32 19 236 1/3 1 56 1
C J. Brown RDE J. Hall C C. Rabach LOLB A. Carter
RG A. Goldberg SLB N. Diggs RG A. Hicks ILB L. Fletcher RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
RT J. Smith MLB J. Laurinaitis RT J. Brown ILB R. McIntosh D.Amendola 6 56 9.3 18 0 S.Moss 6 124 20.7 56 1
M.Clayton 5 85 17.0 30 0 C.Cooley 5 53 10.6 19 0
TE D. Johnson WLB L. Grant TE C. Cooley ROLB B. Orakpo B.Gibson 3 33 11.0 16 0 K.Williams 2 14 7.0 9 0
WR B. Gibson LCB R. Bartell WR S. Moss LCB D. Hall D.Fells 3 22 7.3 12 1 F.Davis 2 11 5.5 6 0
QB S. Bradford RCB B. Fletcher QB D. McNabb RCB C. Rogers F.Onobun 2 15 7.5 8 0 M.Sellers 2 10 5.0 11 0
WR M. Karney FS J. Butler RB C. Portis SS L. Landry K.Darby 1 8 8.0 8 0 C.Portis 1 14 14.0 14 0
HB S. Jackson SS O. Atogwe FB M. Sellers FS K. Moore M.Gilyard 1 7 7.0 7 0 R.Williams 1 10 10.0 10 0
S.Jackson 1 6 6.0 6 0
M.Karney 1 3 3.0 3 0
ST. LOUIS SUBSTITUTIONS: K 3 J.Brown, P 5 D.Jones, WR 15 D. Curry, WR 16 D. Amendola, S 20 D. Stewart, CB 23 J. Total 23 235 10.2 30 1 Total 19 236 12.4 56 1
Murphy, CB 25 M. Johnson, CB 32 J. King, RB 34 K. Darby, RB 38 K. Toston, LS 45 C.Massey, TE 46 D. Fells, TE 48 F.
Onobun, LB 50 B. Kehl, LB 58 D. Vobora, C/G 65 H. Fraley, G 79 J. Greco, WR 81 M. Gilyard, DE 90 G. Selvie, DE 92 E. INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
Sims, DT 93 J. Cudjo, DE 99 C. Ah You B.Fletcher 1 4 4.0 4 0 K.Moore 1 5 5.0 5 0
Total 1 4 4.0 4 0 Total 1 5 5.0 5 0
SCORING SUMMARY
PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB/I20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB/I20 LG
1 2 3 4 OT TOTAL FIELD GOALS D.Jones 3 138 46.0 45.7 0/1 52 G.Gano 4 141 35.3 24.0 0/1 42
VISITOR Washington 0 13 3 0 0 16 G. Gano (29) (24) (21) Total 3 138 46.0 45.7 0/1 52 Total 4 141 35.3 24.0 0/1 42
HOME RAMS 14 0 7 9 0 39 Josh Brown 21B (37) (29) (36) PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD
D. Amendola 2 21 10.5 1 21 0 P.Buchanon 2 1 0.5 1 1 0
Clock Total 2 21 10.5 1 21 0 Total 2 1 0.5 1 1 0
TEAM Qtr Time Play (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home
RAMS 1 11:31 S.Jackson 42 yd. run (Josh Brown kick) (8-60, 3:29) 0 7 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD
M. Gilyard 3 57 19.0 0 26 0 D.Thomas 6 170 28.3 0 31 0
RAMS 1 8:48 D. Fells 3 yd. pass from S.Bradford (Josh Brown kick) (2-3, 0:41) 0 14 Total 3 57 19.0 0 26 0 Total 6 170 28.3 0 31 0
Redskins 2 14:50 G.Gano 29 yd. Field Goal (6-53, 1:58) 3 14
Redskins 2 14:37 S.Moss 21 yd. pass from D.McNabb (G.Gano kick) (1-21, 0:06) 10 14 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (based on coaches’ film review)
Redskins 2 7:37 G.Gano 24 yd. Field Goal (8-77, 4:54) 13 14 PLAYER T S A S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR PLAYER T S A S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR
Redskins 3 12:39 G. Gano 21 yd. Field Goal (5-70, 2:21) 16 14 J.Laurinaitis 8 5 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 M.Johnson 2 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
RAMS 3 7:15 K.Darby 12 yd. run (Josh Brown kick) (12-74, 5:24) 16 21 J.Butler 6 3 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 C.Long 2 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
O.Atogwe 5 3 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 R.Bartell 1 1 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
RAMS 4 11:35 Josh Brown 37 yd. Field Goal (11-46, 5:20) 16 24 B.Kehl 4 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 G.Gibson 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0
RAMS 4 4:22 Josh Brown 29 yd. Field Goal (9-41, 4:31) 16 27 J.King 3 3 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 G.Selvie 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
J.Hall 3 1 2 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 E.Sims 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
RAMS 4 1:44 Josh Brown 36 yd. Field Goal (7-23, 1:55) 16 30 B.Fletcher 3 1 2 0-0 1-4 0 0 0 D.Stewart 1 1 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
D.Vobora 2 2 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 C.Ah You 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
N.Diggs 2 2 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 J.Murphy 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
L.Grant 2 2 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 F.Robbins 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
J.Cudjo 2 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 TOTAL 49 28 21 1-3 1-4 6 1 1
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Date: Sunday, 9/26/2010 Washington Redskins at St. Louis Rams Start Time: 3:05 PM CST
at Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri
Substitutions Substitutions
K 4 G.Gano, P 6 J.Bidwell, WR 11 D.Thomas, CB 25 K.Barnes, CB 31 K 3 Josh.Brown, P 5 D.Jones, WR 15 D.Curry, WR 16 D.Amendola, S
P.Buchanon, CB 34 B.Westbrook, RB 35 K.Williams, FB 36 D.Young, S 20 D.Stewart, CB 23 J.Murphy, CB 25 M.Johnson, CB 31 J.King, RB 34
37 R.Doughty, RB 46 R.Torain, LB 54 H.Blades, LB 56 P.Riley, LS 57 K.Darby, RB 38 K.Toston, LS 45 C.Massey, TE 46 D.Fells, TE 48
N.Sundberg, G 66 D.Dockery, TE 82 L.Paulsen, WR 84 J.Galloway, WR F.Onobun, LB 50 B.Kehl, LB 58 D.Vobora, C/G 65 H.Fraley, G 79
87 R.Williams, DL 91 V.Holliday, DL 92 A.Haynesworth, DL 93 J.Greco, WR 81 M.Gilyard, DE 90 G.Selvie, DE 92 E.Sims, DT 93
P.Daniels, LB 95 C.Wilson, LB 97 L.Alexander J.Cudjo, DE 99 C.Ah You
1 2 3 4 OT Total
VISITOR: Washington Redskins 0 13 3 0 0 16
HOME: St. Louis Rams 14 0 7 9 0 30
Scoring Plays
Team Qtr Time Play Description (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home
Rams 1 11:31 S.Jackson 42 yd. run (Josh.Brown kick) (8-60, 3:29) 0 7
Rams 1 8:48 D.Fells 3 yd. pass from S.Bradford (Josh.Brown kick) (2-3, 0:41) 0 14
Redskin 2 14:50 G.Gano 29 yd. Field Goal (6-53, 1:58) 3 14
s
Redskin 2 14:37 S.Moss 21 yd. pass from D.McNabb (G.Gano kick) (1-21, 0:06) 10 14
sRedskin 2 7:37 G.Gano 24 yd. Field Goal (8-77, 4:54) 13 14
sRedskin 3 12:39 G.Gano 21 yd. Field Goal (5-70, 2:21) 16 14
sRams 3 7:15 K.Darby 12 yd. run (Josh.Brown kick) (12-74, 5:24) 16 21
Rams 4 11:35 Josh.Brown 37 yd. Field Goal (11-46, 5:20) 16 24
Rams 4 4:22 Josh.Brown 29 yd. Field Goal (9-41, 4:31) 16 27
Rams 4 1:44 Josh.Brown 36 yd. Field Goal (7-23, 1:55) 16 30
Paid Attendance: 52,370 Time: 3:17
Washington Redskins vs St. Louis Rams
9/26/2010 at Edward Jones Dome
PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT
D.McNabb 32 19 236 1/3 1 56 1 79.7 S.Bradford 37 23 235 1/3 1 30 1 78.1
Total 32 19 236 1/3 1 56 1 79.7 Total 37 23 235 1/3 1 30 1 78.1
PASS RECEIVING TAR REC YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING TAR REC YDS AVG LG TD
S.Moss 8 6 124 20.7 56 1 D.Amendola 7 6 56 9.3 18 0
C.Cooley 8 5 53 10.6 19 0 M.Clayton 6 5 85 17.0 30 0
K.Williams 4 2 14 7.0 9 0 B.Gibson 8 3 33 11.0 16 0
F.Davis 2 2 11 5.5 6 0 D.Fells 4 3 22 7.3 12 1
M.Sellers 2 2 10 5.0 11 0 F.Onobun 4 2 15 7.5 8 0
C.Portis 1 1 14 14.0 14 0 K.Darby 2 1 8 8.0 8 0
R.Williams 3 1 10 10.0 10 0 M.Gilyard 2 1 7 7.0 7 0
J.Galloway 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 S.Jackson 2 1 6 6.0 6 0
R.Torain 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 M.Karney 1 1 3 3.0 3 0
D.Johnson 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Total 31 19 236 12.4 56 1 Total 37 23 235 10.2 30 1
PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG
G.Gano 4 141 35.3 24.0 0 1 42 D.Jones 3 138 46.0 45.7 0 1 52
[BLOCKED] 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Total 5 141 28.2 24.0 0 1 42 Total 3 138 46.0 45.7 0 1 52
Washington Redskins
FUMBLES FUM LOST OWN-REC YDS TD FORCED OPP-REC YD TD OUT-BDS
P.Buchanon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
S.Moss 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R.Doughty 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
L.Alexander 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
St. Louis Rams
FUMBLES FUM LOST OWN-REC YDS TD FORCED OPP-REC YD TD OUT-BDS
M.Gilyard 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N.Diggs 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
J.Butler 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 49 0 0
Total 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 49 0 0
Washington Redskins vs St. Louis Rams
9/26/2010 at Edward Jones Dome
(450) Average SL 41
* inside opponent's 20
D.Hall 7 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R.McIntosh 6 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L.Landry 6 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B.Orakpo 5 1 6 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K.Moore 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
M.Kemoeatu 5 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A.Carriker 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C.Rogers 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A.Carter 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P.Daniels 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K.Golston 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L.Alexander 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
C.Wilson 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P.Buchanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R.Doughty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
H.Blades 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P.Riley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D.Young 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B.Westbrook 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
[Blank] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
D.McNabb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
S.Moss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total 58 8 66 1 3 5 2 1 6 0 0 5 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0
O.Atogwe 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.Butler 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B.Kehl 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.King 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.Hall 2 0 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B.Fletcher 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D.Vobora 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D.Stewart 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N.Diggs 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
M.Johnson 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.Cudjo 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G.Gibson 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C.Long 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G.Selvie 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R.Bartell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
F.Robbins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K.Darby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L.Grant 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D.Curry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
K.Toston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B.Gibson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total 34 6 40 1 3 7 5 1 6 1 1 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Washington Redskins vs St. Louis Rams
9/26/2010 at Edward Jones Dome
Scoring Plays
Team Qtr Time Play Description (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home
Rams 1 11:31 S.Jackson 42 yd. run (Josh.Brown kick) (8-60, 3:29) 0 7
Rams 1 8:48 D.Fells 3 yd. pass from S.Bradford (Josh.Brown kick) (2-3, 0:41) 0 14
Redskins 2 14:50 G.Gano 29 yd. Field Goal (6-53, 1:58) 3 14
Redskins 2 14:37 S.Moss 21 yd. pass from D.McNabb (G.Gano kick) (1-21, 0:06) 10 14
Redskins 2 7:37 G.Gano 24 yd. Field Goal (8-77, 4:54) 13 14
PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT
D.McNabb 13 9 82 0/0 1 21 0 111.7 S.Bradford 20 12 89 1/3 1 13 1 66.5
Total 13 9 82 0/0 1 21 0 111.7 Total 20 12 89 1/3 1 13 1 66.5
PASS RECEIVING TAR REC YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING TAR REC YDS AVG LG TD
S.Moss 3 3 49 16.3 21 1 D.Amendola 3 3 22 7.3 8 0
C.Cooley 3 2 12 6.0 7 0 M.Clayton 3 2 25 12.5 13 0
F.Davis 2 2 11 5.5 6 0 F.Onobun 3 2 15 7.5 8 0
M.Sellers 2 2 10 5.0 11 0 D.Fells 3 2 10 5.0 7 1
J.Galloway 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 K.Darby 2 1 8 8.0 8 0
R.Torain 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 S.Jackson 2 1 6 6.0 6 0
K.Williams 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 M.Karney 1 1 3 3.0 3 0
B.Gibson 2 0 0 0.0 0 0
D.Johnson 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Total 13 9 82 9.1 21 1 Total 20 12 89 7.4 13 1
CAREER RUSHING
Years Att. Yards Avg. Long TD
1. Dickerson, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1983-87 1,525 7,245 4.8 85t 56
2. Faulk, Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2006 1,447 6,959 4.8 71t 58
3. Jackson, Steven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004- 1,599 6,921 4.3 59t 42
4. McCutcheon, Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1973-79 1,435 6,186 4.3 48 23
5. Bass, Dick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1960-69 1,218 5,417 4.5 73t 34
6. Towler, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1950-55 672 3,493 5.2 79t 44
7. Josephson, Les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1964-67, 69-74 797 3,407 4.3 75 17
8. Younger, Paul (Tank) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1949-57 682 3,296 4.8 75t 17
9. Tyler, Wendell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1977-82 720 3,266 4.5 69t 33
10. Bryant, Cullen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1973-81, 87 802 3,119 3.9 26 20
SEASON RUSHING
Year Att. Yds. Avg. Long TD
1. Dickerson, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1984 379 2,105 5.6 66 14
2. Dickerson, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1986 404 1,821 4.5 42t 11
3. Dickerson, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1983 390 1,808 4.6 85t 18
4. Jackson, Steven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 346 1,528 4.4 59t 13
5. Bettis, Jerome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1993 294 1,429 4.9 71t 7
6. Faulk, Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001 260 1,382 5.3 71t 12
7. Faulk, Marshal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 253 1,381 5.5 58 7
8. White, Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1987 324 1,374 4.2 58 11
9. Faulk, Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000 253 1,359 5.4 36 18
10. Jackson, Steven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 324 1,416 4.4 58 4
SEASON RECEPTIONS
Year No. Yards Avg. Long TD
1. Bruce, Isaac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995 119 1,781 15.0 72 13
2. Holt, Torry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003 117 1,696 14.5 48 12
3. Holt, Torry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005 102 1,331 13.0 44 9
4. Holt, Torry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004 94 1,372 14.6 75t 10
5. Holt, Torry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007 93 1,189 12.8 40 7
Holt, Torry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 93 1,188 12.8 67t 10
7. Holt, Torry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002 91 1,302 14.3 58 4
8. Jackson, Steven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 90 806 9.0 64t 3
9. Bruce, Isaac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004 89 1,292 14.5 56 6
10. Bruce, Isaac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000 87 1,471 16.9 78t 9
Faulk, Marshall (RB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 87 1,048 12.0 57t 5
CAREER SCORING
Years TD PAT FG 2-Pt. Tot. Pts.
1. Wilkins, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997-2007 0 428 265 0 1,223
2. Lansford, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1982-90 0 315 158 0 789
3. Waterfield, Bob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1945-52 13 315 60 0 573
4. Gossett, Bruce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1964-69 0 211 120 0 571
5. Faulk, Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2006 85 0 0 7 524
SEASON SCORING
Year TD PAT FG 2-Pt. Tot. Pts.
1. Wilkins, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003 0 46 39 0 163
2. Faulk, Marshall (RB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000 26 0 0 2 160
3. Wilkins, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 0 35 32 0 131
4. Ray, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1973 0 40 30 0 130
5. Faulk, Marshall (RB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001 21 0 0 1 128
CAREER INTERCEPTIONS
Years No. Yards Avg. Long TD
1. Meador, Ed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1959-70 46 547 11.9 38t 5
2. Cromwell, Nolan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1977-87 37 671 18.1 94 4
3. Irvin, LeRoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1980-89 34 654 19.2 81t 5
4. Lyght, Todd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1991-00 31 359 11.6 57t 4
5. Lyle, Keith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-00 28 336 12.0 68 0
Perry, Rod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1975-82 28 386 13.8 83t 4
Williams, Clarence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1965-72 28 428 15.3 65t 2
Sherman, Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1954-60 28 515 18.4 95t 3
9. Elmendorf, Dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1971-79 27 421 15.6 57t 2
10. Thomas, Pat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1976-82 26 292 11.2 64 1
SEASON INTERCEPTIONS
Year No. Yards Avg. Long TD
1. Lane, Dick (Night Train) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1952 *14 298 21.3 80t 2
2. Lewis, Woodley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1950 12 275 22.9 36 0
3. Sherman, Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1955 11 101 9.2 36 0
4. Jackson, Monte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1976 10 173 17.3 46t 3
5. McNeil, Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997 9 127 14.1 75t 1
Lyle, Keith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996 9 152 16.9 68 0
Burroughs, Don . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1955 9 103 11.4 34 0
Sims, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1949 9 78 8.7 27 1
*NFL Record
*NFL Record
† Ties NFL Record
Most Made, Career Most Attempted, Game
428 Jeff Wilkins, 1997-2007 7 Bob Waterfield, vs. Detroit, 12/9/51
315 Bob Waterfield, 1945-52 Jeff Wilkins, vs. Denver, 9/10/06
Mike Lansford, 1982-90 6 Five times, last by David Ray, @ New Orleans,
211 Bruce Gossett, 1964-69 11/26/72
Most Made, Season 5 Many times, Last by Jeff Wilkins, @ Detroit, 10/1/06
64 Jeff Wilkins, 1999 Most Attempted, Opponent,Game
58 Jeff Wilkins, 2001 7 Rich Karlis, @ Minnesota, 11/5/89
54 Bob Waterfield, 1950 6 Five times, last by John Carney, vs. New Orleans,
Most Made, Game 9/26/04
†9 Bob Waterfield, vs. Balimore, 10/22/50 5 Many times, last by Matt Stover, @ Baltimore, 10/14/07
8 Paige Cothren, vs. San Francisco, 11/9/58 Most Made, Career
7 Bob Waterfield, @ New York Giants, 11/14/48 265 Jeff Wilkins, 1997-2007
Bruce Gossett, vs. New York Giants, 11/13/66 158 Mike Lansford, 1982-90
Jeff Wilkins, vs. Carolina 11/11/01 120 Bruce Gossett, 1964-69
Most Made, Game, Opponent Most Made, Season
8 Tom Feamster, @ Baltimore, 11/25/56 39 Jeff Wilkins, 2003
Cliff Patton, @ Philadelphia, 10/7/50 32 Jeff Wilkins, 2006
7 Bob Jencks, vs. Chicago, 10/13/63 31 Josh Brown, 2008
6 Many times, last by Neil Rackers, @ Arizona, 12/30/07 Most Made, Season, Rookie
Most Consecutive Made 29 Frank Corral, 1978
371 Jeff Wilkins, 1999-2007 18 Bruce Gossett, 1966
165 Bruce Gossett, 1965-69 Rafael Septien, 1977
102 David Ray, 1970-72 12 Danny Villaneuva, 1960
Highest Percentage Made, Career (100 attempts) Most Made, Game
99.8 Jeff Wilkins, 1997-2007 (403-404) 6 Jeff Wilkins, vs. Denver, 9/10/06
98.2 Danny Villanueva, 1960-63 (111-113) 5 Three times, last by Jeff Wilkins, vs. Detroit, 10/1/06
98.1 Bruce Gossett, 1964-69 (211-215) 4 Many times, last by Josh Brown, vs. Miami, 11/30/08
Most Made, No Misses, Season Most Made, Opponent, Game
64 Jeff Wilkins, 1999 7 Rich Karlis, @ Minnesota 11/5/89
58 Jeff Wilkins, 2001 5 Six times, last by Matt Stover, @ Baltimore, 10/14/07
51 Mike Lansford, 1989 4 Many times, last by Jay Feely, @ New York Jets,
11/9/08
TWO-POINT CONVERSIONS Most Consecutive Field Goals Made
Most Two Point Conversions, Career 30 Jeff Wilkins, 1999-2001
7 Marshall Faulk, 1999-2006 19 Jeff Wilkins, 2003
3 Isaac Bruce, 1994-2007 17 Tony Zendejas, 1991
2 Jerome Bettis, 1993-95 Most Consecutive Games, Made Field Goal
Tony Banks, 1996-98 27 Jeff Wilkins, 2002-04
Ricky Proehl, 1998-2002 20 David Ray, 1970-71
Most Two Point Conversions, Season 19 Bruce Gossett, 1967-68
2 Jerome Bettis, 1994 Longest Field Goal
Marshall Faulk, 2000 57 Jeff Wilkins, vs. Arizona, 9/27/98
Marshall Faulk, 2004 55 Josh Brown, vs. Seattle, 11/29/09
1 Many times, last by Torry Holt, 2007 54 Many times, last by Josh Brown, vs. San Francisco,
Most Two Point Conversions, Game 1/3/2010
2 Marshall Faulk, vs. Atlanta, 10/15/00 (2 runs) Longest Field Goal, Opponent
1 Many times, last by Torry Holt, vs. Arizona, 10/7/07 56 Joe Nedney, vs. San Francisco, 12/24/05
(pass from Gus Frerotte) 55 Adam Vinatieri, vs. New England, 12/13/98
Most Two Point Conversions, Opponent, Season Jay Feely, @ New York Jets, 11/9/08
2 Terance Mathis, Atlanta, 1994 54 Three times, last by Josh Brown, vs. Seattle, 10/15/06
2 Reggie Bush, New Orleans, 2007 Most Made, 50 or More Yards, Career
Most Two Point Conversions, Opponent, Game 26 Jeff Wilkins, 1997-2007
2 Reggie Bush, @ New Orleans, 11/11/07 (2 runs) 11 Josh Brown, 2008-09
1 Many times, last by Lee Evans, vs. Buffalo, 9/28/08 8 Tony Zendejas, 1991-94
(pass from Trent Edwards) Most Made, 50 or More Yards, Season
6 Tony Zendejas, 1993
Josh Brown, 2008
FIELD GOALS Josh Brown, 2009
Most Attempted, Career 4 Jeff Wilkins, 2003, 2004, 2005
328 Jeff Wilkins, 1997-2007 3 Jeff Wilkins, 1998, 2006, 2007
217 Mike Lansford, 1982-90 Most Made, 50 or More Yards, Game
207 Bruce Gossett, 1964-69 2 Four times, last by Josh Brown, vs. New York Giants,
Most Attempted, Season 9/14/08
†49 Bruce Gossett, 1966 1 Many times, last by Josh Brown, vs. San Francisco,
47 David Ray, 1973 1/3/2010
45 David Ray, 1970
Most Made, 50 or More Yards, Game, Opponent YARDS GAINED
2 Tom Dempsey, vs. New Orleans, 12/6/70 Career
Mick Luckhurst, vs. Atlanta, 10/7/84 7,245 Eric Dickerson, 1983-87
John Carney, vs. New Orleans, 9/26/04 6,959 Marshall Faulk, 1999-2006
1 Many times, last by Olindo Mare, vs. Seattle, 12/14/08 6,921 Steven Jackson, 2004-
Highest Field Goal Percentage, Career (50 attempts) Season
83.33 Josh Brown, 1008-09 (50-60) *2,105 Eric Dickerson, 1984
80.79 Jeff Wilkins, 1997-2007 (265-328) 1,821 Eric Dickerson, 1986
79.52 Tony Zendejas, 1991-94 (66-83) 1,808 Eric Dickerson, 1983
Highest Field Goal Percentage, Season Season, Rookie
100.0 Tony Zendejas, 1991 (17-17) 1,808 Eric Dickerson, 1983
Jeff Wilkins, 2000 (17-17) 1,429 Jerome Bettis, 1993
92.86 Jeff Wilkins, 2003 (39-42) 716 Ron Waller, 1955
87.09 Jeff Wilkins, 2005 (27-31) Game
247 Willie Ellison, vs. New Orleans, 12/5/71
SAFETIES 223 Tom Wilson, vs. Green Bay, 12/16/56
Most, Career 221 Greg Bell, vs. Green Bay, 9/24/89
3 Kevin Greene, 1985-92 Game, Rookie
2 Fred Dryer, 1972-81 223 Tom Wilson, vs. Green Bay, 12/16/56
Jack Youngblood, 1971-84 212 Jerome Bettis, @ New Orleans, 12/12/93
Kevin Carter, 1995-2000 199 Eric Dickerson, vs. Detroit, 10/2/83
Most, Season Game, Opponent
†2 Fred Dryer, 1973 237 Jim Brown, @ Cleveland, 11/24/57
Most, Game 208 Michael Turner, @ Atlanta, 12/28/08
*2 Fred Dryer, vs. Green Bay, 10/21/73 196 Steve Van Buren, Philadelphia, 12/18/49
1 Many players, last by Adam Carriker, vs. Seattle, Longest Run
11/25/07 92t Kenny Washington, @ Chicago Cardinals, 11/2/47
Most, Game, Opponent 85t Eric Dickerson, @ New York Jets, 9/25/83
1 Many times, last by Bruce Smith, vs. Washington, 84t Tom Harmon, @ Chicago Bears, 10/13/46
11/20/00 Longest Run, Opponents
76t Najeh Davenport, vs. Green Bay, 10/19/03
RUSHING 74t Robert Smith, vs. Minnesota, 9/13/98
Most Seasons Leading Team Dexter Carter, vs. San Francisco, 12/17/90
6 Marshall Faulk, 1999-2006 73 Maurice Hicks, vs. San Francisco, 12/24/05
5 Lawrence McCutcheon, 1973-77 Most Seasons, 1,000 or More Yards
Steven Jackson, 2005-09 5 Steven Jackson, 2005-09
4 Dick Bass, 1962-66 4 Lawrence McCutcheon, 1973-74, 1976-77
Eric Dickerson, 1983-86 Eric Dickerson, 1983-86
Most Consecutive Seasons Leading Team 3 Marshall Faulk, 1999-01
6 Marshall Faulk, 1999-2006 2 Dick Bass, 1962, 1966
5 Lawrence McCutcheon, 1973-77 Wendell Tyler, 1979, 1981
Steven Jackson, 2005-09 Greg Bell, 1988-89
4 Eric Dickerson, 1983-86 Jerome Bettis, 1993-94
Most Consecutive Seasons, 1,000 or More Yards
ATTEMPTS 5 Steven Jackson, 2005-08
4 Eric Dickerson, 1983-86
Career
3 Marshall Faulk, 1999-01
1,599 Steven Jackson, 2004-
Most Games, 100 or More Yards, Career
1,525 Eric Dickerson, 1983-87
38 Eric Dickerson, 1983-87
1,447 Marshall Faulk, 1999-2006
27 Marshall Faulk, 1999-2006
Season
23 Steven Jackson, 2004-
404 Eric Dickerson, 1986
Most Games, 100 or More Yards, Season
390 Eric Dickerson, 1983
11 Eric Dickerson, 1984
379 Eric Dickerson, 1984
9 Eric Dickerson, 1983
Season, Rookie
7 Jerome Bettis, 1993
†390 Eric Dickerson, 1983
Marshall Faulk, 1999
294 Jerome Bettis, 1993
Steven Jackson, 2009
193 Lawrence Phillips, 1996
Most Consecutive Games, 100 or More Yards
Game
6 Eric Dickerson, 1984
39 Jerome Bettis, vs. Chicago, 1/2/94
5 Eric Dickerson, 1986
38 Eric Dickerson, @ St. Louis, 9/7/86
4 Eric Dickerson, 1983, 1984
36 Charles White, @ Philadelphia, 9/15/85
Jerome Bettis, 1994
Game, Opponent
Marshall Faulk, 1999
41 Rodney Hampton, @ New York Giants, 9/19/93
Marshall Faulk, 2003
Gerald Riggs, @ Atlanta, 11/17/85
Steven Jackson, 2009
35 Lynn Cain, Atlanta, 10/7/84
Gerald Riggs, Atlanta, 10/12/86
33 Shaun Alexander, @ Seattle, 11/13/05
Maurice Jones-Drew, @ Jacksonville, 10/18/09
AVERAGE GAIN 101.8 Trent Green, 2000
Career (500 att.) 101.4 Kurt Warner, 2001
5.182 Dan Towler, 1950-55 (674-3,493) Season, Rookie (Qualifiers)
4.833 Paul (Tank) Younger, 1949-57 (682-3,296) 81.8 Dieter Brock, 1985
4.809 Marshall Faulk, 1999-2006 (1,447-6,959) 72.4 Bob Waterfield, 1945
Season (Qualifiers) 71.0 Tony Banks, 1996
7.40 Kenny Washington, 1947 (60-444) ATTEMPTS
7.26 Skeet Quinlan, 1953 (97-705) Career
6.77 Dan Towler, 1951 (126-854) 3,313 Roman Gabriel, 1962-72
Game (10 att.) 3,277 Jim Everett, 1986-93
14.6 Dan Towler, @ Baltimore, 11/22/53 (14-205) 3,171 Marc Bulger, 2001-
13.2 Kenny Washington, @ Chicago Cardinals, 11/2/47 Season
(11-145) 588 Marc Bulger, 2006
13.1 Dan Towler, @ Green Bay, 10/21/51 (11-144) 554 Jim Everett, 1990
Game (10 att.), Opponent 546 Kurt Warner, 2001
13.8 George Taliaferro, vs. New York Yanks, 11/18/51 Season, Rookie
(12-166) 368 Tony Banks, 1996
13.3 Frank Reagan, vs. New York Giants, 12/1/46 (10-133) 365 Dieter Brock, 1985
12.6 Delvin Williams, vs. Miami, 11/9/80 (12-151) 223 Bill Munson, 1964
Game
TOUCHDOWNS 62 Marc Bulger, @ New York Giants, 10/2/05
Career 56 Marc Bulger, @ San Francisco, 9/11/05
58 Marshall Faulk, 1999-2006 55 Mark Rypien, vs. Buffalo, 12/10/95
56 Eric Dickerson, 1983-87 Marc Bulger, vs. Chicago, 12/11/06
44 Dan Towler, 1950-55 Sam Bradford, vs. Arizona, 9/12/10
Season Game, Opponent
18 Eric Dickerson, 1983 58 Kent Graham, @ Arizona, 9/29/96
Marshall Faulk, 2000 52 Tony Eason, vs. New England, 11/16/86
16 Greg Bell, 1988 Neil Lomax, @ St. Louis, 11/4/84
15 Greg Bell, 1989 Mark Brunell vs. Jacksonville, 10/20/96
Season, Rookie 51 Lamar McHan, @ Chicago Cardinals, 11/30/58
†18 Eric Dickerson, 1983 Vinnie Testaverde, @ Baltimore, 10/27/96
7 Jerome Bettis, 1993
6 Dan Towler, 1952 COMPLETIONS
Game Career
4 Marshall Faulk, vs. Minnesota, 12/10/00 1,969 Marc Bulger, 2001-
3 Many times, last by Steven Jakson, vs. Dallas, 1,847 Jim Everett, 1986-93
11/19/08 1,705 Roman Gabriel, 1962-72
2 Many times, last by Steven Jackson, @ Atlanta, Season
12/28/08 375 Kurt Warner, 2001
Game, Opponent 370 Marc Bulger, 2006
4 Jim Brown, @ Cleveland, 11/24/57 336 Marc Bulger, 2003
Ron Moore, @ Phoenix, 12/4/93 Season, Rookie
3 Many times, last by Maurice Jones-Drew, 218 Dieter Brock, 1985
@ Jacksonville, 10/18/09 192 Tony Banks, 1996
2 Many times, last by Adrian Peterson, vs. Minnesota, 108 Bill Munson, 1964
10/11/09 Game
40 Marc Bulger, @ New York Giants, 10/2/05
PASSING 36 Marc Bulger, vs. San Diego, 11/10/02
35 Dieter Brock, vs. San Francisco, 10/27/85
Most Seasons Leading Team
Kurt Warner, @ Seattle, 9/10/00
9 Roman Gabriel, 1963-72
Marc Bulger, @ Green Bay, 11/29/04
8 Jim Everett, 1986-92
Game, Opponent
Marc Bulger, 2002-09
37 Richard Todd, @ New York Jets, 9/25/83
6 Norm Van Brocklin, 1950, 1952-1955, 1957
Kent Graham, @ Arizona, 9/29/96
Most Consecutive Seasons Leading Team
Mark Brunell, vs. Jacksonville, 10/20/96
9 Roman Gabriel, 1963-72
36 Tony Eason, vs. New England, 11/16/86
8 Jim Everett, 1986-92
34 Neil Lomax, @ St. Louis 11/4/84
Marc Bulger, 2002-09
Jeff George, vs. Washington 11/20/00
4 Norm Van Brocklin, 1952-1955
Consecutive Passes Completed
18 Jim Everett, vs. New York Giants, 11/12/89
RATING
16 Jim Everett, vs. Kansas City, 11/10/91
Highest, Career (1,500 att.)
15 Tony Banks, vs. New York Jets, 10/11/98
97.2 Kurt Warner, 1998-2003
Kurt Warner, @ Washington, 11/24/02
84.4 Marc Bulger, 2001-
78.1 Jim Everett, 1986-93
Highest, Season (Qualifiers)
109.2 Kurt Warner, 1999
COMPLETION PERCENTAGE Opponent/Longest Pass Completion
Career (500 att.) 98t Jim Hart (to Rashad), @ St. Louis, 12/10/72
66.4% Kurt Warner, 1998-2003 (1,688-1,121) 95t Joe Montana (to Taylor), vs. San Francisco, 12/11/89
62.1% Marc Bulger, 2001- (2,924-1,829) 91t Bart Starr (to Dowler), vs. Green Bay, 12/17/60
56.7% Vince Ferragamo, 1977-80,1982-84 (1,288 - 730) AVERAGE GAIN
Season (min. 200 att.) Career (500 att.)
67.7% Kurt Warner, 2000 (347-235) 8.56 Kurt Warner, 1998-2003 (1,688-14,447)
66.2% Marc Bulger, 2004 (495-321) 8.49 Norm Van Brocklin, 1959-57 (1,897-16,114)
65.1% Kurt Warner, 1999 (499-325) 8.01 James Harris, 1972-76 (652-5,220)
Season, Rookie (min. 100 att.) Season (Qualifiers)
59.7% Dieter Brock, 1985 (365-218) 10.14 Norm Van Brocklin, 1954 (260-2,637)
56.3% Ryan Fitzpatrick, 2005 (135-76) 9.88 Kurt Warner, 2000 (347-3,429)
52.2% Tony Banks, 1996 (368-192) 9.61 Bob Waterfield, 1945 (172-1,653)
Game (20 att.) Game (20 att.)
86.9% Kurt Warner, vs. San Francisco, 10/10/99 (23-20) 15.40 Norm Van Brocklin, @ Chicago Bears, 11/16/52
85.7% Jim Everett, vs. New York Giants, 10/18/92 (21-18) 15.19 Roman Gabriel, vs. San Francisco, 11/9/69
84.4% Kurt Warner, vs. Minnesota 12/10/00 (32-27) 15.03 James Harris, @ Miami, 10/3/76
Game (20 att.), Opponent Game (20 att.), Opponent
91.3% Vinny Testaverde, vs. Cleveland, 12/26/93 (21-23) 15.86 Ed Brown, vs. Chicago, 10/9/60
84.6% Kerry Collins, vs. New York Giants, 9/15/02 (22-26) 14.46 Milt Plum, vs. Detroit, 11/1/64
81.3% Steve Young, vs. San Francisco, 11/28/93 (26-32) 14.44 Steve Young, vs. San Francisco, 11/28/93
TACKLES
COMBINED TACKLES
Career
915 Merlin Olsen, 1962-76
897 Jack Reynolds, 1970-80
896 David (Deacon) Jones, 1961-71
Season
193 London Fletcher, 2000
189 London Fletcher, 2001
185 Jim Collins, 1984
BLOCKED KICKS
BLOCKED PUNTS
Career
10 Ed Meador, 1959-70
8 Jack Youngblood, 1971-84
David (Deacon) Jones, 1961-71
6 Ivory Sully, 1979-84
Nolan Cromwell, 1977-87
Season
4 Ed Meador, 1964
3 Ed Meador, 1962
Irv Cross, 1966
Tony Guillory 1967
Nolan Cromwell, 1987
TEAM RECORDS
GAMES WON Most Points, Both Teams, Game
Most Consecutive Games Won (Including postseason) 97 Rams 70, Baltimore 27, 10/22/50
11 1969 89 Rams 52, New York Giants 37, 11/14/48
8 1952, 1967. 2001 Rams 65, Detroit 24, 10/29/50
7 1978, 1985, 1999, 2003 88 Rams 57, vs. San Diego 31 10/1/00
Most Games Won, Season (Regular Season) @ Kansas City 54, Rams 34, 10/22/00
14 2001 Fewest Points, Both Teams, Game
13 1999 6 Many times, last @ New Orleans 6, Rams 0, 11/9/86
12 1973, 1975, 1978, 2003 7 vs. Chicago Cardinals 7, Rams 0, 11/23/41
Most Consecutive Games Won, Season (Including postseason) @ Chicago Cardinals 7, Rams 0, 9/13/42
11 1969 9 @ Green Bay 6, Rams 3, 11/14/65
8 1952, 1967, 2001 Rams 9, @ Cleveland 0, 11/27/77
7 1978, 1985, 1999, 2003 Most Points Overcome to Win Game
Most Consecutive Home Games Won (Regular Season) 24 @ Tampa Bay, 12/6/92, (trailed 3-27, won 31-27)
15 2002-04 22 @ Green Bay, 10/12/52, (trailed 6-28, won 30-28)
13 1998-2000 21 @ Green Bay, 11/17/57, (trailed 3-24, won 31-27)
11 1973-74, 1976-78 @ Houston, 11/27/05, (trailed 3-24, won 33-27)
Most Consecutive Road Games Won (Regular Season) Most Points, Opponent, Overcome to Win Game
9 2000-02 23 @ Green Bay, 9/12/82, (trailed 23-0, won 35-23)
7 1967-68 21 vs. Denver, 12/12/82, (trailed 21-0, won 27-24)
1968-69 18 vs. New Orleans, 10/28/01, (trailed 24-6, won 34-31)
1975-76 Most Points Overcome to Tie Game
5 1988 28 vs. Philadelphia, 10/3/48, (trailed 0-28, tied 28-28)
17 @ Chicago Cardinals, 11/15/53, (trailed 17-0,
GAMES LOST tied 24-24)
14 @ Chicago Bears, 10/13/46, (trailed 24-10, tied 24-24)
Most Consecutive Games Lost (Regular Season)
@ Chicago Cardinals, 11/20/49, (trailed 28-14,
17 2008-09
tied 28-28)
12 1937-38, 1959-60
@ Minnesota, 11/25/62 ,(trailed 24-10, tied 24-24)
11 1991-92
Most Points, First Half
Most Consecutive Home Games Lost (Regular Season)
44 vs. Green Bay, 9/21/80
13 2008-09
38 vs. Green Bay, 9/24/89
11 1961-63
36 vs. St. Louis, 12/15/85
8 1997-98
Most Points, Opponent, First Half
Most Consecutive Away Games Lost (Regular Season)
42 @ Baltimore, 11/25/56
12 1991-92
40 @ New York Jets, 11/9/08
10 1961-62
38 @ San Francisco, 10/28/51
9 1956-57, 1964-65, 2008-09
Most Points, Both Teams, First Half
55 vs. New York Yanks, 11/18/51 (Rams 34, Yanks 21)
SCORING vs. Detroit, 10/30/60 (Rams 34, Lions 21)
Most Points, Season 51 vs. Green Bay, 9/21/80 (Rams 44, Packers 7)
540 2000 50 vs. Atlanta, 10/15/00 (Rams 29, Falcons 21)
526 1999 Most Points, Second Half
503 2001 41 vs. Detroit, 10/29/50
Most Points, Opponent, Season 38 vs. Chicago, 11/4/51
471 2000 35 vs. Baltimore, 10/22/50
465 2008 vs. Green Bay, 12/3/50
438 2007 vs. Atlanta, 12/4/76
Fewest Points, Season Most Points, Opponent, Second Half
75 1937 35 vs. Minnesota, 11/17/72
116 1941 @ Green Bay, 9/12/82
131 1938 33 vs. St. Louis, 9/23/60
Fewest Points, Opponent, Season 31 vs. Cleveland, 10/7/51
135 1975 vs. San Francisco, 10/23/83
136 1945 vs. Green Bay, 9/24/89
146 1977 Most Points, Both Teams, Second Half
Most Points, Game 56 vs. Minnesota, 11/17/72 (Vikings 35, Rams 21)
70 vs. Baltimore, 10/22/50 55 vs. Detroit, 10/29/50 (Rams 41, Lions 14)
65 vs. Detroit, 10/29/50 @ New York Giants, 11/19/50 (Giants 28, Rams 27)
59 vs. Atlanta, 12/4/76 52 @ New York Giants, 11/14/48 (Rams 31, Giants 21)
vs. Atlanta, 11/10/96 vs. Chicago Cardinals, 11/11/51 (Rams 38,
Most Points, Opponent, Game Cardinals 14)
56 @ Philadelphia, 10/8/50
@ Baltimore, 11/25/56
54 @ Kansas City, 10/22/00
*NFL Record
52 vs. Chicago, 10/13/63
† Ties NFL Record
Most Points, First Quarter Fewest Touchdowns, Season
26 vs. Green Bay, 12/12/53 10 1937
24 vs. Seattle, 10/31/76 16 1941
vs. New England, 11/2/80 17 2009
21 Many times, last vs. Dallas, 10/19/08 Most Touchdowns, Game
Most Points, Opponent, First Quarter †10 vs. Baltimore, 10/22/50
28 @ Oakland, 10/29/72 9 vs. Detroit, 10/29/50
21 @ Tennessee, 10/31/99 8 Five times, last vs. Atlanta 11/10/96
20 @ Kansas City, 10/22/00 Most Touchdowns, Opponents, Game
Most Points, Both Teams, First Quarter 8 @ Philadelphia, 10/8/50
34 vs. Baltimore, 10/22/50 (Rams 21, Colts 13) @ Baltimore, 11/25/56
33 vs. Green Bay, 12/12/53 (Rams 26, Packers 7) 7 @ San Francisco, 12/27/87
28 vs. New Orleans, 12/5/71 (Rams 21, Saints 7) @ Kansas City, 10/22/00
@ Oakland, 10/29/72 (Raiders 28, Rams 0) @ Kansas City, 12/8/02
vs. Dallas, 10/19/08 (Rams 21, Cowboys 7) 6 Many times, last @ Arizona, 12/30/07
Most Points, Second Quarter Most Touchdowns, Both Teams, Game
37 vs. Green Bay, 9/21/80 14 vs. Baltimore, 10/22/50 (Rams 10, Colts 4)
28 @ New Orleans, 10/7/79 12 @ New York Giants, 11/14/48 (Rams 7, Giants 5)
@ Atlanta, 12/9/79 vs. Washington, 12/11/49 (Rams 8, Redskins 4)
vs. Green Bay, 9/24/89 vs. Detroit, 10/29/50 (Rams 9, Lions 3)
vs. Indianapolis, 12/30/01 @ Kansas City, 10/22/00 (Chiefs 7, Rams 5)
24 vs. Green Bay, 12/14/58 11 Six times, last vs. San Francisco, 10/23/83
vs. Detroit, 10/30/60 (49ers 6, Rams 5)
vs. Pittsburgh, 9/22/68
Most Points, Opponent, Second Quarter POINTS AFTER TOUCHDOWNS
28 Many times, last @ San Francisco, 11/16/08 Most Points After Touchdowns, Season
24 vs. Arizona, 11/2/08 64 1999
23 @ New York Jets, 11/9/08 59 1950
Most Points, Both Teams, Second Quarter 58 2000, 2001
45 vs. Detroit, 10/30/60 (Rams 24, Lions 21) Most Points After Touchdowns, Game
44 vs. Green Bay, 9/21/80 (Rams 37, Packers 7) *10 vs. Baltimore, 10/22/50
42 @ Detroit, 10/12/58 (Rams 21, Lions 21) 8 vs. Detroit, 10/29/50
Most Points, Third Quarter vs. San Francisco, 11/9/58
*41 vs. Detroit, 10/29/50 vs. Atlanta, 11/10/96
28 vs. Chicago Cards, 11/11/51 7 Many times, last vs. New York Giants, 11/13/66
21 Many times, last vs. New Orleans, 8/31/97 Most Points After Touchdowns, Opponent, Game
Most Points, Opponent, Third Quarter 8 @ Philadelphia, 10/8/50
25 vs. New Orleans, 10/28/01 @ Baltimore, 11/25/56
21 Many times, last @ Dallas, 9/30/07 7 @ San Francisco, 12/27/87
20 Three times, last vs. San Francisco, 10/22/95 @ Kansas City, 12/8/02
Most Points, Both Teams, Third Quarter 6 Many times, last @ Arizona, 12/30/07
48 vs. Detroit, 10/29/50 (Rams 41, Lions 7)
31 @ New York Giants, 11/14/48 (Giants 21, Rams 10) TWO-POINT CONVERSIONS
@ Chicago, 11/3/86 (Rams 17, Bears 14) Most Two-Point Conversions, Season
28 Many times, last @ Cleveland, 12/12/90 (Rams 14, 4 1998, 2000, 2004
Browns 14) 2 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2005
Most Points, Fourth Quarter Most Two-Point Conversions, Opponents, Season
28 vs. Chicago, 10/26/52 7 1997
vs. San Francisco, 12/30/02 3 1994, 2000
24 @ Green Bay, 10/12/52 2 1988, 2007
@ Green Bay, 10/18/59 Most Two-Point Conversions, Game
@ Atlanta, 11/19/67 *4 vs. Atlanta, 10/15/00
21 Many times, last vs. New Orleans, 10/23/05 1 21 times, last vs. Arizona, 10/7/07
Most Points, Opponent, Fourth Quarter Most Two-Point Conversions, Opponent, Game
28 vs. San Francisco, 10/23/83 2 @ New Orleans, 11/11/07
23 @ Oakland, 12/18/82 1 Many times, last vs. Buffalo, 9/28/08
22 vs. Arizona, 11/20/05 Most Two-Point Conversion Attempts, Season
@ New Orleans, 11/11/07 9 2000
Most Points, Both Teams, Fourth Quarter 6 1995
38 @ New York Yanks, 11/19/50 (Yanks 21, Rams 17) 5 1994
35 vs. Minnesota, 11/17/72 (Vikings 21, Rams 14) Most Two-Point Conversion Attempts, Opponent, Season
vs. San Francisco, 10/23/83 (49ers 28, Rams 7) 8 1997
34 @ San Francisco, 10/4/92 (Rams 17, 49ers 17) 6 2000
4 1994, 2007
TOUCHDOWNS FIELD GOALS
Most Touchdowns, Season Most Field Goals Attempted, Season
67 2000 †49 1966
66 1999 47 1973
64 1950 45 1970
Most Field Goals Attempted, Opponent, Season Fewest First Downs, Game
39 2007 2 vs. Washington, 11/21/37
37 1993 3 Four times, last @ Detroit, 9/24/40
36 2004 4 Four times, last @ Detroit, 12/14/69
Most Field Goals Attempted, Game Fewest First Downs, Opponent, Game
7 vs. Detroit, 12/9/51 1 @ Seattle, 11/4/79
vs. Denver, 9/10/06 2 vs. Atlanta, 9/23/73
6 Many times, last @ New Orleans, 11/26/72 4 vs. Chicago Cardinals, 9/17/38
5 Many times, last @ Cleveland, 12/8/03 vs. Chicago Cardinals, 10/22/39
Most Field Goals Attempted, Opponent,Game Fewest First Downs, Both Teams, Game
7 vs. Baltimore, 12/4/54 12 vs. Chicago Cards, 10/3/37 (Rams 3, Cardinals 9)
vs. Minnesota, 11/5/89 13 @ Detroit, 10/15/44 (Rams 7, Lions 7)
6 Many times, last vs. New Orleans, 9/26/04 15 Many times, last @ San Francisco, 11/21/76
5 Many times, last @ Baltimore, 10/14/07 (Rams 8, 49ers 7)
Most Field Goals Made, Game Most First Downs, Rushing, Season
6 vs. Denver, 9/10/06 177 1973
5 vs. Detroit, 12/9/51 148 1983
vs. San Diego, 10/1/00 144 1980
4 Many times, last vs. Miami, 11/3/08 Fewest First Downs, Rushing, Season
Most Field Goals Made, Opponent, Game †36 1942
†7 vs Minnesota, 11/5/89 51 1944
5 vs. Dallas, 12/21/87 61 1982
vs. New Orleans, 9/26/04 Fewest First Downs, Rushing, Opponent, Season
@ Baltimore, 10/14/07 53 1999
4 Many times, last @ Tennessee, 12/13/09 63 1966
64 1966, 1970
SAFETIES Most First Downs, Rushing, Game
Most Safeties, Game 21 @ New Orleans, 11/25/73
*3 vs. New York Giants, 9/30/84 19 vs. Atlanta, 12/4/76
2 vs. Green Bay, 10/21/73 18 Three times, last @ Seattle, 11/4/79
1 Many times, last vs. Seattle, 11/25/07 Most First Downs, Rushing, Game, Opponent
Most Safeties, Game, Opponent 20 @ Washington, 11/25/51
2 @ San Francisco, 9/8/96 18 vs. New Orleans, 12/16/79
1 Many times, last vs. Seattle, 12/14/03 vs. Detroit, 9/7/80
17 @ Detroit, 10/12/58
FIRST DOWNS Fewest First Downs, Rushing, Game
0 @ San Francisco, 12/6/64
Most First Downs, Season
vs. New York Jets, 11/15/70
380 2000
@ Detroit, 11/17/91
357 2001
@ Kansas City, 12/8/02
335 1999, 2003
1 Many times, last @ Jacksonville, 10/18/09
Most First Downs, Opponent, Season
2 Many times, last vs. San Francisco, 1/3/2009
333 1994
Fewest First Downs, Rushing, Opponent, Game
2009
0 Many Times, last @ Seattle, 11/4/79
329 1996
1 Many Times, last @ San Francisco, 11/18/07
321 2000
2 Many times, last vs. Green Bay, 12/16/07
Fewest First Downs, Season
Most First Downs, Passing, Season
88 1937
247 2000
101 1938
236 2001
103 1942
219 2002
Fewest First Downs, Opponent, Season
Most First Downs, Passing, Opponent, Season
116 1944
198 1944
124 1939
195 2000
129 1945
191 1996
Most First Downs, Game
Fewest First Downs, Passing, Season
38 vs. New York Giants, 11/13/66
23 1937
34 vs. New York Yanks, 9/28/51
43 1944
vs. Arizona, 9/28/03
44 1941
33 vs. Green Bay, 12/16/56
Fewest First Downs, Passing, Opponent, Season
Most First Downs, Opponent, Game
28 1937
36 vs. Jacksonville, 10/20/96
41 1938, 1944
32 @ San Francisco, 11/20/94
43 1939
30 vs. Phoenix, 10/2/88
Most First Downs, Passing, Game
Most First Downs, Both Teams, Game
22 @ New York Giants, 10/2/05
58 vs. Chicago Bears, 10/24/54 (Rams 30, Bears 28)
21 Many times, last vs. San Diego, 10/1/00
57 @ New York Yanks, 11/19/50 (Rams 32, Yanks 25)
20 Many times, last @ New Orleans, 11/11/07
55 vs. Buffalo, 12/10/95 (Bills 28, Rams 27)
vs. Minnesota, 12/10/00 (Rams 32, Vikings 23)
Most First Downs, Opponent, Passing,Game Most Consecutive Games, 300 or More Yards
24 vs. Jacksonville, 10/20/96 30 2000-02
20 @ San Francisco, 10/3/04 29 1949-51
18 @ Arizona, 12/30/07 22 1999-2000
Fewest First Downs, Passing, Game
0 @ San Francisco, 10/10/71 RUSHING
1 Many times, last vs. Detroit, 10/19/86 ATTEMPTS
2 Many times, last @ New Orleans, 9/15/91 Most Rushing Attempts, Season
Fewest First Downs, Passing, Opponent, Game 659 1973
0 @ Pittsburgh, 11/13/49 621 1977
vs. Atlanta, 9/23/73 615 1980
1 Many times, last @ Seattle, 11/4/79 Most Rushing Attempts, Game
2 Many times, last vs. Atlanta, 10/26/86 65 @ Minnesota, 9/19/76
Most First Downs, Penalty, Season 63 @ Seattle, 11/4/79
36 1998 61 vs. New Orleans, 10/16/77
31 1990
1994 YARDS
29 1981
Most Yards Gained Rushing, Season
Most First Downs, Penalty, Opponent, Season
2,925 1973
35 1997
2,864 1984
33 1969
2,799 1980
32 1981, 1994
Most Yards Gained Rushing, Opponent, Season
Fewest First Downs, Penalty, Season
2,475 2008
5 1953
2,440 1961
6 1938
2,397 1981
7 1940, 1942
Fewest Yards Gained Rushing, Season
Fewest First Downs, Penalty, Opponent, Season
798 1938
4 1938, 1940
875 1942
5 1937
929 1941
6 1944
Fewest Yards Gained Rushing, Opponent, Season
1,119 1967
NET YARDS GAINED RUSHING/PASSING 1,189 1999
Most Yards Gained, Season 1,202 1982
*7,075 2000 Most Yards Gained Rushing, Game
6,690 2001 371 @ New York Yanks, 11/18/51
6,412 1999 340 @ New Orleans, 11/25/73
Most Yards Gained, Opponent, Season 337 vs. Carolina, 11/11/01
5,965 2009 Most Yards Gained Rushing, Opponent, Game
5,950 2008 352 @ Washington, 11/25/51
5,602 2005 330 @ Cleveland, 11/24/57
Fewest Yards Gained, Season vs. Detroit, 9/7/80
1,794 1937 307 vs. New Orleans, 11/18/81
2,253 1938 Most Yards Gained Rushing, Both Teams, Game
2,286 1941 *595 vs. New York Yanks, 11/18/50 (Rams 371, Yanks 224)
Fewest Yards Gained, Opponent, Season 548 vs. Minnesota 11/5/61 (Rams 295, Vikings 253)
2,519 1945 506 @ Green Bay, 10/22/44 (Packers 294, Rams 212)
2,717 1937 Fewest Yards Gained Rushing, Game
2,785 1939 -29 @ Washington, 10/11/42
Most Yards Gained, Game 6 vs. Arizona, 11/20/05
735 vs. New York Yanks, 9/28/51 10 @ Chicago Bears, 11/29/42
614 vs. San Diego, 10/1/00 Fewest Yards Gained Rushing, Opponent, Game
613 @ New York Yanks, 11/19/50 1 vs. Chicago Bears, 10/26/52
Most Yards Gained, Opponent, Game 6 vs. New York Giants, 11/12/89
582 vs. Cincinnati, 10/7/90 8 vs. New York Giants, 9/30/84
574 @ Baltimore, 11/25/56 Fewest Yards Gained Rushing, Both Teams, Game
541 @ Green Bay, 10/18/42 62 @ San Francisco, 12/6/64 (Rams 15, 49ers 47)
Most Yards Gained, Both Teams, Game 78 @ Detroit, 11/7/99 (Rams 57, Detroit 21)
*1,113 @ New York Yanks, 11/19/50 (Rams 636, Yanks 497) 82 vs. New Orleans, 9/6/98 (Rams 47, New Orleans 35)
995 vs. San Diego, 10/1/00 (Rams 614, Chargers 381) TOUCHDOWNS
937 vs. Denver, 9/4/00 (Rams 514, Broncos 424) Most Touchdowns Rushing, Season
Fewest Yards Gained, Game 28 1950
58 @ Chicago Bears, 11/29/42 26 2000
81 vs. Chicago Cards 10/3/37 24 1954
86 vs. Washington, 11/21/37 Most Touchdowns Rushing, Opponent, Season
Fewest Yards Gained, Opponent, Game 26 1961, 2008
*-7 @ Seattle, 11/4/79 24 2009
63 vs. Green Bay, 10/21/73 22 1992, 1996, 2005
68 @ Chicago Cards, 10/22/39
Most Touchdowns, Rushing, Game Most Passes Completed, Game
7 vs. Atlanta, 12/4/76 40 @ New York Giants, 10/2/05
6 vs. New York Yanks, 11/18/51 36 vs. San Diego, 11/10/02
5 vs. Chicago, 10/24/54 35 vs. San Francisco, 10/27/85
@ Detroit, 10/12/58 @ Seattle, 9/10/00
vs. Minnesota, 12/10/00 @ Green Bay, 11/29/04
Most Touchdowns, Rushing, Opponent, Game Most Passes Completed, Opponent, Game
6 vs. Cleveland, 11/24/57 37 @ New York Jets, 9/25/83
5 vs. Detroit, 10/30/60 vs. Jacksonville, 10/20/96
vs. Detroit, 9/7/80 @ Arizona, 9/29/96
@ Pittsburgh, 11/3/96 36 vs. New England, 11/16/86
4 Many times, last @ Indianapolis, 10/17/05 34 @ St. Louis, 11/4/84
Most Touchdowns Rushing, Both Teams, Game Most Passes Completed, Both Teams, Game
8 vs. New York Yanks, 11/18/51 (Rams 6, Yanks 2) 60 @ Philadelphia, 9/9/01 (Rams 28, Eagles 32)
7 @ Cleveland, 11/24/57 (Rams 1, Browns 6) 59 vs. Chicago, 12/26/99 (Rams 27, Bears 32)
@ Detroit, 10/12/58 (Rams 5, Lions 2) @ New York Giants, 10/2/05 (Rams 40, Giants 19)
vs. Atlanta, 12/4/76 (Rams 7, Falcons 0) 57 @ Baltimore, 10/27/96 (Rams 26, Ravens 31)
vs. Detroit, 9/7/80 (Rams 2, Lions 5) Fewest Passes Completed, Game
6 Many times, last @ Tampa Bay, 12/18/00 (Rams 3, 1 Many times, last @ New York Giants, 11/10/40
Buccaneers 3) 2 @ San Francisco, 10/10/71
3 Many times, last @ San Francisco, 11/21/76
PASSING Fewest Passes Completed, Opponent, Game
†0 vs. Pittsburgh, 11/13/49
ATTEMPTS
2 Many times, last @ Seattle, 11/4/79
Most Passes Attempted, Season
3 Many times, last @ Chicago, 9/24/72
635 2002
Fewest Passes Completed, Both Teams, Game
632 1995
1 vs. Detroit, 9/10/37 (Rams 1, Lions 0)
600 2003
4 vs. Chicago Bears, 10/9/38 (Rams 1, Bears 3)
Fewest Passes Attempted, Season
6 vs. Chicago Cards, 10/3/37 (Rams 3, Cardinals 3)
168 1937
vs. Pittsburgh, 10/29/39 (Rams 1, Steelers 5)
199 1945
208 1944
YARDS
Most Passes Attempted, Game
Most Yards Gained, Passing, Season
62 @ New York Giants, 10/2/05
*5,492 2000
61 vs. Buffalo, 12/10/95
4,903 2001
56 @ San Francisco, 9/11/05
4,480 2002
Most Passes Attempted, Opponent, Game
Most Yards Gained, Passing, Opponent, Season
64 vs. Philadelphia, 11/6/49
4,085 2000
58 @ Arizona, 9/29/96
4,024 1989
vs. Atlanta, 12/2/07
3,913 2009
55 vs. Chicago, 12/26/99
Fewest Yards Gained, Passing, Season
Most Passes Attempted, Both Teams, Game
839 1937
97 vs. Chicago, 12/26/99 (Bears 55, Rams 42)
1,261 1944
@ New York Giants, 10/2/05 (Rams 62, Giants 35)
1,352 1941
96 vs. Cardinals, 9/12/10 (Cardinals 41, Rams 55)
Fewest Yards Gained, Passing, Opponent, Season
93 vs. Atlanta, 12/2/07 (Rams 35, Atlanta 58)
883 1937
Fewest Passes Attempted, Game
1,248 1938
4 vs. Detroit, 9/10/37
1,249 1939
6 vs. Chicago Cards, 11/5/39
Most Yards Gained, Passing, Game
@ New York Giants, 11/10/40
541 vs. New York Yanks, 9/28/51
8 vs. Chicago Bears, 10/9/38
506 vs. Chicago, 12/26/82
@ San Francisco, 11/21/76
453 vs. San Diego, 11/10/02
Fewest Passes Attempted, Opponent, Game
Most Yards Gained, Passing, Opponent, Game
†0 vs. Detroit, 9/10/37
483 vs. Cincinnati, 10/7/90
@ Pittsburgh, 11/13/49
475 vs. San Francisco, 11/28/93
6 @ Brooklyn, 9/20/39
439 vs. San Francisco, 12/11/89
7 vs. Chicago Cards, 11/5/39
Most Yards Gained, Passing, Both Teams, Game
vs. Baltimore, 12/18/65
847 vs. Cincinnati, 10/7/90 (Rams 364, Bengals 483)
Fewest Passes Attempted, Both Teams, Game
784 vs. San Diego, 10/1/00 (Rams 451, Chargers 333)
4 vs. Detroit, 9/10/37 (Rams 4, Lions 0)
769 vs. Chicago 12/26/82 (Rams 506, Bears 263)
24 vs. Atlanta, 9/23/73 (Rams 15, Falcons 9)
Fewest Yards Gained, Passing, Game
25 Many times, last @ Pittsburgh, 11/13/49 (Rams 25,
-18 @ San Francisco, 10/10/71
Steelers 0)
-5 @ Dallas Texans, 11/9/52
COMPLETIONS
18 vs. Pittsburgh, 10/29/39
Most Passes Completed, Season
Fewest Yards Gained, Passing, Opponent, Game
408 2002
-30 @ Seattle, 11/4/79
392 2005
-1 @ Green Bay, 10/13/74
380 2000
0 vs. Detroit, 9/10/37
@ Pittsburgh, 11/13/49
Fewest Yards Gained, Passing, Both Teams, Game Most Sacks, Game
20 vs. Detroit, 9/10/37 (Rams 20, Lions 0) 10 vs. Atlanta, 9/28/69
28 @ Dallas Texans, 11/9/52 (Rams -5, Texans 33) vs. San Diego, 10/4/70
44 @ San Francisco, 11/21/76 (Rams 26, 49ers 18) 9 Many times, last @ Buffalo, 9/20/98
8 Three times, last vs. Minnesota, 11/30/03
COMPLETION PERCENTAGE Most Sacks, Opponent, Game
Highest Completion Percentage, Season 11 @ Baltimore, 11/22/64
68.8 2001 10 @ San Francisco, 12/6/74
65.4 2005 vs. San Francisco, 10/11/76
64.7 1999, 2000 9 @ New Orleans, 12/1/85
Highest Completion Percentage, Opponent, Season Most Sacks, Both Teams, Game
63.3 2002 16 @ Baltimore, 11/22/64 (Rams 5, Colts 11)
62.6 2008 14 @ New Orleans, 10/24/76 (Rams 9, Saints 5)
62.3 1982 13 vs. Tampa Bay, 11/5/78 (Rams 9, Buccaneers 4)
Highest Completion Percentage, Game (10 att.)
88.9 @ San Francisco, 11/7/54 INTERCEPTIONS
87.0 vs. San Francisco, 10/10/99 TOTAL INTERCEPTIONS
85.7 vs. New York Giants, 10/18/92 Most Interceptions, Season
Highest Completion Percentage, Opponent,Game (10 att.) 38 1952
91.3 vs. Cleveland, 12/26/93 32 1967, 1976
81.8 vs. Green Bay, 12/17/60 31 1950, 1955
81.0 vs. San Francisco, 11/18/62 Most Interceptions, Game
vs. Pittsburgh, 12/20/07 7 vs. Detroit, 11/26/44
vs. Green Bay, 11/11/45
HAD INTERCEPTED @ Chicago Bears, 10/9/49
Fewest Passes Had Intercepted, Season vs. San Francisco, 10/18/64
7 1969 6 @ Pittsburgh, 12/4/38
8 2006 @ New York Yanks, 11/19/50
11 1971, 1973, 1977 @ Dallas, 11/9/52
Most Passes Had Intercepted, Season @ Kansas City, 10/20/85
35 1941 @ Atlanta, 12/15/96
34 1938 5 Many times, last @ Tennessee, 12/13/09
32 1981
Most Passes Had Intercepted, Game YARDS GAINED
7 Many times, last vs. Detroit, 10/26/58 Most Yards, Season
6 Many times, last @ Carolina, 12/12/04 712 1952
5 Many times, last @ Tennessee, 12/13/09 567 1999
546 1980
TOUCHDOWNS Most Yards, Opponent, Season
Most Touchdowns, Passing, Season 518 1952
42 1999 497 1995
37 2000, 2001 492 2002
31 1950, 1980, 1988 Fewest Yards, Season
Most Touchdowns, Passing, Game 5 1959
6 vs. New York Bulldogs, 11/27/49 15 1938
vs. Washington, 12/11/49 24 1939
vs. Detroit, 10/29/50 Fewest Yards, Opponent, Season
5 Many times, last vs. San Diego, 10/1/00 27 1938
4 Many times, last vs. Washington, 12/24/06 40 1969
Most Touchdowns, Passing, Opponent, Game 61 1939
5 vs. St. Louis, 9/23/60 Most Yards, Game
vs. Chicago, 10/13/63 314 vs. San Francisco, 10/18/64
vs. Miami, 12/14/86 225 vs. Green Bay, 9/21/80
@ San Francisco, 12/27/87 177 vs. Jacksonville, 10/20/96
4 Many times, last @ New York Giants, 10/2/05 Most Yards, Opponent, Game
3 Many times, last vs. Indianapolis, 10/25/09 182 vs. Dallas Texans, 11/2/52
171 @ San Francisco, 11/26/95
SACKS 149 @ Chicago, 10/11/64
TOTAL SACKS Most Yards, Both Teams, Game
Most Sacks, Season 338 vs. San Francisco, 10/18/64 (Rams 314, 49ers 24)
57 1999 308 vs. Dallas Texans, 11/2/52 (Rams 126, Texans 182)
56 1980, 1985, 1988 244 vs. Detroit, 11/1/53 (Rams 129, Lions 115)
53 1970
Fewest Sacks, Season TOUCHDOWNS
17 1991 Most Touchdowns By Interceptions, Both Teams, Game
18 1982 3 vs. Detroit, 11/1/53 (Rams 2, Lions 1)
21 20XXXX @ Arizona, 12/30/07 (Rams 1, Cardinals 2)
26 1994 2 Many times, last @ Arizona, 11/23/03 (Rams 1,
Cardinals 1)
PUNTING Most Punt Returns, Both Teams, Game
TOTAL PUNTS 15 @ Detroit, 9/27/42 (Rams 7, Lions 8)
Most Punts, Season @ Baltimore, 11/27/66 (Rams 8, Colts 7)
98 1986 14 @ Atlanta, 9/12/76 (Rams 7, Falcons 7)
95 1979, 1997,1998 13 vs. Chicago, 11/23/75 (Rams 7, Bears 6)
90 2009 @ Atlanta, 9/18/77 (Rams 8, Falcons 5)
Most Punts, Opponents, Season @ Tampa Bay, 9/23/79 (Rams 7, Buccaneers 6)
108 1979 vs. Minnesota, 12/2/79 (Rams 4, Vikings 9)
104 1978
96 1986 FAIR CATCHES
Most Punts, Game Most Fair Catches, Season
12 vs. Chicago Bears, 10/9/38 25 1998, 1999
vs. Green Bay, 11/26/39 24 1989
@ New York, 11/10/40 23 1997, 2005
@ San Francisco, 11/21/76 Most Fair Catches, Opponent, Season
11 Many times, last @ vs. San Francisco, 1/3/2010 30 1968, 1986
10 Many times, last @ Philadelphia, 9/7/08 22 1985, 2006
Most Punts, Opponent, Game 21 1984, 1988, 1991
14 vs. New York Yanks, 9/28/51 Most Fair Catches, Game
12 Three times, last vs. Chicago Cardinals, 11/23/41 4 Many times, last @ Atlanta, 12/28/08
11 Many times, last @ Seattle, 11/4/79 3 Many times, last @ San Francisco, 10/4/09
2 Many times, last vs. Indianapolis, 10/25/09
AVERAGE YARDAGE Most Fair Catches, Opponent, Game
5 Four times, last vs. New England, 11/16/86
Highest Average Distance, Punting, Season
4 Many times, last @ San Francisco, 9/17/06
49.6 2008
3 Many times, last vs. Detroit, 10/1/06
47.2 2007
Most Fair Catches, Both Teams, Game
46.8 2009
8 @ Baltimore, 11/8/71 (Rams 3, Colts 5)
Highest Average Distance, Punting, Game (4 punts)
7 Many times, last vs. New York Jets 12/17/89
56.2 vs. Buffalo, 9/28/08
(Rams 4, Jets 3)
55.7 vs. New York Giants, 9/14/08
6 Many times, last @ San Francisco, 9/17/06 (Rams 2,
56.0 vs. Arizona, 10/7/07
49ers 4)
Highest Avg. Distance, Punting, Opponent, Game (4 punts)
57.3 @ Chicago Bears, 11/16/52
55.8 @ Detroit 10/10/54 YARDS GAINED
55.3 @ Washington, 10/26/41 Most Yards, Punt Returns, Season
711 1978
676 1981
PUNT RETURNS 640 1947
TOTAL RETURNS Most Yards, Punt Returns, Opponent, Season
Most Punt Returns, Season 681 1963
67 1978 652 1998
62 1970 637 1994
58 1969, 1979 Fewest Yards, Punt Returns, Season
Most Punt Returns, Opponents, Season 102 1993
60 1963, 1997 129 1960
59 1979 143 2004
58 1998 Fewest Yards, Punt Returns, Opponent, Season
Fewest Punt Returns, Season 55 1972
14 1961 67 1971
19 1993 116 1977
22 1982 Most Yards, Punt Returns, Game
Fewest Punt Returns, Opponent, Season 219 @ Atlanta, 10/11/81
17 2001 166 @ San Francisco, 10/25/81
22 1972 147 @ Cincinnati 10/3/99
23 1999 Most Yards, Punt Returns, Opponents, Game
Most Punt Returns, Game 155 vs. Washington, 9/21/63
8 Many times, last @ San Francisco, 10/25/81 148 @ Buffalo, 11/21/04
7 Many times, last @ Tennessee, 1031/99 141 @ Green Bay, 10/9/94
6 Many times, last vs. San Francisco, 9/7/97 Most Yards, Punt Returns, Both Teams, Game
Most Punt Returns, Opponent, Game *282 @ Atlanta, 10/11/81 (Rams 219, Falcons 63)
9 vs. Baltimore, 11/22/64 198 @ Chicago Bears, 10/10/48 (Rams 69, Bears 129)
vs. Minnesota, 12/2/79 189 @ Kansas City, 12/8/02 (Rams 94, Chiefs 95)
@ Philadelphia, 9/7/08
8 @ Detroit, 9/27/42
@ Chicago Bears, 11/29/42
7 Many times, last @ San Francisco, 11/18/07
TOUCHDOWNS Most Yards, Kickoff Returns, Game
Most Touchdowns, Punt Returns, Season 267 @ Kansas City, 10/22/00
3 1981 254 vs. Chicago, 10/13/63
2 1947, 1949, 1952, 1984, 1992, 1996 239 vs. St. Louis, 11/14/76
1 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007 Most Yards, Kickoff Returns, Opponent, Game
Most Touchdowns, Punt Returns, Opponent, Season 362 vs. Detroit, 10/29/50
3 1951, 1994 304 @ New Orleans, 10/23/94
2 1993, 2002, 2003 263 @ New York Giants, 11/11/48
Most Touchdowns, Punt Returns, Game Most Yards, Kickoff Returns, Both Teams, Game
†2 @ Atlanta, 10/11/81 560 vs. Detroit, 10/29/50 (Rams 198, Lions 362)
vs. Atlanta, 12/27/92 501 @ New Orleans, 10/23/94 (Rams 197, Saints 304)
Most Touchdowns, Punt Returns, Game, Opponent 384 @ New York Giants 11/14/48 (Rams 121, Giants 263)
2 @ Detroit, 10/14/51
1 Many times, last @ Buffalo 11/21/04 TOUCHDOWNS
Most Touchdowns, Kickoff Returns, Season
KICKOFF RETURNS 3 1950, 1985
Most Kickoff Returns, Season 2 1999
84 2004 1 1998, 2000, 2005
82 2007 Most Touchdowns, Kickoff Returns, Opponent, Season
80 2008 2 1950, 1964, 1967, 1981, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003,
Most Kickoff Returns, Opponent, Season 2006, 2007
86 2001 1 Many times, last in 2009
85 1999 Most Touchdowns, Kickoff Returns, Game
84 1989 2 vs. Green Bay, 11/24/85
Fewest Kickoff Returns, Season 1 Many times, last vs. Seattle, 10/9/05
26 1945 Most Touchdowns, Kickoff Returns, Game, Opponent
33 1977 2 @ New Orleans, 10/23/94
34 1975 vs. Chicago, 12/11/06
Fewest Kickoff Returns, Opponent, Season 1 Many times, last vs. Seattle, 11/25/07
19 1941
27 1942 FUMBLES
35 1955 TOTAL FUMBLES
Most Kickoff Returns, Game Most Fumbles, Season
9 vs. New Orleans, 10/28/01 42 1996
@ Tennesse, 12/13/09 40 1964, 1965
8 Many times, last vs. Pittsburgh, 12/20/07 39 1978, 1986
7 Many times, last @ Arizona, 12/30/07 Most Fumbles, Opponent, Season
Most Kickoff Returns, Opponent, Game 42 1996
9 vs. San Diego, 10/1/00 40 1964, 1965
8 Many times, last vs. Green Bay, 9/27/09 39 1978, 1986
7 Many times, last vs. Indianapolis, 10/25/09 Fewest Fumbles, Season
Most Kickoff Returns, Both Teams, Game 17 1960
15 vs. New Orleans, 10/28/01 (Rams 9, Saints 6) 18 2008
14 vs. Chicago Bears, 10/24/54 (Rams 7, Bears 7) 20 1942, 1993, 2006
@ San Francisco, 11/7/54 (Rams 7, 49ers 7) Fewest Fumbles, Opponent, Season
@ New Orleans, 10/23/94 (Rams 7, Saints 7) 13 1956
vs. San Diego, 10/1/00 (Rams 5, Chargers 9) 15 1974, 1982, 1994
@ Kansas City, 10/22/00 (Rams 8, Chiefs 6) 16 1998
Most Fumbles, Game
YARDS GAINED 8 vs. Detroit, 10/31/65
Most Yards, Kickoff Returns, Season 7 Many times, last vs. New Orleans, 12/16/79
1,938 2007 6 Many times, last @ New York Giants, 9/7/03
1,764 2009 Most Fumbles, Opponent, Game
1,761 2008 8 @ Chicago Cards, 11/27/38
Most Yards, Kickoff Returns, Opponent, Season 7 Many times, last vs. Arizona, 12/9/10
2,194 2001 6 Many times, last @ Green Bay, 9/4/88
2,115 1999 Most Fumbles, Both Teams, Game
1,888 2000 14 @ Chicago Bears, 11/24/40 (Rams 7, Bears 7)
Fewest Yards, Kickoff Returns, Season 12 @ Chicago Bears, 9/15/39 (Rams 6, Bears 6)
448 1945 @ Chicago Bears, 11/16/52 (Rams 7, Bears 5)
690 1949 11 @ New York Giants, 9/7/03 (Rams 6, Giants 5)
705 1977 @ New Orleans, 10/24/76 (Rams 4, Saints 7)
Fewest Yards, Kickoff Returns, Opponent, Season @ New York Giants, 12/1/46 (Rams 6, Giants 5)
463 1941 @ Chicago Cardinals, 11/27/38 (Rams 3, Cardinals 8)
545 1942
671 1940, 1991
FUMBLES LOST @ Chicago, 11/29/42
Most Fumbles Lost, Season @ New York, 11/16/41
24 1983 1 Many times, last vs. Atlanta, 1/6/02
23 1958 2 Many times, last @ Tampa Bay, 12/18/00
22 1953, 1965, 1978, 1986, 2001 Fewest Penalties, Opponent, Game
Most Fumbles Lost, Opponent, Season 0 @ New England 10/26/08
24 1947, 1948 vs. Chicago, 9/24/95
22 1984, 2003 vs. Minnesota, 11/19/72
20 1966, 1983 vs. New York, 9/27/41
Most Fumbles Lost, Game 1 Many times, last @ Seattle, 9/10/00
6 vs. New England, 12/11/83 2 Many times, last vs. Pittsburgh, 12/20/07
vs. Detroit, 10/31/65 Fewest Penalties, Both Teams, Game
@ Detroit, 9/29/40 1 vs. New York Yanks, 9/27/53 (Rams 1, Yanks 0)
5 Many times, last vs. Phoenix, 9/1/91 2 vs. Green Bay, 12/16/62 (Rams 1, Packers 1)
4 Many times, last vs. Tampa Bay, 11/26/01 vs. Baltimore, 12/18/65 (Rams 0, Colts 2)
Most Fumbles Lost, Opponent, Game 3 Many times, last @ Phoenix, 12/5/93 (Rams 1,
5 @ New Orleans, 10/24/76 Cardinals 2)
@ Green Bay, 9/25/66
@ Detroit, 10/15/44 YARDS PENALIZED
@ Chicago Cardinals, 11/27/38 Most Yards Penalized, Season
4 Many times, last vs. Cardinals, 12/9/10 1,169 1978
3 Many times, last @ Washington, 10/12/08 1,065 1997
Most Fumbles Lost, Both Teams, Game 1,015 1996
9 @ Chicago Bears, 9/15/39 (Rams 5, Bears 4) Most Yards Penalized, Opponent, Season
8 Many times, Last vs. New England, 12/11/83 (Rams 6, 1,066 2005
Patriots 2) 1,064 1997
7 @ Philadelphia, 12/1/02 (Rams 3, Eagles 4) 1,028 1951
@ Chicago Bears, 11/16/52 (Rams 4, Bears 3) Fewest Yards Penalized, Season
@ Detroit, 9/29/40 (Rams 6, Lions 1) 195 1938
@ Chicago Cardinals, 11/27/38 (Rams 2, Cardinals 5) 220 1939
218 1937
PENALTIES Fewest Yards Penalized, Opponent, Season
TOTAL PENALTIES 220 1939
Most Penalties, Season 249 1938
142 1997 318 1939
133 1978, 1996 Most Yards Penalized, Game
127 2004 162 vs. Baltimore, 10/22/50
Most Penalties, Opponent, Season 149 @ Dallas, 11/6/60
142 1997 145 @ Chicago Bears, 10/19/58
133 1978, 1996 Most Yards Penalized, Opponent, Game
118 1980 177 vs. San Francisco, 9/18/94
Fewest Penalties, Season 173 vs. Minnesota, 9/22/67
29 1941 150 vs. Detroit, 10/3/52
45 1942 Most Yards Penalized, Both Teams, Game
51 1959 269 vs. Green Bay, 12/3/50 (Rams 123, Packers 146)
Fewest Penalties, Opponent, Season 267 vs. Minnesota, 9/22/67 (Rams 94, Vikings 173)
43 1945 253 @ Atlanta, 11/19/67 (Rams 135, Falcons 118)
46 1942 Fewest Yards Penalized, Game
47 1941, 1958 0 Many times, last vs. New Orleans, 12/9/90
Most Penalties, Game 5 Many times, Last @ Arizona, 12/7/08
15 Five times, last vs. Philadelphia, 12/18/05 7 @ New Orleans, 10/30/88
14 Many times, last vs. New Orleans, 11/26/00 @ Detroit, 10/12/58
13 Many times, last vs. Green Bay, 12/16/07 Fewest Yards Penalized, Opponent, Game
Most Penalties, Opponent, Game †0 Three times, last @ New England, 10/26/08
18 vs. Chicago Bears, 11/10/46 5 Many times, last @ Atlanta, 10/14/93
vs. Cleveland, 10/7/51 7 @ New Orleans, 10/30/88
17 vs. New Orleans, 11/26/00 @ Green Bay 12/20/92
16 @ Chicago Bears, 10/10/48 Fewest Yards Penalized, Both Teams, Game
Most Penalties, Both Teams, Game 10 vs. Green Bay, 12/16/62 (Rams 5, Packers 5)
31 vs. New Orleans, 11/26/00 (Rams 14, Saints 17) 15 vs. Chicago Cards, 11/23/41 (Rams 5, Cardinals 10)
27 vs. Chicago Bears, 11/10/46 (Rams 9, Bears 18) vs. New York Yanks, 9/27/53 (Rams 15, Yanks 0)
26 vs. New Orleans, 11/8/81 (Rams 13, Saints 13) 20 Many times, last @ Phoenix, 12/5/93 (Rams 10,
vs. Cincinnati, 9/1/96 (Rams 11, Bengals 15) Cardinals 10)
@ Buffalo, 11/21/04 (Rams 11, Bills 15)
Fewest Penalties, Game
0 vs. New Orleans, 12/9/90
vs. Baltimore, 12/18/65
RAMS BIG DAYS
Bold denotes player active with Rams
Italics denotes rookie
RUSHING
247 Willie Ellison vs. New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 5, 1971 (26 carries, 1 TD)
223 Tom Wilson vs. Green Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 16, 1956 (23 carries, 0 TD)
221 Greg Bell vs. Green Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sept. 24, 1989 (28 carries, 2 TD)
220 Marshall Faulk @ New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 24, 2000 (32 carries, 2 TD)
215 Eric Dickerson vs. Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 9, 1984 (27 carries, 2 TD)
213 Charles White @ St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 15, 1987 (34 carries, 1 TD)
212 Jerome Bettis @ New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 12, 1993 (28 carries, 1 TD)
210 Greg Bell @ New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 24, 1989 (26 carries, 1 TD)
208 Eric Dickerson @ St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 4, 1984 (21 carries 0 TD)
208 Marshall Faulk vs. Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 15, 2000 (25 carries, 1 TD)
207 Eric Dickerson vs. Tampa Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 5, 1986 (30 carries, 2 TD)
205 Dan Towler @ Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 22, 1953 (14 carries, 1 TD)
202 Marshall Faulk @ Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 23, 2001 (30 carries, 2 TD)
199 Ollie Matson @ Chicago Bears . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 11, 1959 (31 carries, 3 TD)
199 Eric Dickerson vs. Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 2, 1983 (30 carries, 2 TD)
195 Trung Canidate @ New York Jets . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 21, 2001 (23 carries, 2 TD)
193 Eric Dickerson @ St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sept. 7, 1986 (38 carries, 2 TD)
192 Eric Dickerson @ New York Jets . . . . . . . . . . .Sept. 25, 1983 (28 carries, 2 TD)
191 Eric Dickerson @ Tampa Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 25, 1984 (28 carries, 3 TD)
183 Marshall Faulk vs. Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 11, 2001 (15 carries, 2 TD)
183 Marshall Faulk vs. Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 20, 2002 (32 carries, 3 TD)
181 Marshall Faulk @ Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 17, 1999 (18 carries, 1 TD)
179 Steven Jackson vs. Jacksonville . . . . . . . . .Oct. 30, 2005 (25 carries, 0 TD)
178 Marshall Faulk @ Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 3, 2002 (27 carries, 1 TD)
170 Eric Dickerson vs. Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 26, 1986 (30 carries, 0 TD)
169 Dick Bass @ Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 9, 1962 (20 carries, 1 TD)
168 Marshall Faulk vs. Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 6, 2002 (20 carries, 1 TD)
166 Ron Waller vs. Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sept. 30, 1956 (20 carries, 1 TD)
166 Charles White vs. Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 11, 1987 (33 carries, 1 TD)
164 Eric Dickerson @ New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 14, 1984 (20 carries, 0 TD)
161 Steven Jackson @ Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 28, 2008 (30 carries, 2 TD)
160 Steven Jackson vs. Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 10, 2008 (25 carries, 3 TD)
159 Charles White vs. Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 13, 1987 (29 carries, 2 TD)
158 Greg Hill, @ Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sept. 20, 1998 (19 carries, 2 TD)
158 Marshall Faulk vs. Oakland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 13, 2002 (26 carries, 0 TD)
155 Charles White @ Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 18, 1987 (31 carries, 0 TD)
155 Dan Towler vs. New York Yanks . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 18, 1951 (13 carries, 1 TD)
154 Marshall Faulk @ New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 12, 1999 (29 carries, 1 TD)
154 Dan Towler vs. Chicago Bears . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 25, 1953 (24 carries, 1 TD)
152 Lawrence McCutcheon @ New Orleans . . . . .Nov. 25, 1973 (20 carries, 0 TD)
152 Lawrence McCutcheon @ Chicago . . . . . . . . .Dec. 2, 1973 (24 carries, 0 TD)
152 Lawrence McCutcheon vs. Atlanta . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 11, 1977 (17 carries, 0 TD)
150 Eric Dickerson @ Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sept. 23, 1985 (31 carries, 3 TD)
150 Eric Dickerson vs. Green Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 24, 1985 (31 carries, 1 TD)
150 Steven Jackson vs. Washington . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 24, 2006 (33 carries, 1 TD)
PASSING
554 Norm Van Brocklin vs. New York Yanks . . . . . .Sept. 28, 1951 (30 / 46, 0 TD, 0 Int)
509 Vince Ferragamo vs. Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 26, 1982 (30 / 46, 3 TD, 2 Int)
454 Jim Everett @ New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 26, 1989 (29 / 51, 1 TD, 2 Int)
453 Marc Bulger vs. San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 10, 2002 (36 / 48, 4 TD, 0 Int)
450 Marc Bulger vs. New York Jets . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 2, 2005 (29 / 39, 3 TD, 2 Int)
448 Marc Bulger @ Green Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 29, 2004 (35 / 53, 2 TD, 1 Int)
442 Marc Bulger @ New York Giants . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 2, 2005 (40 / 62, 2 TD, 3 Int)
441 Kurt Warner vs. Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sept. 4, 2000 (25 / 35, 3 TD, 3 Int)
436 James Harris @ Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 3, 1976 (17 / 29, 2 TD, 1 Int)
431 Trent Green vs. Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 5, 2000 (29 / 42, 2 TD, 0 Int)
406 Jim Hardy vs. Chicago Cardinals . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 31, 1948 (28 / 53, 3 TD, 2 Int)
401 Tony Banks @ Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 2, 1997 (30 / 42, 2 TD, 1 Int)
401 Kurt Warner @ New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 18, 2001 (23 / 34, 3 TD, 2 Int)
394 Kurt Warner vs. San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sept. 17, 2000 (23 / 34, 2 TD, 2 Int)
390 Kurt Warner vs. San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 1, 2000 (24 / 30, 4 TD, 0 Int)
388 Marc Bulger vs. Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 24, 2006 (25 / 38, 4 TD, 0 Int)
385 Kurt Warner vs. New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 28, 2001 (29 / 47, 1 TD, 4 Int)
378 Marc Bulger @ San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 2, 2003 (26 / 42, 1 TD, 2 Int)
377 Jim Everett @ Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 6, 1988 (24 / 45, 2 TD, 4 Int)
375 Marc Bulger @ Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 26, 2003 (22 / 37, 1 TD, 0 Int)
372 Billy Wade @ Green Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 16, 1958 (19 / 42, 1 TD, 2 Int)
372 Jim Everett vs. Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 7, 1990 (25 / 46, 2 TD, 0 Int)
372 Mark Rypien vs. Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 10, 1995 (31 / 55, 1 TD, 2 Int)
368 Jim Everett vs. Indianapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sept. 17, 1989 (28 / 35, 3 TD, 1 Int)
368 Marc Bulger vs. San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sept. 19, 2007 (24 / 41, 1 TD, 0 Int)
366 Trent Green vs. Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 20, 2000 (23 / 38, 2 TD, 1 Int)
365 Jim Everett @ Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 27, 1988 (25 / 47, 2 TD, 1 Int)
365 Jim Everett vs. New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 9, 1990 (31 / 50, 1 TD, 2 Int)
362 Marc Bulger @ San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sept. 11, 2005 (34 / 56, 2 TD, 1 Int)
360 Marc Bulger vs. Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 15, 2006 (26 / 39, 3 TD, 1 Int)
359 Kurt Warner vs. Indianapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 30, 2001 (23 / 30, 3 TD, 1 Int)
358 Marc Bulger vs. New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sept. 26, 2004 (32 / 49, 1 TD, 0 Int)
356 Billy Wade @ Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 23, 1958 (24 / 41, 0 TD, 2 Int)
356 Marc Bulger vs. Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 11, 2006 (34 / 55, 3 TD, 0 Int)
354 Jamie Martin vs. San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 24, 2005 (33 / 41, 1 TD, 2 Int)
354 Marc Bulger vs. Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 5, 2006 (31 / 42, 1 TD, 0 Int)
353 Tony Banks @ Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 27, 1996 (26 / 40, 1 TD, 1 Int)
352 Marc Bulger vs. Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 13, 2003 (23 / 34, 2 TD, 2 Int)
351 Kurt Warner @ Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 5, 1999 (22 / 31, 3 TD, 2 Int)
FIELD GOALS
Years G Att. Made Pct. Long
Lansford, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1982-90) 10 12 9 75.0 43
Wilkins, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1997-2007) 10 23 17 73.9 55
Corral, Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1978-81) 6 11 7 63.6 45
Ray, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1969-74) 4 7 4 57.1 40
NFL Record (Min. 10 Field Goals)
Martin Gramatica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1999- ) 9 14 13 92.9 50
PUNTING
Years G No. Avg. Long Blk.
Burke, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1974) 2 10 43.4 49 0
Baker, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(2000-01) 4 17 43.0 53 0
Clark, Ken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1979) 3 15 40.6 59 0
Horan, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1999) 3 9 40.9 48 0
Waterfield, Bob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1946-52) 7 35 40.1 61 0
NFL Record (Min. 25 Punts)
Sauerbrun, Todd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1995-2007) 9 43 44.4 59 0
INTERCEPTIONS
Years G No. Yds. Avg. Long TD
*Simpson, Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1974-78) 8 6 137 22.8 65t 1
Irvin, LeRoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1980-89) 11 4 149 37.3 94 0
Elmendorf, Dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1971-79) 11 3 15 5.0 10 0
Williams, Aeneas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(2001-04) 6 3 61 20.3 32t 2
Polley, Tommy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(2001-04) 6 3 72 24.0 37 1
Robertson, Isiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1971-78) 10 2 74 37.0 59t 1
Brown, Eddie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1978-79) 5 2 27 13.5 21 0
Reynolds, Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1970-80) 13 2 16 8.0 12 0
Jackson, Monte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1975-77) 5 2 0 0.0 0 0
*Simpson shares NFL record of nine interceptions in postseason play with Ronnie Lott (San Francisco/Los Angeles Raiders) and
Charlie Waters (Dallas). Simpson had three interceptions with Buffalo.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYOFF RECORDS
SERVICE Most Made, No Misses, Career
Most Games, Career 26 Jeff Wilkins, 1997-2007
18 Jackie Slater, 1976-94 14 Mike Lansford, 1982-90
17 Jack Youngblood, 1971-84 9 Tom Dempsey, 1975-76
16 Dennis Harrah, 1975-87
TWO-POINT CONVERSIONS
SCORING Most Two-Point Conversions, Career
POINTS 1 Dane Looker, 2002-08
Most Two-Point Conversions, Game
Most Points, Game
1 Dane Looker, vs. Carolina, 1/10/04
18 Tom Fears, vs. Chicago, 12/17/50
15 Jeff Wilkins, vs. Carolina, 1/10/04
12 Dick Hoerner, @ Cleveland, 12/24/50 FIELD GOALS
Eric Dickerson, vs. Dallas, 1/4/84 Most Attempted, Game
Willie Anderson, @ New York Giants, 1/7/90 6 David Ray, @ Dallas, 12/23/73
Marshall Faulk, vs. Philadelphia, 1/27/02 Jeff Wilkins, vs. Carolina, 1/10/04
Game, Opponent 4 Jeff Wilkins, vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (SB XXXIV)
18 Preston Pearson, vs. Dallas, 1/4/76 Jeff Wilkins, vs. Philadelphia, 1/27/02
John Riggins, @ Washington, 1/1/84 3 Frank Corral, @ Tampa Bay, 1/6/80
16 Marlin (Pat) Harder, @ Detroit, 12/21/52 Bruce Gossett, @ Minnesota, 12/27/69
15 Mark Moseley, @ Washington, 1/1/84 Most Attempted, Opponent, Game
5 John Kasay, vs. Carolina, 1/10/04
TOUCHDOWNS 4 Jess Atkinson, @ Washington, 12/28/86
Mike Cofer, @ San Francisco, 1/14/90
Game
3 Many times, last by Al Del Greco, vs. Tennessee,
3 Tom Fears, vs. Chicago, 12/17/50 (3 p)
1/30/00 (SB XXXIV)
2 Dick Hoerner, @ Cleveland, 12/24/50 (2 r)
Most Made, Game
Eric Dickerson, vs. Dallas, 1/4/84 (2 r)
5 Jeff Wilkins, vs. Carolina, 1/10/04
Willie Anderson, @ New York Giants, 1/7/90 (2 p)
3 David Ray, @ Dallas, 12/23/73
Marshall Faulk, vs. Philadelphia, 1/27/02 (2 r)
Frank Corral, @ Tampa Bay, 1/6/80
Game, Opponent
Jeff Wilkins, vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (SB XXXIV)
3 Preston Pearson, vs. Dallas, 1/4/76 (3 p)
Jeff Wilkins, vs. Philadelphia, 1/27/02
John Riggins, @ Washington, 1/1/84 (3 r)
2 Many times, Last by Mike Lansford, @ New York
Willie Jackson, @ New Orleans, 12/30/00 (3 p)
Giants, 1/7/90
2 Many times, last by Warrick Dunn, @ Atlanta,
Most Made, Opponent, Game
1/15/05 (2 r)
4 Jess Atkinson, @ Washington, 12/28/86
Most Consecutive Games Scoring Touchdown
3 Many times, last by John Kasay, vs. Carolina, 1/10/04
3 Preston Dennard, 1980-83
2 Many times, last by Adam Vinatieri, vs. New England,
2 Many times, last by Torry Holt, 2004
2/3/02 (SB XXXVI)
Most Consecutive Field Goals Made
POINTS AFTER TOUCHDOWNS
5 Mike Lansford, 1983-86
Most Attempted, Career
Jeff Wilkins, 2003
26 Jeff Wilkins, 1997-2007
3 David Ray, 1973-74
15 Bob Waterfield, 1946-52
Frank Corral, 1980
14 Mike Lansford, 1982-90
Mike Lansford, 1990
Most Attempted, Game
Jeff Wilkins, 2001
7 Jeff Wilkins, vs. Minnesota, 1/16/00
2 By many, last by Jeff Wilkins, 1999
6 Jeff Wilkins, vs. Green Bay, 1/20/02
Most Consecutive Games Made
5 Tom Dempsey, vs. St. Louis, 12/27/75
5 Jeff Wilkins, 2001-04
Most Made, Career
2 David Ray, 1973-74
26 Jeff Wilkins, 1997-2007
Frank Corral, 1980
14 Bob Waterfield, 1946-52
Mike Lansford, 1990
Mike Lansford, 1982-90
Jeff Wilkins, 1999
9 Tom Dempsey, 1975-76
Longest Field Goal
Frank Corral, 1978-91
55 Jeff Wilkins, @ Atlanta, 1/15/05
Most Made, Game
51 Jeff Wilkins, vs. Carolina, 1/10/04
7 Jeff Wilkins, vs. Minnesota, 1/16/00
50 Jeff Wilkins, vs. New England, 2/3/02 (SB XXXVI)
6 Jeff Wilkins, vs. Green Bay, 1/20/00
Longest Field Goal, Opponent
5 Tom Dempsey, vs. St. Louis, 12/27/75
52 Lou Groza, vs. Cleveland, 12/23/51
Most Made, Game, Opponent
John Kasay, vs. Carolina, 1/10/04
6 Mark Moseley, @ Washington, 1/1/84
48 Adam Vinatieri, vs. New England, 2/3/02 (SB XXXVI)
Jay Feely, @ Atlanta 1/15/05
47 Josh Brown, @ Seattle, 1/8/05
5 Lou Groza, vs. Cleveland, 12/26/55
4 Many times, last by Doug Brien, @ New Orleans,
12/30/00
SAFETIES Game, Opponent
Most, Game 3 John Riggins, @ Washington, 1/1/84
1 Team, vs. Tampa Bay, 1/23/00 2 Many times, last by Warrick Dunn, @ Atlanta, 1/15/05
Team, vs. Washington, 12/16/45 1 Many times, last by T.J. Duckett, @ Atlanta, 1/15/05
Most, Opponent, Game Most Consecutive Games Rushing for Touchdown
1 Carl Eller, @ Minnesota, 12/27/69 2 Dick Hoerner, 1950-51
Jim Jensen, @ Dallas, 12/19/76 Dan Towler, 1951-52
Randy White, @ Dallas, 12/30/79 Lawrence McCutcheon, 1976
Brady Smith, @ Atlanta, 1/15/05 Eric Dickerson, 1984-85
Marshall Faulk, 2003-04
RUSHING
ATTEMPTS PASSING
Game ATTEMPTS
37 Lawrence McCutcheon, vs. St. Louis, 12/27/75 Game
34 Eric Dickerson, vs. Dallas, 1/4/86 46 Marc Bulger, vs. Carolina, 1/10/04
31 Marshall Faulk, vs. Philadelphia, 1/27/02 45 Kurt Warner, vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (SB XXXIV)
Opponent, Game Jim Everett, @ Minnesota, 12/26/88
31 Steve Van Buren, vs. Philadelphia, 12/18/49 44 Jim Everett, @ New York Giants, 1/7/90
Chuck Foreman, vs. Minnesota, 12/26/77 Kurt Warner, vs. New England, 2/3/02 (SB XXXVI)
29 George Rogers, @ Washington, 12/28/86 Game, Opponent
28 Eddie George, vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (SB XXXIV) 53 Danny White, @ Dallas, 12/26/83
50 Jeff George, vs. Minnesota, 1/16/00
YARDS GAINED 44 Brett Favre, vs. Green Bay, 1/20/02
Game
248 Eric Dickerson, vs. Dallas, 1/4/86 COMPLETIONS
202 Lawrence McCutcheon, vs. St. Louis, 12/27/75 Game
159 Marshall Faulk, vs. Philadelphia, 1/27/02 28 Kurt Warner, vs. New England, 2/3/02 (SB XXXVI)
Game, Opponent 27 Kurt Warner, vs. Minnesota, 1/16/00
204 Steve Van Buren, vs. Philadelphia, 12/18/79 Marc Bulger, vs. Carolina, 1/10/04
160 Tony Dorsett, vs. Dallas, 12/28/80 26 Kurt Warner, vs. Tampa Bay, 1/23/00
142 Warrick Dunn, @ Atlanta, 1/15/05 Game, Opponent
Longest Run 32 Danny White, @ Dallas, 12/26/83
65 Eric Dickerson, @ Washington, 12/28/86 29 Jeff George, vs. Minnesota, 1/16/00
55 Eric Dickerson, vs. Dallas, 1/4/86 27 Matt Hasselbeck, @ Seattle, 1/8/05
54 Greg Bell, @ Philadelphia, 12/31/89 Consecutive Passes Completed
Longest Run, Opponent 12 Kurt Warner, vs. Minnesota, 1/16/00
64 Stephen Davis, vs. Carolina, 1/10/04 8 Roman Gabriel, @ Minnesota, 12/27/69
62 Chuck Foreman, @ Minnesota, 12/26/76 7 Roman Gabriel, @ Minnesota, 12/27/69
Warrick Dunn, @ Atlanta, 1/15/05 Vince Ferragamo, @ Tampa Bay, 1/6/80
53 Tony Dorsett, vs. Dallas, 1/7/79 Marc Bulger, vs. Carolina, 1/10/04
Most Games, 100 or More Yards
3 Lawrence McCutcheon, 1972-79 COMPLETION PERCENTAGE
Eric Dickerson, 1983-87 Game (20 attempts)
2 Cullen Bryant, 1973-82, 87 84.4 Kurt Warner, vs. Minnesota, 1/16/00 (27 of 33)
1 Jim Gillette, 1940, 1944-45 68.8 Roman Gabriel, @ Minnesota, 12/27/69 (22 of 32)
Greg Bell, 1987-89 66.7 Bob Waterfield, vs. Chicago, 12/17/50 (14 of 21)
Marshall Faulk, 1999-2006 Kurt Warner, vs. Philadelphia, 1/27/02 (22 of 33)
Most Consecutive Games, 100 or More Yards
2 Lawrence McCutcheon, 1976-77 YARDS GAINED
Game
AVERAGE GAIN 414 Kurt Warner, vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (SB XXXIV)
Career (50 attempts) 391 Kurt Warner, vs. Minnesota, 1/16/00
5.07 Eric Dickerson, 1983-87 365 Kurt Warner, @ New Orleans, 12/30/00
4.54 Greg Bell, 1987-89 Kurt Warner, vs. New England, 2/3/02 (SB XXXVI)
4.05 Cullen Bryant, 1973-82, 87 Game, Opponent
Game (10 attempts) 424 Jeff George, vs. Minnesota, 1/16/00
7.29 Eric Dickerson, vs. Dallas, 1/4/86 341 Matt Hasselbeck, @ Seattle, 1/8/05
6.38 Lawrence McCutcheon, vs. Minnesota, 12/26/77 330 Danny White, @ Dallas, 12/26/83
6.08 Eric Dickerson, @ Washington, 12/28/86 Most Games, 300 or More Passing Yards, Career
4 Kurt Warner, 1998-2003
TOUCHDOWNS 2 Marc Bulger, 2001-
Game 1 Bob Waterfield, @ Cleveland, 12/24/50
2 Dick Hoerner, @ Cleveland, 12/24/50 Jim Everett, @ Philadelphia, 1/7/90
Eric Dickerson, vs. Dallas, 1/4/86 Longest Pass Completion
Marshall Faulk, vs. Philadelphia, 1/27/02 82t Bob Waterfield (to Glenn Davis), @ Cleveland,
1 Many times, last by Marshall Faulk, @ Seattle, 1/8/05 12/24/50
77t Kurt Warner (to Isaac Bruce), vs. Minnesota, 2/3/02 (SB XXXVI)
1/16/00 Game, Opponent
73t Norm Van Brocklin (to Tom Fears), vs. Cleveland, 7 Roger Staubach, @ Dallas, 12/23/73
12/23/51 5 Danny White, vs. Dallas, 1/4/86
73 James Harris (to Harold Jackson), @ Minnesota, Wade Wilson, @ Minnesota, 12/26/88
12/29/74 Shaun King, vs. Tampa Bay, 1/23/00
73t Kurt Warner (to Isaac Bruce), vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 4 Many times, last by Jeff George, vs. Minnesota, 1/16/00
(SB XXXIV)
Longest Pass Completion, Opponent PASS RECEIVING
83t Roger Staubach (to Drew Pearson), @ Dallas, 12/23/78 RECEPTIONS
73t Terry Bradshaw (to John Stallworth), vs. Pittsburgh, Game
1/20/80 (SB XIV) 9 Tom Fears, @ Cleveland, 12/24/50
69t Jake Delhomme (to Steve Smith), vs. Carolina, 1/10/04 Marshall Faulk, vs. Carolina, 1/10/04
8 Henry Ellard, @ New York Giants, 1/7/90
TOUCHDOWNS Isaac Bruce, vs. Philadelphia, 1/27/02
Game 7 10 times, last by Kevin Curtis, @ Atlanta, 1/15/05
5 Kurt Warner, vs. Minnesota, 1/16/00 Game, Opponent
3 Bob Waterfield, vs. Chicago, 12/27/50 12 Darrell Jackson, @ Seattle, 1/8/05
Vince Ferragamo, @ Dallas, 12/26/83 11 Dante Lavelli, @ Cleveland, 12/24/50
Kurt Warner, @ New Orleans, 12/30/00 9 Tony Hill, @ Dallas, 12/26/83
2 Many times, last by Marc Bulger, @ Atlanta, 1/15/05 Keith Byars, @ Philadelphia, 12/31/89
Game, Opponent Randy Moss, vs. Minnesota, 1/16/00
4 Otto Graham, @ Cleveland, 12/24/50 Most Consecutive Games, Pass Reception
Roger Staubach, vs. Dallas, 1/4/76 10 Henry Ellard, 1983-93
Jeff George, vs. Minnesota, 1/16/00 Marshall Faulk, 1999-2006
Aaron Brooks, @ New Orleans, 12/30/00 Torry Holt, 1999-2008
3 Danny White, @ Dallas, 12/28/80 9 Isaac Bruce, 1994-2007
2 Many times, last by Michael Vick, @ Atlanta, 1/15/05 8 Lawrence McCutcheon, 1973-77
Most Consecutive Games, Touchdown Pass
7 Kurt Warner, 1998-2003 YARDS
4 Jim Everett, 1986-90 Game
3 Norm Van Brocklin, 1951-55 198 Tom Fears, vs. Chicago, 12/17/50
Pat Haden, 1976-78 162 Isaac Bruce, vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (SB XXXIV)
Vince Ferragamo, 1980-84 139 Dante Lavelli, @ Cleveland, 12/23/51
Harold Jackson, @ Minnesota, 12/29/74
HAD INTERCEPTED Game, Opponent
Game 188 Randy Moss, vs. Minnesota, 1/16/00
6 Norm Van Brocklin, vs. Cleveland, 12/26/55 171 Charlie Brown, @ Washington, 1/1/84
4 Bob Waterfield, @ Cleveland, 12/24/50 163 Steve Smith, vs. Carolina, 1/10/04
3 Many times, last by Marc Bulger, vs. Carolina, 1/10/04 Longest Pass Reception (All TDs unless noted)
Game, Opponent 82t Glenn Davis, @ Cleveland, 12/24/50
6 Brett Favre, vs. Green Bay, 1/20/02 77t Isaac Bruce, vs. Minnesota, 1/16/00
4 Bobby Layne, @ Detroit, 12/21/52 73t Tom Fears, vs. Cleveland, 12/23/51
3 Many times, last by Danny White, vs. Dallas,1/4/86 73 Harold Jackson, @ Minnesota, 12/29/74 (no TD)
Most Consecutive Passes Attempted, None Intercepted 73t Isaac Bruce, vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (SB XXXIV)
72 Kurt Warner, 2001 Longest Pass Reception, Opponent
63 Kurt Warner, 1999 83t Drew Pearson, @ Dallas, 12/23/73
55 Norm Van Brocklin, 1949-55 73t John Stallworth, vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 (SB XIV)
Most Attempts, No Interceptions, Game 69t Steve Smith, vs. Carolina, 1/10/04
45 Kurt Warner, vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (SB XXXIV) Most Games, 100 or More Yards, Career
34 Jim Everett, @ Minnesota, 12/26/88 4 Isaac Bruce, 1994-2007
33 Kurt Warner, vs. Philadelphia, 1/27/02 3 Tom Fears, 1948-56
Most Attempts, No Interceptions, Opponent 2 Harold Jackson, 1968, 73-77
36 Steve McNair, vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (SB XXXIV) Torry Holt, 1999-2008
35 Randall Cunningham, @ Philadelphia, 12/31/89 Kevin Curtis, 2003-2006
31 Phil Simms, vs. New York Giants, 12/23/84
AVERAGE GAIN
TIMES SACKED Game (3 receptions)
Game 46.3 Tom Fears, vs. Cleveland, 12/23/51 (3-139)
5 Roman Gabriel, @ Green Bay, 12/23/67 46.3 Harold Jackson, @ Minnesota, 12/29/74 (3-139)
John Hadl, @ Dallas, 12/23/73 33.3 Isaac Bruce, vs. Minnesota, 1/16/00 (4-133)
Ron Jaworski, vs. Dallas, 1/4/76 Game, Opponent (3 receptions)
Marc Bulger, @ Seattle, 1/8/05 40.3 John Stallworth, vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80, (SB XIV)
4 Vince Ferragamo, vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 (SB XIV (3-121)
) Marc Bulger, @ Atlanta, 1/15/05 31.7 Steve Bagarus, vs. Washington, 12/16/45 (3-95)
3 Many times, last by Kurt Warner, vs. New England, Dante Lavelli, vs. Cleveland, 12/26/55 (3-95)
28.5 Charlie Brown, @ Washington, 1/1/84 (6-171) 45.8 Kevin Stemke, @ Atlanta, 1/15/05 (4-183)
Game, Opponent (4 punts)
TOUCHDOWNS 47.6 Mitch Berger, vs. Minnesota, 1/16/00 (5-238)
Game \ 46.9 Mike Saxon, vs. Dallas, 1/4/86 (7-328)
3 Tom Fears, vs. Chicago, 12/17/50 46.7 Marv Bateman, @ Dallas, 12/23/73 (7-327)
2 Willie Anderson, @ New York Giants, 1/7/90
Game, Opponent HAD BLOCKED
3 Preston Pearson, vs. Dallas, 1/4/76 Career
Willie Jackson, @ New Orleans, 12/30/00 3 Rusty Jackson, 1976
2 Dante Lavelli, @ Cleveland, 12/24/50 1 Bob Waterfield, 1946-52
Drew Pearson, @ Dallas, 12/23/73 Glen Walker, 1977
Art Monk, @ Washington, 1/1/84 Most Consecutive Punts, None Blocked
Randy Moss, vs. Minnesota, 1/16/00 44 Dale Hatcher, 1985-89, 91
Most Consecutive Games, Touchdown 18 Bob Waterfield, 1946-52
2 Tom Fears, 1951-52 17 John Misko, 1982-84
Harold Jackson, 1974-75 John Baker, 2000-01
Harold Jackson, 1976-77
Preston Dennard, 1983 INSIDE 20
Isaac Bruce, 1999-2000 Career
Torry Holt, 2004 14 Dale Hatcher, 1985-89, 91
6 John Baker, 2000-01
RUSHING-RECEIVING 5 Bob Waterfield, 1946-52
ATTEMPTS Game
Game 3 Five times, last by John Baker, vs. New England,
40 Lawrence McCutcheon, vs. St. Louis, 12/22/74 2/3/02 (SB XXXVI)
(ru 37, re 3) 2 Many times, last by John Baker, vs. Green Bay,
35 Eric Dickerson, vs. Dallas, 1/4/86 (ru 34, re 1) 1/20/02
Marshall Faulk, vs. Philadelphia, 1/27/02 (ru 31, re 4) 1 Many times, last by Kevin Stemke, @ Seattle, 1/8/05
29 Wendell Tyler, @ Tampa Bay, 1/6/80 (ru 28, re 1)
PUNT RETURNS
YARDS RETURNS
Game Game
247 Eric Dickerson, vs. Dallas, 1/4/86 (ru 248, re 1) 6 Eddie Brown, @ Tampa Bay, 1/6/80
210 Lawrence McCutcheon, vs. St. Louis, 12/22/74 5 Jackie Wallace, vs. Minnesota, 12/31/78
(ru 202, re 8) 4 Five times, last by Az-Zahir Hakim vs. Minnesota
172 Marshall Faulk, vs. Philadelphia, 1/27/02 1/16/00
(ru 159, re 13) Game, Opponent
6 George McAfee, vs. Chicago, 12/19/50
PUNTING 5 James Jones, @ Dallas, 12/28/80
PUNTS 4 Many times, last by Karl Williams, vs. Tampa Bay,
Game 1/23/00
11 Dale Hatcher, @ Chicago, 1/12/86
9 Bob Waterfield, vs. Philadelphia, 12/18/49 FAIR CATCHES
7 Many times, last by Dale Hatcher, @ San Francisco, Career
1/14/90 7 Dre’ Bly, 1999-2002
Game, Opponent 3 Dave Elmendorf, 1971-79
10 Maury Buford, @ Chicago, 1/11/86 2 Many times, last by Az-Zahir Hakim, 1998-2001
8 Neil Clabo, vs. Minnesota, 12/26/77 Game
Tom Blanchard, @ Tampa Bay, 1/6/80 3 Dre’ Bly, vs. Philadelphia, 1/27/02
Ken Walter, vs. New England, 2/3/02 (SB XXXVI) 2 Tom Kalmanir, vs. Cleveland, 12/23/50
7 Many times, last by Bucky Scribner, @ Minnesota, Verda (V.T.) Smith, vs. Cleveland, 12/23/50
12/26/88 Ed Meador, @ Green Bay, 12/23/67
Longest Punt Dave Elmendorf, vs. St. Louis, 12/27/75
64 Dave Chapple, @ Dallas, 12/23/73 Dre’ Bly, vs. Green Bay, 1/20/02
63 Dale Hatcher, @ Minnesota, 12/26/88 Dre’ Bly, vs. New England, 2/3/02 (SB XXXVI)
61 Bob Waterfield, @ Cleveland, 12/24/50 Game, Opponent
Longest Punt, Opponent 3 Willie Wood, @ Green Bay, 12/23/67
68 Horace Gillom, @ Cleveland, 12/24/50 Nick Giaquinto, @ Washington, 1/1/84
57 Neil Clabo, vs. Minnesota, 12/26/77 Gordon Banks, vs. Dallas, 1/4/86
55 Many times, last by Maury Buford, @ Chicago, 1/11/86 2 Chad Morton, @ New Orleans, 12/30/00
SACKS
TOTAL SACKS
Career
8.5 Jack Youngblood, 1971-84
7 Kevin Greene, 1985-92
5 Leonard Little, 1998-
Game
3 Gary Jeter, vs. Dallas, 1/4/86
Kevin Greene, @ Minnesota, 12/26/88
2.5 Jack Youngblood, @ Dallas, 12/23/73
2 Leonard Little, vs. Philadelphia, 1/27/02
Brian Young, vs. Carolina, 1/10/04
Game, Opponent
3.5 Henry Jordan, @ Green Bay, 12/23/67
2 Carl Eller, @ Minnesota, 12/26/76
Lawrence Taylor, @ New York Giants, 1/7/90
Chike Okeafor, @ Seattle, 1/8/05
BLOCKED KICKS
BLOCKED PUNTS
Game
Never
Game, Opponent
2 Charlie Waters, @ Dallas, 12/19/76
1 Leo Skladany, vs. Philadelphia, 12/18/49
Matt Blair, @ Minnesota, 12/26/76
Scott Studwell, @ Minnesota, 12/31/78
YARDS GAINED
Game
10 Dave Elmendorf, vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
6 Eddie Brown, vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
Game, Opponent
47 Ty Law, vs. New England, 2/3/02
30 Otis Smith, vs. New England, 2/3/02
16 Jack Lambert, vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
Longest Return
10 Dave Elmendorf, vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
6 Eddie Brown, vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
Longest Return, Opponent
47t Ty Law, New England, 2/3/02
30 Otis Smith, New England, 2/3/02
16 Jack Lambert, vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
FUMBLES
OPPONENTS FUMBLES RECOVERED
Game, Opponent
1 Terrell Buckley vs. New England, 2/3/02
Longest Fumble Return
None
Longest Fumble Return, Opponent
15 Terrell Buckley vs. New England, 2/3/02
SACKS
TOTAL SACKS
Game
1 Leonard Little, vs. New England, 2/3/02
Grant Wistrom, vs. New England, 2/3/02
Kevin Carter, vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
Game, Opponent
1 Willie McGinest, vs. New England, 2/3/02
Richard Seymour, vs. New England, 2/3/02
Bobby Hamilton, vs. New England, 2/3/02
Jason Fisk, Tennessee, 1/30/00
J.T. Thomas, Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
Robin Cole, Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
Steve Furness, Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
John Banaszak, Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
BLOCKED KICKS
BLOCKED FIELD GOALS
Game
1 Todd Lyght, vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
TEAM SUPER BOWL RECORDS
SCORING Fewest First Downs, Rushing, Opponent
Most Points 6 vs. New England, 2/3/02
23 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (Rams 23, Titans 16) 8 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
19 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 (Steelers 31, Rams 19) 12 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
17 vs. New England, 2/3/02 (Patriots 20, Rams 17) Most First Downs, Passing
Most Points, Opponent 18 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
31 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 (Steelers 31, Rams 19) 16 vs. New England, 2/3/02
20 vs. New England, 2/3/02 (Patriots 20, Rams 17) 9 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
16 Tennessee, 1/30/00 (Rams 23, Titans 16) Most First Downs, Passing, Opponent
Fewest Points 13 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
17 vs. New England, 2/3/02 (Patriots 20, Rams 17) 10 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
19 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 (Steelers 31, Rams 19) 8 vs. New England, 2/3/02
23 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (Rams 23, Titans 16) Fewest First Downs, Passing
Fewest Points, Opponent 9 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
16 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (Rams, 23, Titans 16) 16 vs. New England, 2/3/02
20 vs. New England, 2/3/02 (Patriots 20, Rams 17) 18 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
31 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 (Steelers 31, Rams 19) Fewest First Downs, Passing, Opponent
Most Decisive Win 8 vs. New England, 2/3/02
7 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (Rams 23, Titans 16) 10 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
Most Decisive Loss 13 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
3 vs. New England, 2/3/02 (Patriots 20, Rams 17) Most First Downs, Penalty
12 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 (Steelers 31, Rams 19) 4 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
Most Points, Both Teams 3 vs. New England, 2/3/02
50 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 (Steelers 31, Rams 19) 1 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
39 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (Rams 23, Titans 16) Most First Downs, Penalty, Opponent
37 vs. New England, 2/3/02 (Patriots 20, Rams 17) 2 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
1 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
FIRST DOWNS vs. New England, 2/3/02
Most First Downs
26 vs. New England, 2/3/02 NET YARDS GAINED RUSHING-PASSING
23 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 Most Yards Gained
16 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 436 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
Most First Downs, Opponent 427 vs. New England, 2/3/02
27 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 301 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
19 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 Most Yards Gained, Opponent
15 vs. New England, 2/3/02 393 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
Most First Downs, Both Teams 367 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
50 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 267 vs. New England, 2/3/02
41 vs. New England, 2/3/02 Most Yards Gained, Both Teams
35 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 803 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (Rams 436, Titans 367)
Fewest First Downs 694 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 (Rams 301, Steelers 393)
16 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 vs. New England, 2/3/02 (Rams 427, Patriots 267)
23 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 Fewest Yards Gained
26 vs. New England, 2/3/02 301 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
Fewest First Downs, Opponent 427 vs. New England, 2/3/02
27 Tennessee, 1/30/00 436 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
19 Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 Fewest Yards Gained, Opponent
15 vs. New England, 2/3/02 267 vs. New England, 2/3/02
Fewest First Downs, Both Teams 367 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
35 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 393 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
41 vs. New England, 2/3/02 Fewest Yards Gained, Both Teams
50 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 694 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 (Rams 301, Steelers 393)
Most First Downs, Rushing vs. New England, 2/3/02 (Rams 427, Patriots 267)
7 vs. New England, 2/3/02 803 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (Rams 436, Titans 367
6 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/00
1 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 RUSHING
Most First Downs, Rushing, Opponent ATTEMPTS
12 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 Most Rushing Attempts
8 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 29 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
6 vs. New England, 2/3/02 22 vs. New England, 2/3/02
Fewest First Downs, Rushing 13 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
1 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 Most Rushing Attempts, Opponent
6 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 37 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
7 vs. New England, 2/3/02 36 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
25 vs. New England, 2/3/02 24 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
Fewest Rushing Attempts 16 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
13 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 Most Passes Completed, Opponent
22 vs. New England, 2/3/02 22 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
29 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 16 vs. New England, 2/3/02
Fewest Rushing Attempts, Opponent 14 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
25 vs. New England, 2/3/02 Most Passes Completed, Both Teams
36 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 46 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (Rams 24, Titans 22)
37 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 44 vs. New England, 2/3/02 (Rams 28, Patriots 16)
30 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 (Rams 16, Steelers 14)
YARDS Fewest Passes Completed
Most Yards Gained Rushing 16 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
107 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 24 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
90 vs. New England, 2/3/02 28 vs. New England, 2/3/02
29 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 Fewest Passes Completed, Opponent
Most Yards Gained Rushing, Opponents 14 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
159 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 16 vs. New England, 2/3/02
133 vs. New England, 2/3/02 22 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
84 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 Fewest Passes Completed, Both Teams
Most Yards Gained Rushing, Both Teams 30 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 (Rams 16, Steelers 14)
223 vs. New England, 2/3/02 (Rams 90, Patriots 133) 44 vs. New England, 2/3/02 (Rams 28, Patriots 16)
191 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 (Rams 107, Steelers 84) 46 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (Rams 24, Titans 22)
188 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (Rams 29, Titans 159)
Fewest Yards Gained Rushing YARDS
29 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 Most Yards Gained, Passing
90 vs. New England, 2/3/02 407 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
107 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 337 vs. New England, 2/3/02
Fewest Yards Gained Rushing, Opponent 194 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
84 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 Most Yards Gained, Passing, Opponent
133 vs. New England, 2/3/02 309 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
159 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 208 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
Fewest Yards Gained Rushing, Both Teams 134 vs. New England, 2/3/02
188 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (Rams 29, Titans 159) Most Yards Gained, Passing, Both Teams
191 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 (Rams 107, Steelers 84) 615 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (Rams 407, Titans 208)
223 vs. New England, 2/3/02 (Rams 90, Patriots 133) 503 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 (Steelers 309, Rams 194)
471 vs. New England, 2/3/02 (Rams 337, Patriots 134)
PASSING Fewest Yards Gained, Passing
ATTEMPTS 194 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
Most Passes Attempted 337 vs. New England, 2/3/02
45 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 407 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
44 vs. New Englans, 2/3/02 Fewest Yards Gained, Passing, Opponent
26 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 134 vs. New England, 2/3/02
Most Passes Attempted, Opponent 208 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
36 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 309 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
27 vs. New England, 2/3/02 Fewest Yards Gained, Passing, Both Teams
21 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 471 vs. New England, 2/3/02 (Rams 337, Patriots 134)
Most Passes Attempted, Both Teams 503 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 (Steelers 309, Rams 194)
81 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (Rams 45, Tennessee 36) 615 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (Rams 407, Titans 208)
71 vs. New England, 2/3/02 (Rams 44, New England 27)
47 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 (Rams 26, Pittsburgh 21) SACKS
Fewest Passes Attempted TOTAL SACKS
26 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 Most Sacks
44 vs. New England, 2/3/02 2 vs. New England, 2/3/02
45 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 1 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
Fewest Passes Attempted, Opponent Most Sacks, Opponent
21 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 4 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
27 vs. New England, 2/3/02 3 vs. New England, 2/3/02
36 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 1 vs. Tennessee 1/30/00
Fewest Passes Attempted, Both Teams
47 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 (Rams 26, Steelers 21) SACK YARDAGE
71 vs. New England, 2/3/02 (Rams 44, Patriots 27)
Most Sack Yardage
81 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00 (Rams 45, Titans 36)
11 vs. New England, 2/3/02
6 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
COMPLETIONS Most Sack Yardage, Opponent
Most Passes Completed 42 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
28 vs. New England, 2/3/02
28 vs. New England, 23/02 KICKOFF RETURNS
7 vs. Tennessee 1/30/00 TOTAL RETURNS
Most Kickoff Returns
INTERCEPTIONS BY 6 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
TOTAL INTERCEPTIONS 4 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
Most Interceptions vs. New England, 2/3/02
3 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 Most Kickoff Returns, Opponent
Most Interceptions, Opponent 5 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80
2 vs. New England, 2/3/02 vs. Tennessee, 1/30/00
1 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/20/80 4 vs. New England, 2/3/02
RUSHING
248 Eric Dickerson vs. Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 4, 1986 (34 carries, 2 TD)
202 Lawrence McCutcheon vs. St. Louis . . . . . . . .Dec. 27, 1975 (37 carries, 0 TD)
159 Marshall Faulk vs. Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 27, 2002 (31 carries, 2 TD)
158 Eric Dickerson @ Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 28, 1986 (26 carries, 0 TD)
128 Lawrence McCutcheon @ Minnesota . . . . . . . .Dec. 26, 1976 (26 carries, 1 TD)
124 Greg Bell @ Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 26, 1988 (27 carries, 1 TD)
107 Eric Dickerson vs. New York Giants . . . . . . . . .Dec. 23, 1984 (23 carries, 1 TD)
106 Cullen Bryant @ Tampa Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 6, 1980 (18 carries, 0 TD)
102 Lawrence McCutcheon vs. Minnesota . . . . . . .Dec. 26, 1977 (16 carries, 0 TD)
101 Jim Gillette vs. Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 16, 1945 (17 carries, 0 TD)
100 Cullen Bryant vs. Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 31, 1978 (27 carries, 1 TD)
PASSING
414 Kurt Warner vs. Tennessee (SB XXXIV) . . . . . .Jan. 30, 2000 (24 / 45, 2 TD, 0 Int)
391 Kurt Warner vs. Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 16, 2000 (27 / 33, 5 TD, 1 Int)
365 Kurt Warner @ New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 30, 2000 (24 / 40, 3 TD, 3 Int)
365 Kurt Warner vs. New England (SB XXXVI) . . .Feb. 3, 2002 (28 / 44, 1 TD, 2 Int)
332 Marc Bulger vs. Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 10, 2004 (27 / 46, 0 TD, 3 Int)
315 Jim Everett @ New York Giants . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 7, 1990 (25 / 44, 2 TD, 1 Int)
313 Marc Bulger @ Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 8, 2005 (18 / 32, 2 TD, 1 Int)
312 Bob Waterfield @ Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 24, 1950 (18 / 31, 1 TD, 4 Int)
RECEIVING
198 Tom Fears vs. Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 17, 1950 (7 receptions, 3 TD)
162 Isaac Bruce vs. Tennessee (SB XXXIV) . . . . . .Jan. 30, 2000 (6 receptions, 1 TD)
146 Tom Fears vs. Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 23, 1951 (4 receptions, 1 TD)
139 Harold Jackson @ Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 29, 1974 (3 receptions, 1 TD)
136 Tom Fears @ Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 24, 1950 (9 receptions, 0 TD)
133 Isaac Bruce vs. Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 16, 2000 (4 receptions, 1 TD)
128 Kevin Curtis @ Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 15, 2005 (7 receptions, 1 TD)
127 Isaac Bruce @ New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 30, 2000 (7 receptions, 1 TD)
125 Jim Benton vs. Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 16, 1945 (9 receptions, 1 TD)
125 Henry Ellard @ New York Giants . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 7, 1990 (8 receptions, 0 TD)
117 Preston Dennard @ Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 28, 1980 (6 receptions, 1 TD)
116 Skeet Quinlan vs. Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 26, 1955 (5 receptions, 1 TD)
116 Harold Jackson @ Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 19, 1976 (6 receptions, 0 TD)
116 Isaac Bruce vs. Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 10, 2004 (7 receptions, 0 TD)
109 Torry Holt vs. Tennessee (SB XXXIV) . . . . . . .Jan. 30, 2000 (7 receptions, 1 TD)
108 Ron Jessie vs. Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 31, 1978 (6 receptions, 1 TD)
108 Torry Holt @ Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 8, 2005 (6 receptions, 1 TD)
107 Kevin Curtis @ Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 8, 2005 (4 receptions, 0 TD)
100 Ricky Proehl vs. Tampa Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 23, 2000 (6 receptions, 1 TD)
PASSING
82t Bob Waterfield to Glenn Davis @ Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 24, 1950
77t Kurt Warner to Isaac Bruce vs. Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 16, 2000
73t Norm Van Brocklin to Tom Fears vs. Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 23, 1951
73t James Harris to Harold Jackson @ Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 29, 1974
73t Kurt Warner to Isaac Bruce vs.Tennessee (SB XXXIV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 16, 2000
68t Bob Waterfield to Tom Fears vs. Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 17, 1950
67 Norm Van Brocklin to Skeet Quinlan vs. Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 26, 1955
66t Ron Jaworski to Harold Jackson vs. St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 29, 1975
65 Vince Ferragamo to Willie Miller @ Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 7, 1979
PUNT RETURNS
65 Az-Zahir Hakim @ New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 30, 2000
57t Verda (V.T.) Smith @ Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 21, 1952
37 Eddie Brown @ Tampa Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 6, 1980
34 Az-Zahir Hakim vs. Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 16, 2000
32 Clifford Hicks @ Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 26, 1988
30 Jim Bertelsen @ Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 23, 1973
KICKOFF RETURNS
95t Tony Horne vs. Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 16, 2000
46 Robert Delpino @ San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 14, 1990
43 Woodley Lewis vs. Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 26, 1955
43 Yo Murphy vs. Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 27, 2002
41 Cullen Bryant @ Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 23, 1973
38 Ron Brown @ New York Giants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 7, 1990
38 Yo Murphy vs. New England (SB XXXVI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Feb. 3, 2002
37 Henry Ellard @ Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 1, 1984
36 Tony Horne vs. Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 16, 2000
INTERCEPTION RETURNS
94 LeRoy Irvin @ Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 26, 1983
65t Bill Simpson vs. St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 27, 1975
59t Isiah Robertson @ Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 23, 1973
47t Jack Youngblood vs. St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 27, 1975
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“Rams give fans reason for hope” / By Bernie Miklasz………………………………………..……………………………………………..1
STLtoday.com / September 6, 2010
“Sam Bradford creates a buzz for St. Louis Rams ” / By Bryan Burwell ....................................................................................................... 9
STLtoday.com / August 1, 2010
“The Future is now for Sam Bradford, Rams” / By Bryan Burwell .............................................................................................................. 11
STLtoday.com /August 8, 2010
“Rams Chris Long sees his game improving” / By The Associated Press .................................................................................................... 19
BND.com / August 4, 2010
“Rams defensive end James Hall continues to contribute” / By Steve Korte ............................................................................................... 20
SI.com / August 8, 2009
“From homeless to the NFL: The story of Rams’ Mardy Gilyard” / By Jim Corbett.................................................................................... 24
STLtoday.com / May 11, 2010
For the first time in several years, probably since the last hurrah of the "Greatest Show" era in 2004, the Rams are generating a positive
buzz around town.
There are no expectations of the Rams making the playoffs in 2010, no hope of competing for a Super Bowl, no delusions about where the
Rams are and how far they must go to become an elite franchise. Only a hair-on-fire optimist would predict a winning record for the 2010
Rams.
But it's been a while since fans had something to look forward to. It's been a while since the customers were motivated to spend a Sunday
afternoon at the dreary Edward Jones Dome. It's been a while since the franchise's loyal band of supporters could rally around the belief
that better days are ahead.
If nothing else, even among skeptics the curiosity level is up because of the presence of rookie starting quarterback Sam Bradford, the
obvious symbol of change.
Sunday at 3:15 p.m, the Rams will kick off the 2010 NFL season with a home game against the Arizona Cardinals. And finally, there is
something to watch. There's a compelling story. The template is fresh and different. And a probable sellout crowd will file into The Ed for
a new reason: The fans really want to be there instead of feeling obligated to be there.
"While I was in church Sunday morning, a couple of people there told me, 'Hey, Steve, you have no idea how excited the town is.' And
that's when I picked up on it," Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo said. "I hope our players feel it. And I hope we give the fans a reason to
feel good about what we're doing."
One by one, pieces are being put into place. New owner Stan Kroenke. Sam the Ram joins running back Steven Jackson, who ranks No. 2
in the NFL in total yards from scrimmage over the last five seasons. There are two talented young offensive tackles, Rodger Saffold and
Jason Smith, to anchor a potentially rugged offensive line. And new prospects at tight end. There's a dedicated young middle linebacker,
James Laurinaitis. Third-year defensive end Chris Long should be more disruptive. A physical second-year cornerback, Bradley Fletcher,
could develop into something special. And active safety Oshiomogho Atogwe, who has 19 interceptions, 14 forced fumbles and eight
fumble recoveries in 60 NFL starts.
There's a sense that the Rams are actually building something rather than throwing a mish-mash of talent together and hoping to get lucky.
There is also a long way to go as Spagnuolo and the new regime continue to pay for the hopelessly incompetent personnel mistakes of the
recent past.
The Rams selected 18 players in the 2006 and 2007 drafts. After final cuts were made Saturday only one of the 18, backup defensive
tackle Clifton Ryan, remained on the 53-man roster. When two draft classes are wiped out within five years, it creates roster voids that
take time to restock. But slowly a core nucleus is forming. Kroenke will be able to speed up the process by making some free-agent
investments.
"I think the potential of the youthful talent is what is exciting," Spagnuolo said. "But let's face it, with Sam and all of these young guys
that we talk about on both sides of the ball, we're all very hopeful and rightly so. We're hopeful that the youthful talent will blossom into
good NFL talent. It's exciting.
"We like our last two drafts. And you knew it was going to have to be done that way. There was no way to fast-fix it with things going on
(with ownership) and the financial landscape of the league. It had to be done this way."
The Rams are still missing substantial components. They do not have a true No. 1 wide receiver, an established pass-rush force or a
recognized shutdown cornerback. They lack depth, and injuries will be especially damaging. And the Rams have been curiously cautious
in reaching for roster solutions — at No. 2 running back and at wideout, for example. Perhaps that will change under Kroenke's direction.
And Spagnuolo and the coaching staff must also show growth and improvement. As Spags enters his second season, he clearly has a
better handle on his roster. He's also more comfortable in dealing with the all-purpose, time-consuming challenges of the job.
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It's pretty silly to attempt to quantify the Rams' progress through preseason predictions. Personally, I believe they'll win between four and
six games. And that can be OK under the right circumstances, particularly with a rookie quarterback having to learn his trade without a
complete offense around him.
"Hopefully and God willing, it's the playoffs and you're playing more than 16 games," Spagnuolo said. "If it's not that, then you'd like to
be able to look back and have the feeling that we're on our way. We're heading in the right direction. That we're better than we were a year
ago in multiple areas. And if it's that, I'm OK with it. I certainly want to be working to make the playoffs, but aside from that you want to
look back and know that there were all of these improvements from year one to year two."
Practice resumes today. The new adventure begins Sunday. Retired quarterback Kurt Warner won't be playing for Arizona, so does that
provide an opening for an upset? Would we even be talking about the potential of upsets a year ago?
"Inside you suffer and die a little," Spagnuolo said, in reflecting on the end of last year's brutal 1-15 season. "And now we want to play a
game and get out there and prove that what we're doing is right, and that things are beginning to fall into place. That doesn't guarantee a
win, but I sure feel a lot better about it. And I want to go play. Let's go play."
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Missouri native Stan Kroenke was unanimously approved as principal owner of the Rams 2½ weeks ago by NFL owners in Atlanta. It
will take another two to three weeks for all the paperwork to be complete and for the deal to close. But for all practical purposes, Kroenke
will take in his first game as the team's controlling owner Sunday at the Edward Jones Dome when the Rams open the season against
Arizona.
The Post-Dispatch caught up with Kroenke on Friday evening. What follows are his thoughts on a variety of topics, including his vision
for the franchise, what kind of owner he will be, John Shaw, the LA stadium committee, his approach to making changes and more. ...
Q: This has been more than 15 years in the making; how does it feel to be the principal owner of the Rams?
A: "Actually it's been more like 17, if you go back to when we tried to get the expansion team in St. Louis. And there are a lot of people
who I worked with that helped make it happen, people who I got to know and enjoyed working with and considered friends. Tom
Eagleton (the late U.S. senator), Mayor (Freeman) Bosley and Buzz Westfall (the late St. Louis County executive) and others. I think we
have demonstrated that we can run successful organizations and build them. So this is very exciting. We're excited to be able to continue
that process in St. Louis. You know, the Rams have a good tradition when you think about it, and we hope to continue it."
Q: Now that the preseason is over, what are your impressions of the 2010 team?
A: "We've got some good young players. Watching the game in New England, I was impressed with Sam Bradford. In that kind of setting,
going up against Tom Brady and going against their starting defense, he showed a lot of poise. It's like what (Patriots owner) Robert Kraft
told me after the game, 'Looks like you've got a good quarterback.' And I told him, 'You ought to know.' But we've got a good young
linebacker in James Laurinaitis, and other good young players. So you hope to see progress."
Q: How well do you know coach Steve Spagnuolo and Billy Devaney, and as minority owner of the team until now, how much input did
you have on team decisions?
A: "Well, I was involved in the interview process with Steve — he's a good man. Billy I don't know as well. In the past as minority
owner, you're involved in team decisions. But not to the extent that I will be now as principal owner. I guess that's all you can say about
it."
Q: Factoring in your hectic schedule, in general how much time will you spend with the team?
A: "I enjoyed seeing the team in New England. I hope to attend as many games as I can. I've spent a lot of time in St. Louis over the
years, and I don't think that will change now."
Q: Fans hope you will become a savior of this franchise. What is your vision for the team? What kind of owner will you be?
A: "I don't think you need a savior. We like to know what's going on. We like to be involved, but the No. 1 thing is to find the right people
and put them in place. Hire good people … and let them go. Let them do their job. I like to win. I like teams to be competitive. And as I
mentioned in Atlanta at the owners meetings, by being competitive I don't mean winning one year. Anybody can be competitive in the pro
sports business every so often. But the real challenge is to be competitive every year. In Denver with the Nuggets and Avalanche, we've
been in the playoffs between 70 and 80 percent of the time. That's the harder part. And that's the model we'd like to have in St. Louis."
A: "I think if you look at the NBA and at the (soccer) spending in Europe, the teams that spend the most money aren't always the teams
that win the most. So it's just not about spending money. It's about spending money wisely. Being smart with your money. Again, we like
to win, and we like teams to be competitive. So if we see a player who will help us (in free agency or via trade), I'll say, 'Yeah, go out and
make that happen.'"
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Q; Will you make changes if necessary this season, or will you take more of a wait-and-see approach this first year with the Rams?
A: "I'm not going to jump to conclusions. There's a certain part of you that wants to observe and see what happens. We'll be evaluating
things. We're going to have a lot of fun and have a very successful run of it. But I'm watching. I'll be watching. This is a meritocracy, I
guess you could say. And you want to see progress."
Q: How involved will you be with the Nuggets and Avalanche franchises in Denver this season?
A: "It will be just as outlined in the agreement to purchase the club. I will remain owner of the teams for the prescribed time — up to four
years. But my son Josh Kroenke will run the Nuggets and have management control transferred in his name. Josh will be governor of the
Avalanche, and (current team president) Pierre Lacroix will be vice governor. But really Pierre Lacroix will run the club. He has been
running the club. Josh Kroenke has been ready to take over the Nuggets for a couple of years. He still is very young, but he's had his
'10,000 hours,' if you read Malcolm Gladwell. Josh is ready to do that. The transfer of management control will be complete by the end of
the year with those teams, but I will continue as owner (through December 2014)."
Q: Will John Shaw continue to have a role with the franchise, and in what capacity?
A: "John Shaw has been invaluable to Georgia Frontiere, to Chip Rosenbloom and Lucia Rodriguez, and to me, and is a friend. He has
been involved with the Rams for 30 years. Sure, there were some bad years and some mistakes, but if you look back over the 30 years
there was also a lot of success. And I think people have to remember that. He brought a Super Bowl championship to St. Louis. He was
front-and-center in bringing Dick Vermeil here. But his future role is something he and I will discuss in the coming weeks and months."
Q: Do you think it is important to start a dialogue now with St. Louis-area officials on the stadium lease issue, an issue that will begin to
accelerate in 2012?
A: "First of all, I want to say this. Why would I be involved in trying to get an expansion team here, why would I be involved in the Rams'
move to St. Louis, why would I invest so much money in the team if I wanted to lead the charge out of town? I do not want to lead the
charge out of town. I do want to have a competitive team, and it takes revenue to be competitive. We're going to work really hard to have
a model that produces revenue where we can be consistently competitive. So yes, I guess you can say it's important to have discussions
(on the stadium lease)."
Q: You have been on the committee for quite some time, but why are you on the NFL's Los Angeles stadium working group?
A: "I was appointed to that committee by the commissioner, just like I was appointed to the TV network committee by the commissioner.
I did not volunteer or go 'sign up' for those committees. I guess because of my background in real estate development the league thought I
would be useful on the stadium committee. And I have experience in different markets. That's all there is to that."
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When asked recently who impressed him in training camp, Rams running back Steven Jackson had a surprising name on his list: coach
Steve Spagnuolo.
"I would say Coach, his first year last year being a head coach, he didn't really quite know what to expect or how to go through a training
camp and get the team ready," Jackson said. "I've seen a difference in his coaching style and the way he's treating the guys and the way
he's taking care of us."
Jackson mentioned a lighthearted punt-catching competition featuring the team's coordinators before the Cleveland preseason game.
Offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur, defensive coordinator Ken Flajole and special teams coordinator Tom McMahon took turns fielding
punts. Depending on which coordinator was the most sure-handed, that side of the ball had no meetings that night.
The offense screamed with delight with each ball Shurmur fielded. Ditto with the defense and Flajole. It wasn't that loud for McMahon,
because only punter Donnie Jones, kicker Josh Brown and long snapper Chris Massey were affected.
The competition ended up in a tie — probably intended by Spagnuolo all along — meaning the entire team got the night off.
"That was something that would've never happened last year," Jackson said. "Normally with Coach Spags if something is scheduled to
happen it was going to happen regardless, because he'd already made up his mind that it was going to happen."
A few hours off may not seem like a big deal, but players love getting thrown a bone every now and then.
"Once you get that bone, you go the extra mile for Coach," Jackson said.
There were a few bones tossed out over the course of training camp and the preseason. The last two days of scheduled two-a-day practices
were canceled. Earlier in camp, the entire team took a field trip to the movies to watch "Invictus."
"That type of stuff is great for camaraderie," offensive lineman Adam Goldberg said. "And it's great to keep you fresh mentally. Having
night meetings off doesn't make your legs feel any better, but ... you feel rejuvenated the next day. You feel like you just had a good time,
and now you're ready to get back to work."
It would be a mistake, however, to think Spagnuolo has been running Club Med for the past five weeks at Rams Park. Far from it. The
Rams still have more two-a-day sessions than several clubs. And in the midst of the broiling heat wave a couple of weeks ago, the team
practiced in 100-degree temperatures.
And then there were the "Oklahoma drills." One blocker, one ball carrier, one defensive player — and live tackling. May the best man
win. Live tackling of any kind is almost unheard of in NFL practices. Most Rams hadn't taken part in an Oklahoma drill since college, or
in some cases since high school.
"It was kind of an awakening, but you know, it was good," cornerback Ron Bartell said. "It helped us get the mindset that we do need to
be physical."
Bartell said Spaguolo talked to some veterans the night before the first Oklahoma drill to let them know what was coming.
Even so, there was less live tackling than a year ago, particularly after the first week or so of camp. There were more "thud" tempo drills
as opposed to the live tackling.
"We're still getting the physical play, but we're not going to the ground like we were last year," Jackson said. "We felt like the team, going
into Seattle Week 1 (last season), we felt like we were sluggish and tired, beat up still from training camp."
It doesn't look like that will be the case this season. The Rams looked fresh in preseason victories over New England and Baltimore.
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"I can really see that (Spagnuolo) has made a concerted effort to make sure we still play physical football, but he's making sure that we're
still going to be able to go out and compete at a fast tempo," Jackson said.
Spagnuolo said there has been method to his madness, dating back to his first Rams camp in 2009. He added that any "bones" thrown to
the players have been earned. Reminiscent of Dick Vermeil's first Rams camp 12 years earlier, Spagnuolo had to test the mettle of his new
team in '09.
"You need to see what the team was made of," Spagnuolo said. "I don't think you want to beat your team up in training camp. You want
to try not to, yet you want to get some physical things done because you've got young guys in there that don't know the speed of the NFL
game, so you weigh that balance."
But even with a lot of new faces competing for roster spots this year, Spagnuolo still knows this team better than he did a year ago. Much
better.
"It was his first year as a head coach, so he kept pushing, pushing, pushing," Bartell said. "Now he knows when to push and when to scale
back a little bit. He's done a great job of that. The big picture is being prepared for Week 1."
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Sam Bradford walked out of the interview room, and a smiling old offensive lineman met the kid at the door to lead the way out. You
could see how happy Kent Bradford was. You could see how wonderfully proud he was of his son, Sam.
Kent Bradford played the O-line for Oklahoma back in the Barry Switzer era. He owns an insurance agency now, but around 11 months
ago no policy could cover the damage that had been done to Sam's shoulder, or the heartache that the injury caused his family and friends.
It may seem crazy now, but last October, after Bradford's shoulder came apart for the second time in six weeks, after he had been
crunched like a box of breakfast cereal during a loss to Texas, no one knew if the QB would ever be the same.
Bradford's college career was over. The 2008 Heisman Trophy was just another broken quarterback now. His NFL future seemed
uncertain. It was preposterous to believe Bradford had any shot at being the No. 1 pick in the 2010 NFL draft. Teams just don't invest that
kind of money, some $50 million guaranteed, in quarterbacks with a fragile throwing shoulder.
But here he was, a triumphant Sam Bradford, a winner in the NFL for the first time, standing on the podium in an interview room at the
Edward Jones Dome after the Rams' improbable 30-16 victory over the Washington Redskins. And the rookie quarterback couldn't stop
smiling. The old OU lineman standing in the back of the room couldn't stop smiling, either.
And we can understand why. Father and son had experienced the down time. Sam was a No. 1 prospect before the shoulder injuries, but
had to start over. He had to have surgery. He had to rebuild the strength in the shoulder. Bradford also had to rebuild his draft status and
give NFL teams the confidence to believe he was whole and worth the money and the risk.
And Bradford did it, all right. How many hours in the weight room? How many hours of gritting his teeth and grunting to vent the pain of
an excruciating rehab? The sweat was worth it. And how many guys are good enough to build the case to be the No. 1 pick in the NFL
draft not once, but twice? But Sam Bradford did it. He made it back.
And by early Sunday evening Bradford had his first NFL win, and his first NFL comeback victory. This was a special moment in his life.
"It means a lot," Bradford said. "Because you're right. I've gone through a lot in the past year to get where I am."
The Rams surprised the Redskins with a team effort. The Rams' defense put up stubborn resistance, holding Washington to one third-
down conversion in 10 chances. An angry Rams offensive line was determined to control the pit. Backup running backs Kenneth Darby
and Keith Toston did a commendable job in teaming up to replace an injured Steven Jackson. And the maligned Rams coaches were
sharp; offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur put together some effective formations and personnel groupings.
And Bradford was there to bring it all home. The Rams had an early 14-0 lead but sputtered horribly in a pointless red-zone mishap at the
end of the first half. And when the Redskins pushed ahead of the home team 16-14 early in the third quarter, we weren't sure how the
Rams would respond.
Answer: an immediate 12-play, 74-yard drive for a Darby touchdown. And then three more scoring drives for field goals as the Rams
finished on a 16-0 run. That first drive of the third quarter was a bold statement for a team that often goes into shock when adversity hits.
Bradford completed 23 of 37 passes overall for 235 yards, with a touchdown and an interception. He connected on throws to nine
different receivers. In the second half the Rams mixed the run and the pass and kept the ball for chunks of time. They were calm,
determined and mostly efficient.
And on the four possessions that ended in St. Louis points, Bradford completed nine of 15 passes for 138 yards. They aren't spectacular
numbers - those will come later. But they were winning numbers. The kid was in charge. He directed the huddle, and the comeback, and
began the process of reversing a team's losing mindset.
"Sam was real emotional in the huddle," Darby said. "He was getting on the offensive line, getting on the receivers. He was acting like a
quarterback who had been in this league for 10 years."
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Bradford comes from an iconic Oklahoma program where winning is a lifestyle, an identity. Bradford expects to win. He will never have
a stomach that easily absorbs losing. Bradford will change the culture of Rams football, at least as much as he can until more substantial
help arrives.
"I just love when he comes over to the sideline," Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo said. "You guys have no idea of the competitive look
in that man's eyes."
In the second half, Bradford was the best quarterback on the field. He didn't have Donovan McNabb's running backs or receivers or coach,
Mike Shanahan. Sam didn't even have Steven Jackson. But he outplayed McNabb, the likely NFL Hall of Famer.
Bradford completed 11 of 17 for 146 yards and no interceptions in the second half for a passer rating of 91.7. McNabb in the second half
was 10 of 19 for 121 yards and an interception for a rating of 50.5.
On the drive that led to their final field goal, the Rams faced a third and 20 from their 49-yard line. Everyone in the joint expected the
Rams to play it safe and run. But in an obvious indication of how much the coaches trust Bradford, they ordered up a pass. And Bradford
hooked up with Mark Clayton for 25 yards. Ballgame. The pressure didn't faze Bradford. It never does.
"I don't think he's scared by it," Spagnuolo said. "I think he knows that it comes with the territory. He's a quarterback in the NFL and
that's what a quarterback has to do."
And as the young quarterback left the building and walked into the night with his father at his side, clearly uplifted by the first NFL
comeback and win, you just knew that this was just a glimpse of the future. There will be many more Sundays like this.
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It was just a little before noon, and already the Rams' marketing department worker bees were busy scrambling about in a focused fury,
transforming one corner of the parking lot in front of Rams Park into a makeshift, interactive football carnival.
Over there, they were scurrying about stocking the shelves of the merchandising trailer with new Sam Bradford jerseys. And over there,
they were pounding a life-sized color cutout of their new rookie quarterback into the soft green grass just in front of the entrance gate.
Why step right up and get your digital photo taken in an authentic Bradford game jersey and regulation Rams helmet.
If you didn't know any better, you'd think going to Rams Park on Saturday afternoon was a pretty big deal or something. More than three
hours before the franchise unveiled its nouveau riche No.1 draft pick in his first official practice of training camp, Rams fans were already
lining up just outside the facility gates, eager to be among the first to get an up-close-and-personal glimpse of the kid with the newly
minted $78 million contract and the outsized professional expectations. Eventually, nearly 1,300 spectators would walk through the Rams
Park gates, buzzing with an excitement that isn't often felt around a team coming off a 1-15 season.
They would come in their Bradford Rams jerseys and their Bradford Oklahoma jerseys. They would come clutching photographs and
mini footballs and helmets and small scraps of paper and just about anything else with a flat surface for young Mr. Bradford to autograph.
But all of that was three hours away, and right now the only thing that was of the utmost concern to Rams executive vice president of
football operations Kevin Demoff was those dark and ominous storm clouds that were gathering over Earth City, threatening to ruin the
show.
"I told (coach Steve Spagnuolo) this morning, 'I don't care if it's a torrential downpour and lightning bolts are striking the goal posts.
We're practicing outside today, OK?'" Demoff joked.
OK, now based on the consistently wretched recent history of this ill-fated franchise, this is where we would honestly expect storm clouds
to gather, a twister to come rolling over the horizon and lifting Rams Park into the air like a scene out of "The Wizard of Oz," then have it
come crashing down right on top of our young QB phenom, crushing him like he was the wicked witch, and Demoff would be left to
curse his fate and mutter, "Ohhh, what a world!"
But if you are looking for signs that the fortunes of the woebegone Rams might actually be turning, maybe this was it. A gentle wind blew
the clouds off to the north, and the largest crowd in recent years to watch a Rams practice poured into the facility and got to see exactly
what they were looking for. All Sam, all the time.
Really, the best sign that things were changing around here was the simple fact that Demoff delivered Bradford to camp with a
complicated six-year deal that makes Bradford's contract the richest rookie deal in NFL history, and he did it without a protracted holdout.
When the full squad of rookies and veterans walked onto the field shortly before 3 p.m., Bradford was with them.
That nothing bad or crazy or weird or goofy or tragic or just plain stupid cropped up at the 11th hour to keep Bradford from reporting on
time might not seem like a miracle to anyone who doesn't follow the Rams closely. But to long-suffering Rams loyalists who have spent
an eternity hoping for the best but always, always expecting the worst, this was a refreshing change of pace.
And that explains why one particularly excited and grateful fan approached Demoff in the parking lot, and upon discovering that he was
the Rams executive who was responsible for Bradford being signed, sealed and delivered, the fan actually bent down on one knee,
clutched the VP's hand and shouted "THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!" much to the obvious embarrassment of Demoff.
Eventually, all the clever marketing and skillful negotiations in the world won't matter nearly as much as a team delivering victories on
football Sundays. But for the time being, doing things the right way, the smart way and the sensible way off the field can't hurt. History
shows that far too often in the past, good things happened to the Rams in spite of their efforts, not because of them.
When things like this happen, when you see the franchise find a way to not only get the Bradford deal done on time, but also without any
unnecessary trepidation about the blow back of giving the kid the sort of money that the current market bears for a quarterback drafted
No.1 overall, it makes me think that I can lose that reflex action that expects something bad to always happen to the Rams.
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And it helps that there are some legitimately hopeful signs on the field, too. Bradford just might be as good as advertised.
"How 'bout that bleepin' kid?" eight-year veteran offensive tackle Adam Goldberg said as he watched Bradford walk off the field after
practice. "I mean, how 'bout him, huh? He's so cool and calm for a rookie. Doesn't act like anything gets to him. I couldn't believe how
even-keeled he was out there. Walked into the huddle like he'd been there all his life. Now we'll have to see how that all works when
another team's blitz package is thrown at him. But man, today he walked right into the huddle and took control. (Veteran center Hank)
Fraley and I looked at each other and both of us said, 'Hmmmmm.' We noticed right away how the kid had immediate command as soon
as he came into the huddle."
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Out of the mouth of babes, they call it. It's the perfectly innocent moment when an uncensored child speaks without the benefit of any
social filter.
So here we are under the sweeping roof of the indoor practice facility at Rams Park just two days before Sam Bradford's first NFL
preseason game. The National Football League's first overall draft pick is doing his normal Thursday post-practice whirl. First he meets
with the media for several minutes, chatting up about the buildup to playing in his first pro football game. A few minutes later, he is
escorted away from the microphones by the team's lead publicist Ted Crews, who quietly whispers in his ear a few important details about
some visitors to camp who were eager to meet him.
The young quarterback is laughing. None of this appears to be drudgery to him. He works the room easily, as if he is a charming politician
in a fund-raiser reception line, graciously shaking hands, posing for photographs and engaging in polite small talk, all while running the
autograph gauntlet.
And there, arms draped over the four-foot-tall metal barrier, is young Max Arnone, an eager, gabby 7-year-old sporting a gold
personalized football jersey. He is armed with a Sharpie pen in one hand, a Rams poster in another, and enough giddy enthusiasm to fuel a
blast furnace.
"Sam, St. Louis sure is lucky to have you... because you're famous AND good!"
Well when it comes right down to it, isn't that the essence of how Sam The Young Man's new football life will ultimately be measured?
Bradford needs to be famous AND good.
When you are a No.1 overall draft pick, a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback with a face the school girls love and with an arm that the
pro football wise guys gasp and swoon over, in order for this tale to have a happy ending, you will have to achieve both — social celebrity
and athletic greatness.
Snooki, J-woww and The Situation from "Jersey Shore" are famous. Lots of people know who JaMarcus Russell and Ryan Leaf are too.
But when you come into the NFL with a contract worth a guaranteed $50 million, when the St. Louis Rams have tied their entire future to
your predicted success, when everyone in the NFL is already anticipating that you will be a face-of-the-franchise quarterback on the scale
of the ultimate contemporary athletic icon Peyton Manning, don't you carry the burden to be both famous and good?
That's how much is riding on Bradford and he has to know that, even as he bristles at those "face of the franchise" references. If the Rams
are wrong about Bradford — and the pages of NFL history are cluttered with cautionary tales of first-round QB busts — he could set this
franchise back another five years. If that happens, a lot of people are going to lose their jobs. If that happens, it's no exaggeration to
suppose that the attendance at the Edward Jones Dome will continue to dwindle, local TV blackouts will become routine and new owner
Stan Kroenke will come to the uncomfortable realization that he will be forced to seek greener economic pastures elsewhere (hello Los
Angeles?).
But if general manager Billy Devaney and coach Steve Spagnuolo are correct — and the walls in Canton are lined with those first-round
QB success stories — then Bradford's face, personality and golden arm could launch the Rams back into NFL prosperity, providing the
spark that will make this moribund franchise a big money maker again.
That's not an overstatement. That's a fact. If this all goes according to plan, the Rams can ride Bradford not only all the way to another
Super Bowl, but just as important, re-energize a listless fan base enough to make Kroenke's ultimate profit motive sky rocket, too.
Right now St. Louis is reticent about the idea that the Rams will need a new and improved playground to romp in by 2014. But a
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If he didn't know that back in April when the Rams made him the No.1 overall pick, he figured it out quickly. Once the draft day hoopla
subsided and serious football began last spring, the 22-year-old began seeing clearly what was being placed on his shoulders. Shortly after
mini-camps and organized off-season workouts had been completed and all the veterans had departed, Bradford and his other fellow
rookies spent every morning for at least a week and a half at Rams Park religiously working out. Yet no sooner than he could get out of
the shower, Bradford found himself being dragged off every afternoon or evening to some meet-and-greet event with corporate sponsors
or ticket holders.
"It definitely was one of the first times I realized it wasn't college any more," he said one afternoon at Rams Park. "I think that week really
showed me, 'Okay, this is a business. I am now part of this business.' Obviously playing football is my main job, but I am going to be used
for other things than just that."
Ask the young QB how he thinks he's doing in his main job and he does not hesitate to let you know in his own quietly confident way that
things are going just fine. This was more than a week before he lit up the New England Patriots in the third preseason game. He prefers
not to worry about all those big-picture things beyond his immediate control, instead concentrating on the baby steps he must master in
his NFL apprenticeship.
Talk to him about the playbook. Ask him about how he has been able to distill the complex hieroglyphics of the West Coast offensive
playbook into real-life production on the football field, and he smiles easily.
"I think it's gone well. I'm happy with it," he says. "The coaches told me from Day One they do have a plan to get me ready to become a
starting quarterback. They told me that it's going to be a process, and so far I think I have progressed every day. They have thrown a little
more at me each week and I have been able to handle it. They've seen that I've been able to handle what they throw at me. I don't know
what their plan is for the future, but if it continues like this, I'll be where I want to be."
Where he wants to be, of course, is right behind starting center Jason Brown on September 12th in the Edward Jones Dome against the
Arizona Cardinals as the Game 1 starter. From the first regular season game and beyond, he wants to prove to himself, the coaches, his
teammates and the entire NFL that he is as good as advertised.
And he has taken all the necessary steps to get there, too.
"You know he's a quiet young man, but you can tell he has a confidence about him," says Steven Jackson, the Pro Bowl running back.
"When you see him on the football field, he's not caught off guard. This stage is not too big for him. He's very respectful, but you can tell
he knows that this is going to be his team one day, but he's not forcing the issue. He's letting it happen naturally, let it all take its course. I
think that's the best way to go and he's handling it well. He knows if he came out being vocal right away, it might be a little backlash. ...
He's just letting it happen through his play. And that's the best way in this league, if you play well, people will always respect you."
Gaining respect
That respect is already there in the locker room, and that's a huge first step. One by one, veteran players have offered unsolicited
compliments about everything from his temperament to his obvious talent.
Starting guard Adam Goldberg: "I mean the kid's a player, as if NFL Nation didn't already know. Okay the secret's out. Let me be first to
say that the kid can do some things with the football. (But) Sam is super impressive at everything. He's super impressive in the huddle,
super impressive in the meeting room. He's obviously super impressive with the ball in his hands, in the pocket, outside the pocket,
handing the ball off, following through with his fakes after he hands off. He just does everything right. His (voice) volume is right. He's
loud enough and clear enough so we can all hear him, but he's not nervous and yelling so the defense can hear him. He's calm and
composed and nothing really shakes him."
Steven Jackson: "I saw it in the way he ran our two-minute drills in practice. He's aware of the play clock, he corrects some of the plays if
they come into the huddle from the coaches wrong. If they send in a play and we have the wrong personnel in the huddle, he steps out and
lets the coaches know, 'Hey, that's not going to work with (this group of players). And you know what that tells me? He knows his play
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Starting safety Oshiomogho Atogwe: "He asks questions. Whenever you have a young guy who goes out of his way to ask questions, that
means it's coming from his heart, that he really wants to be better. No one is telling him to do it. ... He has something inside him that says,
'I need to want more, I need to know more.' He'll ask me during practice what the defense is trying to show out there. If we're showing this
look, what does that mean? If the safety does this, what does that mean? It's like he's not waiting for it to happen before he learns. ... He
takes the initiative and that's a very good thing."
Part of that initiative has been to take advantage of picking the brains of the men who have already walked the road he is just beginning.
Bradford has talked to both future Hall of Famer Manning and present Hall of Famer Troy Aikman about the expected trials and
tribulations he's about to experience.
Much of what they talked about, Bradford politely refuses to reveal. "But I will say that both of them told me that it's a process," he says.
"You're going to make mistakes. Don't expect to come in and understand everything and execute everything right away. It's just not going
to happen. If you expect to (be perfect) and you aren't and then you let it affect your play, that's when you're going to have problems. They
told me if you end up starting as a rookie quarterback, you're going to end up taking your lumps and you're going to have to deal with it
and move on. But at the same time, you have to rebound, you have to get better. If you can get better each week, by the end of the season,
you have a shot."
No prima donna
Watching him in practice every day, you can tell how seriously Bradford is taking this process. He is a maniacal student of the game,
exhausting every possible resource for information. He does ask a lot of questions, but he also listens. Spagnuolo says his ability to listen
just might be his greatest quality as a student of the game because you don't have to tell him something twice.
"He has a great way of letting things sink in and you know they are going in, that he is getting it," Spagnuolo says. "To me it's impressive
for a guy his age and the situation he is in and I think if he continues to handle himself that way we will be okay."
A few weeks ago in the midst of that horrid heat wave, the Rams were on the field on the most grueling day of training camp. Just two
days after his breakout performance at the Lindenwood scrimmage, Bradford did not look particularly sharp on this Monday on the Rams
Park practice fields. The morning practice temperatures topped 100 degrees and the 95-percent humidity made things almost unbearable.
By the evening practice, everyone was dragging. The tempo was so sluggish that it seemed like the players were stomping through wet
sand in combat boots.
At one point during that evening workout, Bradford was called for an illegal procedure penalty. He was in shotgun formation and he
lurched forward before the snap of the ball, causing the penalty. The whistle blew and Spagnuolo barked for the offense to run the play
again. They got it right this time, but as soon as the play was over, Bradford darted out of the clutter of players and began jogging around
the football field, running a lap as a player-imposed penance for committing the pre-snap penalty.
That's one of the many small things that Bradford has done to make an impression around here. He's no prima donna looking for special
treatment. He works as hard as the lowest man on the depth chart.
The other thing you notice is he never stops talking football. All summer long, if you saw Bradford on the football field for practice,
warming up before a game, or standing on the sidelines during a game, it wouldn't take long to notice his new multiple shadows lurking
close beside. The constant shadow is quarterbacks coach Dick Curl. They have become almost inseparable since the day Bradford first
arrived at Rams Park. In fact, if you see Bradford on the field or in the classroom, there's a good chance that either Curl, offensive
coordinator Pat Shurmur or veteran QB A.J. Feeley — or all of the above — are going to be no farther than two steps away. It is all part
of the process of total West Coast offense immersion Bradford is experiencing.
"I think the conversations have changed a lot since I first got here," Bradford says. "They've now gotten past the big concepts of how the
offense works and now it's down to the little details. I think they understand now that I've been in this offense long enough to know where
people are going and what we're looking for."
The carefully orchestrated teaching that is going on has been borrowed from several sources, but mostly from Shurmur's experience with
Donovan McNabb in Philadelphia. But unlike the McNabb tutorial, which did not put him in the starting lineup until the middle of the
season, the Bradford process seems to have accelerated.
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On Thursday night, Bradford took full advantage of the thumb injury that sidelined Feeley and provided the rookie with his first NFL
start. Completing 15 of 22 passes for 189 yards, two TDs and no interceptions while leading the Rams to a 20-14 halftime lead against
Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, it now seems highly unlikely that Spagnuolo can keep him under wraps much longer. He has
taken on every challenge to the point where Spags just grins when asked about how soon it will be before he declares that Bradford has
earned the No.1 QB job.
But if you listen to the head coach's praise, you have to know that the process is moving along at a much quicker pace than Spagnuolo
imagined.
"I am real interested in watching (game film of the Patriots game)," Spagnuolo said after Thursday's performance. "(I want to see) when
they did pressure (him), how did he handle it? Did he go to the right place with the ball? ... With a young quarterback, you really want to
see how he handles when people come at him. ... In this league defensive coaches are going to find ways to bring people together in all
different kinds of ways that (he's) never seen before and that's where a rookie quarterback has to get to and after I watch the tape I will
have a better idea if he handled those situations real well."
But the coach didn't need to consult the tape for everything and neither did several NFL scouts who attended the game. Bradford made
some outstanding throws against New England's defense, the sort of throws that every NFL personnel guy saw when he was standing so
tall in the pocket at Oklahoma ripping up the Big 12.
Spagnuolo was practically giddy as he remembered watching one of Bradford's best throws, a particular dart that he zinged into the thick
of the Patriots defense that went between three New England defenders and right into the hands of a Rams receiver. "I remember Steven
Jackson was (standing) on my right at the time and I asked him if he saw the same thing I did and he nodded his head," Spagnuolo said
with delight.
A few minutes later as reporters crowded around Jackson in the visitor's locker room, someone asked Jackson his version of the moment
the coach described, and the big running back shrugged his shoulders and apologized for being unable to recall the moment with the same
clarity as Spagnuolo.
"You know I vaguely remember what you're talking about," Jackson said, "but not really."
As he began apologizing, it almost felt like this story was about to fall flat. But then Jackson's apology took a rather eventful turn.
"I don't know the (specific) play because he had so many of those tonight," Jackson said with a big laugh. "He was putting the ball on the
money when he had pressure in his face, he made smart decisions and got rid of it so he didn't take the sack. When the blitz was coming
he was putting it on the hot receiver. He knows where the ball needs to go. You can tell that he really knows the offense. I'm really
impressed with how far he's come in such a short time."
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St. Louis Rams' running back Steven Jackson runs intervals following practice after training camp at the Russell Training Center at Rams'
Park in Earth City, Mo. Saturday, July 31, 2010. This was Jackson's first practice since April back surgery. Photo by Sid Hastings .
When you're face to face with an 18-foot great white shark, suddenly the prospect of NFL defenders slamming into you at full speed
doesn't seem quite so daunting.
Not to play down the hard knocks that running back Steven Jackson takes while toting the ball for the Rams. But he saw a different kind
of violence during a shark-cage dive last month off the coast of Capetown, South Africa.
"It was pretty amazing, to see great whites up close and personal," Jackson said. "I actually witnessed one hunting and devouring a seal.
That was pretty nerve-wracking. ... It makes you forget about the cold, icy water, I'll tell you that."
Jackson said only one thought went through his mind when the 18-footer appeared. "I was hoping that he didn't ram the cage," he said.
"But I think the scariest thing is not seeing the shark; it's when he disappears into the murky water.
"It didn't help that I was watching 'Shark Week' the whole week going into it."
Jackson's trip also included a safari in Botswana, side trips to Namibia and Zambia, plus three World Cup soccer games. He brought home
three vuvuzelas, the plastic horns that fans tooted throughout the contests, creating a ubiquitous buzz.
Jackson said he never mastered them. "Those things are hard to blow," he said.
Vacation time is over now, though. Jackson and his 79 teammates were put through their paces for 1 hour, 45 minutes Saturday afternoon
in the first full-squad practice of training camp.
Jackson, who had surgery in April to repair a herniated disc in his back, was nearly a full participant. On the first snap of 11-on-11 "team"
drills, he took a handoff from quarterback A.J. Feeley and burst around left end for a nice gain.
"We don't want to jump out there too quick and have him set back," coach Steve Spagnuolo said. "But I was encouraged."
Jackson was injured Nov. 22 against Arizona. He was held out of practice for the rest of the season, but he still managed to play in five of
the last six games for the 1-15 Rams.
"The last five, six weeks of the season was pretty painful," Jackson acknowledged. "But being able to fight through that pain and still be
somewhat productive, I think I proved a lot to myself."
Jackson finished with 1,416 rushing yards, the second-highest total of his six NFL seasons. He also caught 51 passes for 322 yards and
was named to his second Pro Bowl.
Because he missed all the spring drills while rehabbing, Jackson hadn't stepped onto a football field since the season finale vs. San
Francisco on Jan. 3. He weathered Saturday's practice without problems.
"I felt good," Jackson said. "I've been working really, really hard with my trainer all offseason to make sure that when today came, I'd be
ready to practice and be able to pretty much participate in everything."
His back, he reported, "feels good. We're going on three months now (since the surgery), and still have another month to go (until the
regular season). If I had to have the surgery, I think we did it at the right time.
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Career backup quarterback A.J. Feeley knows his job with the St. Louis Rams is to get Sam Bradford ready for the NFL.
"I want to help him out as much as he wants to be helped out," Feeley said of Bradford, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 NFL draft. "But
everybody wants to play. If you don't want to play, you shouldn't be in this position. It's what you do."
The Rams are starting to increase the percentage of snaps Bradford is taking in practice. Coach Steve Spagnuolo said Bradford took 31
percent of the snaps in practice until the Saturday night scrimmage. He took 45 percent of the snaps in the scrimmage.
Now, the plan to grow those figures in Bradford's favor, Spagnuolo said, with Feeley and backups Keith Null and Thaddeus Lewis
sharing the rest.
Bradford threw four touchdown passes in all the drills combined during St. Louis' intrasquad scrimmage at Lindenwood University.
"In some throws, even beyond it," Spagnuolo said. "He sees the field really well, and the practices are slowing down for him."
On Tuesday, Spagnuolo announced that Feeley will start when the Minnesota Vikings visit St. Louis on Saturday for the preseason opener
for both teams. Freeley will start, but Bradford also will be seeing time with the first unit.
The fans are clamoring for Bradford, and Spagnuolo said he understands that.
"Everybody should have an opinion," Spagnuolo said. "That's what keeps the NFL game interesting, but we'll do what we think is right."
For now, Feeley is the tutor. He has been a mentor for Bradford so far in minicamps, OTAs and now training camp.
"Feeley has been something like a big brother to Sam, that's the best way I can put it," Rams rookie wide receiver Mardy Gilyard said.
"He's the leader of the bunch. He's the No. 1 guy. He knows his checks, he is confident in this throws. He is telling our receivers exactly
where he is going to put the ball and how we should run our routes.
"Sam has a lot to learn, and that's why I am glad we have A.J. here so Sam will be able to cling onto his leg in a sense and learn anything
he can."
Feeley pointed out quarterbacks stick together. It's just how the position is, he said.
"The nature of playing quarterback is you help each other out in the meeting room," Feeley said. "Those guys that don't have good
meeting rooms, where the guys don't get along, that's where bad things happen. But we have a great group."
Feeley, who turned 33 in May, was a backup for Carolina in 2009. Feeley has spent most of his career as a backup, starting 15 games and
appearing in 23.
In 10 seasons, he has completed 372 of 665 passes for 4,070 yards, 27 touchdowns and 29 interceptions. His lifetime quarterback rating is
69.6.
Feeley was drafted by the Eagles in the fifth round out of Oregon in 2001, and spent his early career in Philadelphia at a time when Andy
Reid's staff included Spagnuolo as a defensive assistant and Pat Shurmur as an offensive coach. Now, he's joined both Spagnuolo and
Shurmur at St. Louis.
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Lead them.
St. Louis Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo delivered that message to second-year linebacker James Laurinaitis this summer.
"I told him before the first preseason game that there had to be a moment where he grabbed the huddle and said, 'This is my show now,' "
Spagnuolo says. "He has to let the huddle know when it needs to step up and play with a little more juice. He's starting to do that."
"I was that way in high school (Plymouth Wayzata High School in Minnesota). I was that way at Ohio State," he says. "I'd rather be the
person making calls and getting yelled at if I screw up than the one blaming somebody else."
Laurinaitis served as a team captain at Ohio State in 2007-08, the seventh member of the Buckeyes to be elected captain twice in a career.
He says he grew immeasurably under coach Jim Tressel.
"Coach Tressel said to me, 'The best way to become a leader is to be someone who can be trusted to make plays and be accountable,' " he
says.
The second-round draft choice, taken 35th overall, was all of that and more as a rookie. He started all 16 games and set a franchise record
for a first-year player by making 146 tackles, 98 unassisted, to go with seven passes broken up, two sacks, two interceptions and a forced
fumble.
There were times when he wanted to say more in the huddle. Then he remembered his place.
"As a rookie, it's hard," he says. "You don't want to step on toes of guys who are 10 years older."
Laurinaitis learned the ways of professional sports from his father. Joe was never afraid to step on toes — or heads — as he pounded out a
living as a wrestler known as "The Animal."
His son, who ranked seventh with 375 career tackles when he graduated from Ohio State, quickly developed a reputation in the NFL as
someone who relishes contact almost as much as his no-holds-barred father. The advances he made in understanding offensive and
defensive schemes are equally impressive.
"He's got a football mind," Spagnuolo says. "He'll probably be a coach someday."
Laurinaitis barely allowed himself — or anyone on the coaching staff — an offseason in his determination to help St. Louis rebound from
a league-worst 1-15 record.
"This guy is one of the more passionate guys about the game of football," Spagnuolo says. "Even during the offseason, vacation time, he's
texting me about what film he can watch.
"At the position he's playing, that can permeate through the defense and the rest of your team."
Laurinaitis understands the link between preparation and performance. He might not always make the play, but he is intent on being in
position to make it.
"You are going to make physical mistakes. That is part of the game," he says. "There are going to be times when you try to get off your
block and it doesn't happen or you try to make a tackle and miss.
"But it's a lot easier to play football when you are doing the right thing."
As well as Laurinaitis performed as a rookie, Spagnuolo knows he suffered from information overload.
"His head was spinning, thinking about which way he was going, right or left," the coach says.
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St. Louis, reeling from a series of poor drafts until recently, ranked 31st in allowing 27.3 points a game. The Rams were 25th in yielding
an average of 235.2 passing yards. They finished 29th in surrendering 372.8 yards a game.
Although no one player can fix all of that, Spagnuolo now trusts Laurinaitis to implement everything the coaching staff wants. That
includes critical in-game adjustments that he views as being even more important than the game plan.
"(During) the game, when you have to make changes and you convey it to the linebacker who gets it done on the field, that is when you
know you have a chance to have a good defense," Spagnuolo says.
Does Laurinaitis ever act anymore as if the coach is speaking a different language?
They are the eyes of an emerging young leader who wants to excel.
"I hold myself to a high standard. You have to," Laurinaitis says. "You have to aim for perfection."
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As the St. Louis Rams struggled to a 1-15 finish last year on their way to the No. 1 pick in the draft, one bright spot was the improved
play of defensive end Chris Long.
In his second season, the former No. 1 pick struggled along with his team in the first half of the season. But after not recording a sack in
the first seven games, Long had five of them in the last nine games and was noticeably more active from his defensive end spot.
"I was just kind of letting things go; not worrying about it so much and just playing," Long said of his play in the second half of 2009. "I
think that's just me getting better. I don't think it's a flash in the pan thing. I hope not."
Long, who starred at Virginia, was the Rams' first round pick in 2008 and the second overall selection. As if that weren't enough pressure,
Long is the son of Hall of Fame defensive lineman Howie Long, who played 13 seasons in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders.
He admits that the expectations can be a burden, but also refuses to use that as an excuse.
"I can't lie; you think about that stuff all the time," Long said. "Everybody puts pressure on themselves in different ways. It's just how you
handle it.
"But I don't think I'm any different than anybody else. A guy signed as a free agent might have the same amount of pressure as the guy
who was drafted second. We're football players. We all have to deal with it."
One thing that should help is after learning three different defensive schemes in three years, Long will be in the same system for the
second straight year under head coach Steve Spagnuolo and defensive coordinator Ken Flajole. Spagnuolo believes that the 6-foot-3, 276
pound Long should be even more of a factor this season.
"He did come on toward the end of the year," Spagnuolo said. "We talked to him a lot. He's talked a lot about his first two years being in
new systems. That's not the case this year. Now, it's not so much the mind as it is the body and he just goes because he should know what
he's doing. Hopefully, he'll be more productive."
"It helps a lot," he said. "It's the first year I've been able to repeat schemes. I'm not the only one going through that; there's a couple of
guys in my class who have been through a couple coaches. It's a great scheme, and the more we have time to learn it and master it, the
better."
However, Long will be in a new spot on the defensive line, as he moves over from right end to the left. He is looking forward to the
switch.
"There's a lot more looks, with tight ends and it's a little more complicated," Long said. "I do like it. I think there's some stuff I can do
over there I couldn't do on the right."
As a defensive end, Long plays in a position that usually takes a few years to master. Now heading into his third season, he's hoping for
the break out year.
"A lot of things have to come together," Long said. "You need to work hard, you need to get better technically and be in the right
situations and things got to come together. God willing, that will all happen this year.
"But individual stats are not my No. 1 goal; I want to win. If I can get that stuff done along with it, that would be great."
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Though he didn't need to be there until the start of practice at 8:15 a.m., St. Louis Rams defensive end James Hall showed up nearly two
hours early for work Sunday morning.
"I was walking through the building this morning at 6:30 and he's walking through the door," Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo said. "That's
James. That's the way he was during the entire regular season. He's up early. He knows how to take care of his body, and he's a great
example for these young guys.''
At 33 years and almost six months, Hall is the oldest player on the Rams' roster.
Hall said starting early was his way of keeping up with the younger players.
"It's better to just come out swinging, man," Hall said. "The older you get, the more you have to do to get ready for the season. Take care
of your body, and things like that. Just wake up early and get your day going."
Despite being in the twilight of his career, Hall clearly still enjoys his job.
"I love what I do for a living," Hall said. "The bad thing about it is, unfortunately, it has to come to an end. I'm trying to stretch that out as
long as I can."
Hall is entering his 11th season in the NFL, and his fourth season with the Rams. He fought through injuries to start 14 games and register
59 tackles and 4 1/2 sacks last season.
Hall is going against rookie left tackle Rodger Saffold in practice, and school has been in session during pass-blocking drills.
"I know one good thing for (Saffold) -- well good or bad, however he wants to look at it -- he's going against James Hall a lot," Spagnuolo
said. "I mean there's a veteran (who has) been in this league a long time who's still skilled. I told James he's doing a heck of a job, and
he'll make Rodger better."
Hall knows the Rams are counting on Saffold being a starter this season.
"He's a real athletic kid, and I am going to get him ready," Hall said. "I'm going to be physical with him. I'm going to make him tough.
He's a Big Ten guy, so he has a lot of toughness with him already."
Hall isn't a vocal player, but he's still one of the Rams' leaders.
"I've never been a rah-rah guy," Hall said. "I've always been a guy who tries to lead by example. If I say something, it is going to come
from the heart and I mean it."
The Rams donned full pads for the first time during their practice Sunday morning.
Spagnuolo ran the Oklahoma drill -- an old school drill involving a defensive player, a blocker and a ballcarrier. The defender must shed
the block and tackle the ballcarrier.
"High school," Hall said of the last time he'd run the Oklahoma drill before Sunday. "It was fun, though. Coach told us yesterday evening
that he was going to put it in, and guys were pretty jacked up about it.''
"We call it the Ram drill,'' he said. "We've got (Sam) Bradford. We don't need to be calling drills 'Oklahoma' drills.''
Bradford, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 NFL draft out of the University of Oklahoma, has received plenty of teasing after the
quarterback signed his record-setting contract Saturday.
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Bradford was forced to sing in front of the team Saturday night, and he was placed back as a punt returner during a special teams period
during practice Sunday.
"For $50 million, I think you should do a little more than just play quarterback," Hall joked.
Reminded that Bradford didn't actually catch any punts, Hall said, "We don't want him to catch it. Stay away from those hands, those
fingers."
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When last seen in pads, Rams safety Oshiomogho Atogwe was being worked on by team trainers in the middle of Soldier Field while the
rest of his teammates were running off the field at halftime.
Some halftime show, eh? Atogwe suffered what turned out to be a season-ending shoulder injury in that game Dec. 6, but not before
forcing two fumbles against the Chicago Bears.
Now, after nearly eight long months away from football — and away from Rams Park — Atogwe is sweating out training camp with the
rest of his teammates. Rust? What rust?
"I'm like stainless steel, man," Atogwe joked. "Rustproof. But playing football is definitely something where muscle memory has to be re-
acclimated. That's what I'm doing right now."
Atogwe is re-acclimating himself to his teammates as well. Locked in a contract impasse with Rams management for much of the
offseason, Atogwe did not attend any of the team's offseason program, including the full-squad minicamp.
"It was tough," Atogwe said. "I've been playing football all my life. Never missed a game. Never missed any time. So to be completely
away from it for so long was hard on me. But during that time I used it to improve myself, and just continue to develop as a man and
develop as a person. So that when I did come back to the game, I'd be better off."
Atogwe signed a five-year, $31.6 million deal June 25, just two days after his 29th birthday. It could turn out to be a one-year, $4.1
million deal if the Rams are unwilling to pay an $8 million roster bonus due next February.
Atogwe wasn't the only Rams safety to re-up during the offseason. Craig Dahl, who performed well as an injury replacement for James
Butler and then Atogwe, signed a three-year, $3.6 million deal.
"I feel like I found a home," Dahl said. "I love the guys I'm playing with here. We battled through some adversity here, and it made us a
better team this year. You guys (reporters) can already see it in camp that we're light-years ahead of where we were last year — just the
communication and the overall flow of the game is a lot better on defense."
Dahl made it a point to report in the best shape possible. Last season, he suffered a hamstring injury in training camp that sidelined him
for the first two games of the regular season. It was a frustrating time, especially when you consider that as a New York Giant, Dahl
missed the entire '08 season with a torn ligament in his right knee. And he missed the tail end of the '07 campaign — as well as the Giants'
Super Bowl run — with a torn ligament in his left knee.
But Dahl, 25, played in the final 14 games of '09 for St. Louis, starting 10 times and finishing fifth on the squad in tackles with 70.
"Getting out there and playing football is what I love to do," Dahl said. "And just being able to do that, especially after coming off two
serious injuries, is just a blessing. I thank the Rams' organization for allowing me to come down here."
Dahl's emergence has helped make safety the closest thing to a position of strength on the roster. In fact, neither Atogwe at free safety or
Butler at strong safety can rest easy because Dahl is nipping at their heels for a starting spot.
"Having O.J. (Atogwe) back, it creates some competition for us at safety," defensive coordinator Ken Flajole said last week. "Craig Dahl
played (Atogwe's) position during the (workouts) in the spring, and in my mind I consider Craig a starter — as well as James Butler.
"So it gives us a lot of competition there, and we'll just go through the course of the preseason and let it shake itself out. But we're very
happy to have O.J. back. He's a great leader. He's been productive for us, and he's another true professional. He knows how to prepare and
how to practice."
So far in camp, Dahl has gotten a lot of work with the starting unit during team periods when the Rams have been in full pads. But that
may be merely a decision by the coaching staff to hold Atogwe out of the heaviest contact situations while working himself — and his
shoulder — back into the flow.
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"I'm not sure what the coaches' plans are," Dahl shrugged. "If they send me in during the game, I'm going to play as hard as I can. We'll
see what happens come the season."
While not discounting the potential role of newcomer Kevin Payne, who was acquired in a late April trade with Chicago, Spagnuolo
lumps Atogwe, Butler and Dahl together.
"That's a good thing to have in the NFL, three guys that have had experience and you can rely on," Spagnuolo said.
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St. Louis Rams rookie wideout-returner Mardy Gilyard keeps a snapshot in his wallet of the green 2002 Pontiac Grand Am that helped
deliver him to the NFL.
Talk about a hurt locker. Gilyard lived in one, spending long, cold nights in the borrowed car, sometimes sleeping in the driver's seat
during a six-and-a-half-month stretch in 2006. That humbling reality check helped transform an immature former University of Cincinnati
defensive back without a roof over his head into a hardworking, potential home run-hitting NFL playmaker.
Gilyard had his scholarship revoked after his freshman season for academic reasons and worked four jobs to pay back the five-figure debt
he owed the school. He could have dropped out and turned his back on his obligations. But Gilyard kicked hard and surfaced with a
vengeance.
When the Rams drafted him with the 99th overall pick last month, it capped quite the improbable comeback route by the 6-foot, 187-
pound wide receiver who racked up 3,003 receiving yards and 25 touchdown catches, both Cincinnati career records.
"You can say I came to the Rams from the green Grand Am instead of the green room," Gilyard said with a prideful laugh.
"I was homeless, living in a car, working four jobs. Now I'm a Ram.
Gilyard paid his dues, working a construction job, cooking and delivering pizzas and selling cutlery door to door before coach Brian Kelly
took over the program at the end of the 2006 season and gave Gilyard another chance with the Bearcats, this time as a wide receiver.
"I was working hard to get my real job back, my football job," Gilyard said. "I had to get back to school.
"It just showed I'm a hard worker and that I could fight through adversity. That's all the game of football is: It's about fighting through
adversity."
When Rams general manager Billy Devaney called on the morning of April 24 to inform Gilyard the Rams were poised to select him with
the first overall pick of the draft's fourth round, well you better believe that Gilyard broke down.
"I was on my way to go crabbing, and I had stopped at McDonald's when my cell rang, and Billy Devaney told me, 'Hey, we're going to
take you,' " Gilyard said from his Bunnell, Fla., home. "I cried a river.
"I'm blessed."
Blessed wasn't what he felt four years ago after he'd been kicked out of school and his apartment. He wanted to return home to Florida.
Except that his mother and older brother, Otis, wouldn't let him.
"I had to find faith and myself," Gilyard said. "I had to grow up. I was a real knucklehead kid, arrogant, cocky, immature. I had to grow
up."
Gilyard showed the resolve no NFL scouting combine or pro-day drill can measure.
"Most guys would have folded," Devaney said. "You flunk out of school, you say, 'Well, OK.' You go back to Florida."
As a junior, he earned 2008 all-Big East honors with 81 receptions for 1,276 yards.
He finished as Cincinnati's all-time leader in receptions (204) while piling up nearly 6,000 all-purpose yards.
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He brings a needed dynamic to a feeble Rams offense that averaged fewer than 11 points a game in 2009.
Gilyard ran a 4.51-second, 40-yard dash at his pro day. But his fluid quickness in and out of breaks impressed scouts nearly as much as
his candor.
"There's no one perfect in this world," Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo said. "But what Mardy has shown is he can go through a tough
time, persevere.
"He showed a lot of resolve in what he did, failing out of college and then coming back and working those jobs. He obviously wanted it
bad enough."
Gilyard returned punts and displayed what Spagnuolo termed "a smoothness" in his route running while catching passes from quarterback
and fellow rookie Sam Bradford during last weekend's rookie minicamp.
Gilyard was given No. 81, former Rams star Torry Holt's number. And he certainly stands a fair chance of quickly making his mark
among an inexperienced collection of wideouts.
"I'm going to do everything I can in my power to make the game exciting and bring back 'The Greatest Show on Turf' to St. Louis,"
Gilyard said.
NFLDraftScout.com senior analyst Rob Rang projected Gilyard as a third-rounder and considers him a steal, given St. Louis got him one
round later.
"He and the Rams are a perfect fit," Rang said. "He can come in and play in the slot immediately and be a return man. He's a better route
runner than you expect from a guy coming from a traditional spread offense."
And Rang also notes that Gilyard has shown an ability to cope with pressure.
"He has a history of playing his best when the lights are on," he said.
"And I don't know if there's a better story from the 2010 draft in terms of Mardy realizing he made some mistakes, fighting through
adversity. And then doing it at the level he did, speaks to his toughness."
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With the lights dimmed, a mini-fireworks display erupting, and Rams fans screaming approval, Rodger Saffold ran out onto the Edward
Jones Dome turf last week with the rest of his Rams teammates.
A few minutes later he saw Joey Porter, who breathes fire as Arizona's pass-rushing linebacker.
Porter is known for trash-talking during games, and Sunday was no exception. He directed some remarks Saffold's way early in the game,
but on the advice of his veteran teammates, Saffold didn't bite. So Porter switched tactics.
"He was kind of talking to me through Steven Jackson," Saffold said. "He was like, 'Oh man, you ain't going to be able to do nothing with
Rodger Saffold blocking for you.' "
Saffold didn't appreciate the insult, but kept his mouth shut.
"I just pretty much tried to do my job and then go back to the huddle," he said.
Saffold was one of only two rookies to start at left tackle on the NFL's opening weekend of play. (The other was Trent Williams of the
Washington Redskins.) He graded out fairly well when Rams coaches reviewed the game film, but he had some rough moments as well.
"I thought he did a pretty solid job," coach Steve Spagnuolo said. "He had the one sack I think that he gave up, but for a rookie in his first
game at left tackle, pretty good."
Actually, the play Spagnuolo referred to wasn't a sack, it just felt like one for quarterback Sam Bradford. Early in the third quarter,
Cardinals defensive end Calais Campbell beat Saffold with an inside move and clobbered Bradford, who got the pass away for a short
gain.
Porter got around Saffold a couple of times for quarterback hits, one of which may have contributed to Bradford's second interception.
Not unlike the rookie quarterback making his first NFL start, the Cardinals threw a lot at the rookie left tackle making his first NFL start.
"There's some things I need to work on," Saffold said. "There were a lot of shifts and a lot of different movement that game that I needed
to attend to the next day in the corrections meetings."
Between Porter and Campbell, and blitzing linebackers and defensive backs, Saffold faced a lot of different defenders. At face value, this
Sunday's challenge looks much different for Saffold. The Raiders play an "even" front, with four defensive linemen as opposed to
Arizona's 3-4. The Raiders usually don't blitz much, relying on their front four to pressure the quarterback. So in that sense, Saffold's task
could be less complicated this week.
Nonetheless, Saffold still has to worry about multiple defenders. He expects to see end/linebacker 'tweener Trevor Scott on some plays;
end Matt Shaughnessey on others; and even 6-6, 310-pound tackle Richard Seymour on some. (That's assuming Seymour, who has a
hamstring injury, plays.)
As he studies more film, and gets more experience, it will be easier to zero in on the techniques and idiosyncrasies of each opponent. For
now, it's tough enough honing in on one opponent a game, much less three. Take Porter, for instance, who entered this season second in
career sacks among active NFL players.
"Porter had many different moves," Saffold said. "He had the speed to come off the edge. He had a good inside move. He had a spin move
that was pretty good. His bull rush isn't as strong as others, but because he's so quick, it doesn't look like his shoulders ever come down.
So the bull rush can take you by surprise."
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Jim Hanifan spent 31 years as an NFL coach, with 25 of them spent coaching the offensive line. He has coached some great offensive
lines, and some great linemen. So what does it take to be a great left tackle?
"You've got to be a hell of an athlete," Hanifan said. "There's only one guy in my years of coaching — and coaching that particular
position — that really wasn't a great athlete."
Hanifan was referring to Billy Shields, who played left tackle for him in 1979 with the San Diego Chargers. But Shields was so smart, and
so dedicated, that he was a successful left tackle.
"Billy understood how important technique was," Hanifan said. "And he knew that every step he took, if he didn't do it exactly right,
disaster was waiting for Mr. Fouts."
Every Friday during the season at the end of practice, Shields asked Hanifan to stay with him for an extra half-hour to work on pass sets.
"That was a comfort zone for him," Hanifan said. "He knew that if he just was a little bit off, he could really have a problem because he
did not have the 'quicks' — the speed that you need. Now what he did have was an outstanding brain, and he had long arms."
Long arms can be a great help to a pass blocker, and Washington left tackle Joe Jacoby put them to great use when Hanifan was with the
Redskins.
"Joe had the great reach, so that if he fouled up, golly, he still had those arms where he could get out there and strike," Hanifan said.
Time after time, Jacoby used those long arms and strong punch to knock one of the game's best all-time pass rushers off course: Lawrence
Taylor of the New York Giants.
As valuable as technique and long arms are for a left tackle, or any pass-blocker for that matter, the great ones have great balance and
footwork. They can bend their knees and move laterally.
"The most vivid picture would be Orlando Pace," Hanifan said. "Orlando, when he was in his prime, you've got a guy 325-330 (pounds)
and 6-7."
Hall of Famer Dan Dierdorf, who was primarily a right tackle for the St. Louis Cardinals, used to tell Hanifan that Pace looked like a
basketball power forward "with 19-inch guns." In other words, big biceps.
The basketball reference is appropriate, Pace says, because he thinks it helped him develop nimble feet.
"I always played basketball," Pace said. "I don't know if it was moving the feet defensively or doing those type of (basketball) drills when
I was in high school, but I think it really enhanced the footwork."
Pace, a seven-time Pro Bowler in 12 seasons with the Rams, knows that footwork helped make him one of the game's elite left tackles and
a potential Hall of Famer.
"I always say the game is played with footwork and hands," Pace said. "And then there's a certain attitude you have on the field. Your feet
are going to put you in position to make those blocks, and then you have to know when to strike and have a pretty good punch when you
engage somebody.
"Most left tackles are pretty much known for being good pass blockers as opposed to being good run blockers because it's more of an
athletic position to put the linemen in."
It's the age-old truism of protecting the (right-handed) quarterback's blindside, and facing the opposing team's best pass rusher every
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Is Rodger ready?
To a large degree, footwork and agility made the Rams decide to play Saffold at left tackle instead of Jason Smith.
"Rodger's got the skill and ability to play the position," said offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur, who was an all-Big Ten center at
Michigan State. "We've seen in the time that he's been here that he'll work at it."
Saffold is the type of player who likes to pick up tips wherever he can. Hanifan, who does radio work for the Rams' flagship station
(WXOS, 101.1 FM) has given Saffold some basic advice and encouragement.
For example, Hanifan told him that even Pace learned you need to lower your hips and sink in your stance to neutralize a bull rush. Before
the Arizona game, Saffold said Hanifan told him, "Stay low, stay squared up, and you'll be fine."
"I like him," Hanifan said. "I like his attitude. I like his quickness. I like his feet. He's got good feet, good balance."
"I think he's getting better every week," said Pace, who watched all of the Rams' preseason games, and attended last week's regular-season
opener. "Left tackle's such a tough position to break in because you're going against some of the best pass rushers in the world. It's a tough
deal to break in and really be dominant in your first year, but I think the most important part is that you get better week in and week out."
Any praise from Pace is extra-special for Saffold. That's his idol. Like Pace, Saffold grew up in the Cleveland area, and has followed
Pace's career closely. He has studied tape of Pace, and when given Pace's Rams jersey number (76), had make sure it was OK.
Saffold has never spoken with him directly, but Pace let Saffold know through Rams officials and former teammates that he was fine with
it.
"I think it's good," Pace said, "as long as he represents it well."
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Aware that two of his better seasons came under the tutelage of Steve Spagnuolo, 10-year NFL veteran Fred Robbins didn't let the Rams'
three-year slide cloud his judgment when deciding where to play in 2010.
"Things happen in this business, but I feel like St. Louis is a good fit for me," Robbins said. "I knew what to expect coming in here,
having played for (Spagnuolo). I just felt comfortable."
The Rams went 1-15 last year, Spagnuolo's first as the team's head coach. Overall, they've slumped to 6-42 since cobbling together a .500
mark in 2006.
Robbins, a 6-foot-4, 325-pound defensive tackle, picked up a Super Bowl ring with the New York Giants, where Spagnuolo was the
defensive coordinator for two seasons before coming to the Rams. Robbins totaled 78 tackles, including 11 sacks, during that span.
"Spags is a great guy, well respected," said Robbins, 33. "He has that player-coach relationship where he doesn't have to filter it down
through assistant coaches. If he sees something wrong, he'll come and address it to you himself. ...
"It's hard to come out here on hot days and everybody's screaming and yelling, especially with young guys. But Coach has fun with it and
makes it competitive, and that makes you want to come out and play."
Steamy weather enveloped the practice fields at Rams Park for Monday's two-hour workout. While the temperature rose, the team's effort
dropped, Spagnuolo noted.
"I thought it was a good opportunity to kind of get that feel, a little pre-training camp deal, and see which guys would fight through it.
Some did and some didn't," he said. "There were some lulls in there that you wouldn't expect. Guys didn't pick it up."
But Spagnuolo is glad that the Rams picked up Robbins during free agency. He figures to be part of a tackle rotation that includes Clifton
Ryan, Darell Scott, Gary Gibson and Leger Douzable.
Robbins, who was signed to a three-year contract that with incentives could top out at about $12 million, has "done a great job in the
offseason as far as what he's doing with his body; he looks in good shape," Spagnuolo said. "He's a quality veteran and I think a guy that
can come in ... and show the younger guys how to be a pro.
"And I'm not just talking about practicing. All the things that you do in between. That's as important as anything."
"That's what he expects from me, to come in with my overall knowledge and lead by example, and I have no problem with that," Robbins
said. "We've got a bunch of young guys, a lot of guys with a lot of energy. And that's a good thing. Being someone who's been successful
with the system, I feel like I can bring a lot to the table in letting guys know how the coaches want things done up front."
During their three-year downturn, the Rams have slipped gradually downhill defensively. They were 21st in total defense in 2007, 28th in
'08 and 29th last year. They've been particularly vulnerable vs. the run, an area in which Robbins believes "I've proven that (I can help)."
"In the NFL, you've got to be able to stop the run; if you can't stop the run, you're not going to be successful at all," he added. "Once we
get everybody playing on the same page, being gap-sound, then we'll start becoming a good defense."
And once the line comes around, the defense as a whole will prosper, Robbins pointed out.
"It all starts up front. The linebackers feed off the defensive line and the secondary feeds off the linebackers," he said. "So, if everything
goes well up front, then you know that everything's good."
Robbins said he kept a close eye on the Rams — and Spagnuolo — last season.
"The Rams were 1-15, but there were a lot of games last year they could've, and should've, won, just a few plays here and there," he said.
"That's what it comes down to in the NFL."
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Eager to improve their pass-rush off the edge, the Rams grabbed a trio of defensive ends in April's draft. The one picked the latest has
made the earliest impression.
George Selvie, a two-time All-American at South Florida, was a seventh-round pick (No. 226 overall). He said he initially was
"distraught" that he wasn't taken higher.
But that emotion has passed, he said. "I'm just glad to be here, glad to be a Ram," Selvie said. "I'm just going out there and having fun,
just doing my thing, just playing football."
Though a bit undersized at 257 pounds, the 6-foot-4 Selvie has been giving the offensive linemen fits during one-on-one drills at training
camp with his ability to slither past them and into the backfield. Selvie was credited with a team-high two sacks in Saturday night's
scrimmage at Lindenwood University.
"I could've done more stuff, played the run a little bit better," Selvie said. "But overall, I think I had a decent scrimmage."
Running down quarterbacks is nothing new for Selvie. He had 29 sacks in college, including a stunning 14½ his sophomore season, when
the Touchdown Club of Columbus named him college football's top defensive lineman.
Bothered by a high-ankle sprain the following season, Selvie dropped to 5½ sacks. He got just 3½ as a senior, when he regularly was
double- and triple-teamed.
Selvie's stock plummeted, but his pass-rush skills apparently remained intact.
"He's a long guy that's got really good get-off," coach Steve Spagnuolo said. "On those plays he had (at the scrimmage), it was all getting
off the ball. He's obviously been taught well. That's the first thing for a defensive end, to get a good jump on the ball. He has that."
Once he engages a blocker, Selvie relies on a variety of moves to get past him.
"I try to have a little bit of everything ... be versatile," he said. "If I need to bull-rush, I'll bull-rush. But ... I'm a small guy; I don't want too
many hands on me."
In addition to the veterans, Selvie is competing with fellow draftees Hall Davis of Louisiana-Lafayette (fifth round) and Eugene Sims of
West Texas A&M (sixth).
According to Spagnuolo all three have flashed pass-rush ability but need to improve vs. the run.
"We're just taking our turns and showing what we've got," Selvie said. "It's good competition, and I think we're handling it pretty well."
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With a total of two receptions in his one season of college football, tight end Fendi Onobun arrived at Rams Park in late April about as
raw as rookies come.
"I just remember coming in after the draft for the rookie minicamp. I was like, 'Man, what'd I get myself into?'" Onobun said Monday
after the Rams' first official regular-season practice.
That Onobun was still around for that practice is the culmination of what he described as an "unexplainable" journey. "It's an unbelievable
story, and it's just the beginning," he said. "I'm really, really excited."
The 6-foot-6, 249-pound Onobun played basketball at the University of Arizona, mostly as a reserve forward behind future NBA
performers Jordan Hill and Chase Budinger.
After completing his degree, Onobun was considering continuing basketball in Europe. But recalling an overture he received from the
football staff at Arizona during his sophomore year, Onobun decided to "roll the dice and see what happens."
He enrolled at the University of Houston and joined the football team. He hadn't played football since he was a seventh-grader at
O'Donnell Middle School in Houston.
Onobun got into 11 games, mostly on special teams, for the Cougars. His two receptions netted 33 yards. But the Rams were blown away
by his athletic ability during a private workout and took him in the sixth round of the draft (No. 170 overall).
That gave Onobun about four months to make enough progress to prove that he was worth keeping, at least on the practice squad. He did
more: He made the 53-man roster, despite some worrisome moments Saturday, the day the majority of cuts were made.
Players who are let go get a phone call; those who are sticking don't.
"I was a little worried. Family was calling me, friends were calling me: 'Hey, did you make the 53?'" Onobun said. "Every time the phone
rang, I jumped. I was like, 'It's no secret. I'll let you know as soon as I find out.' ... But no news was good news."
Ultimately, the Rams decided the Onobun could contribute now, at least on special teams, and kept four tight ends. The others are Billy
Bajema, Daniel Fells and fifth-round draftee Michael Hoomanawanui.
"It was pretty evident that (Onobun) has some skills; he's an athlete," coach Steve Spagnuolo said. "Then when you said, 'OK, let's see
when he gets the pads on,' he showed enough in pads that he deserved and earned his way on the 53.
"Now, he still has a long way to go. He knows that. ... We'll just keep on pushing and hopefully at the end there we have a refined tight
end."
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ST. LOUIS -- The last few weeks of Organized Team Activities have been more than just light practices for St. Louis Rams wide receiver
Laurent Robinson.
They've been an extension of his rehab from leg injuries that prematurely ended his promising 2009 season.
"I think he'd tell you the same, but I don't think he's 100 percent back yet," Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo said. "I think it's like Reggie
Scott, our trainer, has said. This is the best rehab he can get. He's healthy enough where he can go out there to do this. Your body does the
things you have to do on the football field when you're out there practicing.
"He's fighting through it. Really, he and Keenan (Burton, patella injury), they're basically still in rehab."
Robinson vowed to be 100 percent by the start of training camp later this summer.
"They said the best thing for me is to go out there and do actual football drills and stuff just to get through the soreness and get back used
to the cutting and stuff," Robinson said. "It's working out good. I'm pushing through it, and I'm getting better every day.
Robinson missed the final 13 games of the 2009 season after suffering a fractured leg and a sprained ankle in Week 3 against the Green
Bay Packers.
Robinson was injured when the pile rolled up on him from behind on a run by Steven Jackson with 1:41 left in the third quarter of the
Rams' 36-17 loss to the Packers.
Robinson walked off the field at the Edward Jones Dome after the injury, but then was taken by cart to the locker room. He underwent
surgery and then began the rehab process that is finally getting closer to a conclusion.
"Honestly, I didn't know it was that bad," Robinson said. "I walked off with a little bit of a limp. I didn't think it was going to be that bad.
It was a frustrating injury watching from the sideline, but that's in the past now, and I'm ready to move forward and get back on the same
track as last year."
The Rams acquired Robinson from the Atlanta Falcons in a trade on April 6, 2009.
They swapped fifth-round and sixth-round picks with the Falcons in the 2009 NFL Draft -- moving 22 spots in the fifth round and 20
spots in the sixth round -- to get Robinson.
Robinson had 11 catches for 132 yards and one touchdown after two games last season, putting him on pace for 88 catches and 1,056
yards.
Entering his fourth NFL season, Robinson has the most experience of any of the 10 wide receivers on the Rams' roster.
Robinson feels like the Rams' receivers -- many of whom got valuable playing time last year due to the wave of injuries that hit the unit --
are better than people are giving them credit for being.
"People are going to talk because we don't have a big-name receiver, but we're all working hard and getting better every day," Robinson
said.
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A week ago, no one could've imagined that rookie quarterback Sam Bradford's first regular-season NFL completion would be to Mark
Clayton. Even more preposterous would've been any notion that after just three practices with the Rams, Clayton would be their leading
receiver in Sunday's season opener.
After Clayton hauled in a career-high 10 passes for 119 yards in a 17-13 loss to Arizona, Bradford said, "It's definitely impressive. But we
saw it all week. The first day he was here, he knew exactly what he was doing."
The Rams traded for Clayton on Monday, sending a 2011 late-round draft choice to Baltimore to complete the deal. Clayton, a sixth-year
veteran out of the University of Oklahoma, was a first-round draft pick by the Ravens in 2005.
His production had declined over the past four seasons, falling from a career-high 67 receptions in 2006 to 48 in '07, 41 in '08 and then a
career-low 34 last year.
"You got to have the ball thrown your way to catch them," said Clayton, 28. "The thing is, I've learned perseverance, being a consummate
pro, working, just always, no matter what, to get open. And when the ball comes, take advantage of it. If it doesn't, get open again."
Clayton became expendable when the Ravens signed free-agent wideout T.J. Houshmandzadeh earlier Monday.
The Rams had been looking for an experienced hand to supplement their corps of young and largely inexperienced wide receivers. They
dealt for Clayton just a few days after a knee injury knocked their top wideout, Donnie Avery, out for the season.
Still, it would've seemed absurd to predict that after getting onto the practice field at Rams Park for the first time Wednesday, Clayton
would torch the Cardinals.
Well, maybe Rams center Jason Brown might have seen it coming. He played with Clayton in Baltimore. There, Brown said Clayton
proved that he is "very smart and very disciplined."
"We were making compliments and commenting on that all week long, how he came in and didn't have a single mental error at practice,"
Brown added. "Never lined up wrong, never ran a wrong route. He was on top of it since Day One."
Clayton did extra work on the field after practice each day, then spent a least two hours in the playbook every night before going to bed.
"I was able to just sit down and go over it — play, play, play, play," Clayton said. "The Lord gave me a photographic memory. I can go in
and just look at some pictures and remember it and ... just process it in my mind real quick."
Clayton had just one 100-yard receiving day last season and only two in 2008. His previous high in receptions, eight, was achieved three
times. The most recent occurrence came nearly three years ago, though.
His new career mark "means nothing," Clayton insisted in the wake of the defeat.
"Offensively, we have to put the ball in the end zone," he said. "You make a play here, a play there, but at the end of the day, we have to
score points. If we want to win, we're going to have to score points, period."
The Rams mustered a single touchdown Sunday, and Clayton played a major role in the score. His acrobatic grab on the right sideline was
good for a 39-yard pickup to the Cardinals' 9-yard line with 20 seconds left in the first half.
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Four plays later, Bradford rolled right and found wide receiver Laurent Robinson in the front of the end zone. The 1-yard yard TD as time
expired pulled the Rams even, 10-10, at the break.
The 5-foot-10, 190-pound Clayton had a 33-yard reception in a promising drive late in the fourth quarter. That catch took the Rams to the
Arizona 33-yard line, but the march ended with an interception.
"We just weren't efficient," Clayton said. "We had some opportunities, and we weren't able to take advantage of them. We know we'll get
better. We'll work hard this week and come back and capitalize on those things next week," when the Rams face the Raiders in Oakland.
"I believe in this team," he said. "This is a really good team, and we wanted the win bad, and it hurt. We fought hard. ... I want to do my
best and leave everything on the field. I just want to try to help this team win games."
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