THIRD & LONG: A ST. LOUIS RAMS FRANCHISE

[Rexis]

Cardinals overcomes 17-point deficit

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St. Louis (AP) -- The St. Louis Rams came out shooting as Donnie Avery took the opening kickoff 98 yards for a score. A Josh Brown field goal and Marc Bulger touchdown pass has St. Louis up 17-0 with 3:18 to go in the first quarter. The Arizona Cardinals responded when Kurt Warner hit Sean Morey in the endzone right before the end of the first period. St. Louis watched as Arizona slowly tied the game before the halfway mark and also kept them off the scoreboards for two straight quarters.

St. Louis took the lead in the 4th quarter with a Josh Brown field goal, after both teams went scoreless in the 3rd quarter. With 7:53 to go Matt Leinart, replacing the injured Kurt Warner, connected with Anquan Boldin at the back of the Rams endzone for a score to take their first lead of the game. Rams quarterback Marc Bulger was picked off by Adrian Wilson and the versatile safety increased his team lead to two scores.

St. Louis quickly drove down the field and decided to kick the field goal on 4th and inches, down by eleven, on Arizona's 28 yard line. The decision looked genius seconds later as St. Louis recovered the onside kick and went down the field; but they couldn't manage to get into the endzone.

St. Louis lost wide receiver Keenan Burton to injury as he was carted off in the 4th quarter. Burton leads the team in receptions, receiving yards and touchdown receptions. Burton has caught 57 passes this year for over 700 yards and 4 touchdowns. He will likely sit out for up to four weeks.

TEAM STATISTICS

  
408  TOTAL OFFENSE  288  
132  RUSHING YARDS  44
276  PASSING YARDS  244    
18  1ST DOWNS  13
2(+1)  TURNOVERS  3(-1)
3-10(30%)  3RD DOWN CONV.  4-15(26%)
0-0(0%)  4TH DOWN CONV.  1-1(100%) 
3-19  PENALTIES  2-25
25:00  POSSESION TIME  23:00 

SCORING SUMMARY

1st Quarter
(STL) D. Avery, returned KO 98(J. Brown kick), 11:46
(STL) J. Brown, 30yd FG, 4:54
(STL) K. Burton 39yd pass from M. Bulger(J. Brown kick), 3:18
(ARI) S. Morey 3yd pass from K. Warner(N. Rackers kick), 0:00


2nd Quarter
(ARI) T. Hightower, 50yd run(N. Rackeres kick), 2:17
(ARI) N. Rackers, 57yd FG, 1:02

3rd Quarter
NO SCORING

4th Quarter
(STL) J. Brown, 46yd FG, 11:55
(ARI) A. Boldin 3yd pass from M. Leinart(N. Rackers kick), 7:53
(ARI) A. Wilson, returned INT 48yds(N. Rackers kick), 2:52
(STL) J. Brown, 47yd FG, 1:03

INDIVIDUAL STATS

CARDIBALS PASSING
Kurt Warner 80.8 QB rating, 16/27, 210yds, TD, INT
Matt Leinart 60.7 QB rating, 6/12, 69yds, TD, INT

CARDINALS RUSHING
Tim Hightower 17att, 136yds, 8.0YPC, TD
Jerheme Urban 1att, -4yds, -4.0YPC

CARDINALS RECIEVING
Jerheme Urban 5rec, 56yds
Anquan Boldin 3rec, 38yds, TD, 2DRP
Larry Fitzgerald 3rec, 36yds
Sean Morey 3rec, 30yds, TD
Dan Kreider 2rec, 12yds
Stephen Spach 2rec, 34yds
Early Doucet 1rec, 14yds, 1DRP
Larod Stephens-Howling 1rec, 3yds
Anthony Becht 1rec, 38yds
Tim Hightower 1rec, 18yds

CARDINALS DEFENSE
Dominic Rogers-Cromatire 5solo, 1ast, 1TFL, INT, 5PDEF
Karlos Dansby 5solo, 3ast, 1TFL, 1PDEF
Calais Campbell 4solo, 1PDEF
Matt Ware 3solo, 1PDEF
Chike Okeafor 3solo, 2ast, 2TFL, 1.0sack, 1FF
Adrian Wilson 3solo, 3ast, INT, 1PDEF, TD
Gerald Hayes 2solo, 1FR
Clark Haggans 3solo, 1TFL
Bryan Robson 2solo, 1ast
Antrel Rolle 1solo, 4ast

CARDINALS KICKING
Neil Rackers 1/3FG, 4/4XP

CARDINALS PUNTING
Ben Graham 5punts, 214yds, 42.8avg

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RAMS PASSING
Marc Bulgers 51.1 QB rating, 20/45, 249yds, TD, 2INT

RAMS RUSHING
Steven Jackson 19att, 30yds, 1.5YPC
Marc Bulger 1att, 5yds, 5.0YPC, 1FUM
Samkon Gado 1att, 9yds, 9.0YPC

RAMS RECIEVING
Ruvell Martin 5rec, 51yds
Keenan Burton 4rec, 92yds, TD, 3DRP
Brandon Gibson 4rec, 42yds
Laurent Robinson 2rec, 19yds, 1DRP
Steven Jackson 2rec, 14yds
Randy McMichael 1rec, 11yds
Donnie Avery 1rec, 6yds, 1DRP
Daniel Fells 1rec, 14yds 

RAMS DEFENSE
James Butler 5solo, 2PDEF
Dominic Douglas 4solo, 1ast, 1TFL
James Laurinaitis 3solo, 2ast
Bradley Fletcher 3solo, INT, 2PDEF
Paris Lenon 3solo, 1ast, 1TFL
Chris Chamberlain 2solo
Ronald Bartell 2solo, INT
Jonathan wade 2solo, 1ast, 2PDEF
OJ Atogwe 2solo, 2ast
Adam Carricker 2solo, 1ast, 1TFL, 1.0sack
Larry Grant 1solo, 2ast
Leonard Little 0solo, 2ast

RAMS KICKING
Josh Brown 3/3FG, 2/2XP

RAMS PUNTING
Donnie Jones 6punts, 292yds, 48.6avg

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TRANSACTIONS

Lions release A. Jennings(WR), D. Stanton(QB) and sign G. Wrighster(TE), K. Williams(LT)

Panthers release R. Lloyd(K), N. Hayden(DT) and sign C. Hart(SS), C. Withrow(C)

PLAYERS of the WEEK


OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Peyton Manning

DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Bernard Pollard


OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Tony Romo

DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Ko Simpson



NFC WEST STANDINGS
5-5

5-5

5-5

2-8

PLAYOFFS PICTURE



DIVISION LEADERS

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WILDCARD LEADERS

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DIVISION LEADERS

(7-3)
(7-3)
(6-4)
(5-5)

WILDCARD LEADERS

(7-3)
(6-4)

[PBlast]

Haha well at least it looks like you might be able to steal a few wins within your division, the NFC West is not looking good. Keep it up man, this 'chise is making me want to start one up on the board once the new patch drops.

[Rexis]

Quote: Originally Posted by PBlast

Haha well at least it looks like you might be able to steal a few wins within your division, the NFC West is not looking good. Keep it up man, this 'chise is making me want to start one up on the board once the new patch drops.

thanks for following

[Rexis]

Rams sneak out victory against rivals

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St. Louis (AP) -- Edwards Dome erupted after yesterday's game, the St. Louis Rams might still be in the race for the NFC West crown. The Rams made a statement as they inch out a 5 point win over division leaders Seattle Seahawks. "Many people has written us off but I keep twlling my guys there is more to play for." Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo said. "We've still got two division games left games and to win your division in this league you have to win the games within your division. I'd like to give props to our defensive unit for stepping up big time today and also to our offensive guys for making plays when needed."

St. Louis was held to just under 200 yards of total offense, 21 gained on the ground and 178 passing yards. The Rams converted once on 13 third down attempts. Their defense made the difference forcing two turnovers, one of which was taken back for a touchdown. The defense allowed Matt Hasselbeck to connect with his receiver for a 41 yards touchdown on 4th down in the 2nd quarter; but they came up big with a 4th down stop late in the 4th quarter to seal the win.

TEAM STATISTICS

  
356  TOTAL OFFENSE  199 
58  RUSHING YARDS  21
298  PASSING YARDS   178   
11  1ST DOWNS  10
2(-2)  TURNOVERS  0(+2)
3-12(25%)  3RD DOWN CONV.  1-13(7%)
0-0(0%)  4TH DOWN CONV.  0-1(0%)
0-0  PENALTIES  3-30
21:16  POSSESION TIME  26:44 

SCORING SUMMARY

1st Quarter
(STL) R. Bartell, returned INT 46yds(J. Brown kick), 5:21

2nd Quarter
(STL) J. Brown, 55yd FG, 11:12
(SEA) J. Jones 41yd reception from M. Hasselbeck(O. Mare kick), 8:31
(STL) J. Brown, 42yd FG, 0:28

3rd Quarter
(STL) B. Bajema 41yd reception from M. Bulger(2-PT conversion failed), 9:29
(STL) J. Brown, 30yd FG, 3:57
(SEA) T. Houshmandzadeh 65yd pass from M. Hasselbeck(O. Mare kick), 3:57

4th Quarter
(SEA) O. Mare, 54yd FG, 4:56

INDIVIDUAL STATS

SEAHAWKS PASSING
Matt Hasselbeck 94.2 QB rating, 23/37, 298yds, 2TD, INT

SEAHAWKS RUSHING
Julius Jones 16att, 58yds, 3.6YPC

SEAHAWKS RECIEVING
Deion Branch 10rec, 57yds
TJ Houshmandzadeh 4rec, 117yds, TD, 2DRP
John Carlson 3rec, 46yds
Julius Jones 3rec, 50yds, TD, 1DRP
Ben Obomanau 1rec, 4yds
Owen Schmitt 1rec, 11yds
John Owens 1rec, 13yds, 1DRP
Deon Butler 0rec, 0yds, 1DRP

SEAHAWKS DEFENSE
David Hawthorne 4solo, 2ast, 1TFL, 1PDEF
Josh Wilson 3solo, 1ast
Leroy Hill 3solo
Ken Lucas 3solo
Deon Grant 2solo, 1ast, 1PDEF
Travis Fisher 2solo
Colin Cole 2solo, 1ast, 1TFL
Jordan Babineaux 2solo, 1ast, 1PDEF
Aaron Curry 2solo, 1ast
Brandon Mebane 2solo, 1ast, 2TFL, 2.0sack, !PDEF
Cory Redding 2solo, 1ast, 2TFL, 1.0sack
Patrick Kerney 1solo, 1ast
Will Herring 1solo, 3ast, 1TFL, 1PDEF
Lofa Tatupu 1solo
Kelly Jennings 1solo, 1ast, 1PDEF

SEAHAWKS KICKING
Olindo Mare 1/2FG, 2/2XP

SEAHAWKS PUNTING
Jon Ryan 5punts, 225yds, 45.0avg

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RAMS PASSING
Marc Bulger 84.3 QB rating, 17/31, 192yds, TD

RAMS RUSHING
Steven Jackson 13att, 10yds, 0.7YPC
Marc Bulger 4att, 5yds, 1.2YPC
Mike Karney 1att, 6yds, 6.0YPC

RAMS RECEIVING
Randy McMichael 6rec, 37yds
Ruvell Martin 3rec, 32yds, 2DRP
Donnie Avery 3rec, 31yds
Steven Jackson 2rec, 24yds
Brandon Gibson 1rec, 13yds
Billy Bajema 1rec, 41yds, TD
Laurent Robinson 1rec, 14yds
Mike Karney 0rec, 0yds, 1DRP 

RAMS DEFENSE
Leonard Little 5solo, 2ast, 2TFL
Chris Long 4solo, 1TFL, 1FF, 1FR
James Laurinaitis 3solo, 3ast, 1PDEF
Paris Lenon 2solo, 2ast, 2PDEF
Ronald Bartell  2solo, 2ast, INT, TD
Bradley Fletcher 2solo, 1PDEF
Jonathan Wade 2solo, 2ast
OJ Atogwe 2solo, 2ast
Chris Chamberlain 1solo
Craig Dahl 1solo, 1ast
Dominic Douglas 1solo, 4ast, 1PDEF
James Butler 1solo, 2ast

RAMS KICKING
Josh Brown 3/3FG, 1/1XP

RAMS PUNTING
Donnie Jones 7punts, 308yds, 44.0avg

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NO TRANSACTIONS
Chiefs release J. Belcher(MLB), D. Heron(MLB), J. Battle(HB) and sign D. Robertson(DT), C. Darby(DT), S. Daniels(LG), M. Dile(LG)

Colts release T. Rushing(CB), T. Dobbins(MLB) and sign J. Klopfenstein(TE), T. Fonoti(RG)

Patriots sign T. Santi(TE), P. Spicer(LE), B. Rodd(C)

PLAYERS of the WEEK


OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Andre Johnson

DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Donte Whitner


OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Matt Ryan

DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Ronald Bartell



NFC WEST STANDINGS
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5-6

5-6

3-8

PLAYOFFS PICTURE



DIVISION LEADERS

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(10-1)
(8-3)
(7-4)

WILDCARD LEADERS

(7-4)
(6-5)




DIVISION LEADERS

(8-3)
(8-3)
(7-4)
(5-6)

WILDCARD LEADERS

(7-4)
(7-4)

[JaymeeAwesome]

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Rams win!

[kessthemess]

Quote: Originally Posted by jaymee13

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Rams win!

HAHA, yeah I was pretty suprised too.

Keep up the wins!! This is a beastly dynasty.

[Rexis]

Chicago gets 21-20 win over St. Louis

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St. Louis (AP) -- Chicago Bears scored 21 points in the 2nd quarter of yesterday's game and that was all they needed. St. Louis Rams couldn't overcome the damage the damage done against them in that 2nd quarter. Though they scored 14 points in the 2nd quarter too, St. Louis only manage 6 points the rest of the game. "We had some costly turnovers,"Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo said of his quarterback's three interceptions thrown. "We didn't capitalize on their shortcomings. We'll have to reach the endzone frequently next time. That was the one thing they did better than us.

Both offenses were held to under 300 total yards of offense, and both quarterbacks didn't reach the 200 passing yards mark on the day.Jay Cutler, Chicago Bears quarterback, only had one turnover; while his counterpart, Marc Bulger, turned it over three different times. Matt Forte and Steven Jackson topped the century mark running the ball for Chicago and St. Louis respectively.

TEAM STATISTICS

  
283  TOTAL OFFENSE  294 
117  RUSHING YARDS  177
166  PASSING YARDS  117    
10  1ST DOWNS  18
3(-1)  TURNOVERS  2(+1) 
4-12(33%)  3RD DOWN CONV.  5-10(50%)
0-0  PENALTIES  1-5
27:10  POSSESION TIME  20:50 

SCORING SUMMARY

1st Quarter
NO SCORES

2nd Quarter
(CHI) J. Knox 17yd pass from J. Cutler(R. Gould kick), 11:47
(CHI) L. Briggs, returned INT 35yds(R. Gould kick), 10:52
(STL) S. Jackson, 2yd run(J. Brown kick), 6:02
(CHI) M. Forte, 5yd run(R. Gould kick), 1:28
(STL) S. Jackson, 77yd run(J. Brown kick), 0:00

3rd Quarter
(STL) J. Brown, 21yd FG, 3:31

4th Quarter
(STL) J. Brown, 39yd FG, 3:41

INDIVIDUAL STATS

RAMS PASSING
Marc Bulger 27.4 QB rating, 14/29, 172yds, 3INT

RAMS RUSHING
Steven Jackson 18att, 109yds, 6.0YPC, 2TD
Samkon Gado 2att, -3yds, -1.5YPC
Marc Bulger 1att, 11yds, 11.0YPC

RAMS RECEIVING
Laurent Robinson 3rec, 34yds
Brandon Gibson 3rec, 43yds
Ruvell Martin 3rec, 38yds, 1DRP
Randy McMichael 2rec, 19yds, 1DRP
Billy Bajema 1rec, 17yds
Donnie Avery 1rec, 15yds, 1DRP
Steven Jackson 1rec, 6yds

RAMS DEFENSE
Leonard Little 4solo, 1TFL, 1.0sack
James Laurinaitis 4solo, 3ast, 1PDEF
James Butler 3solo, 3ast
Adam Carricker 3solo, 1ast, 2tFL, 2.0sack, 1FF, 1FR
Jonathan Wade 3solo, 1asr
Ronald Bartell 3solo, 2ast, TFL, 1.0sack, INT
OJ Atogwe 3solo, 3ast, 1PDEF, 1FF
Larry Grant 2solo, 2ast
Dominic Douglas 1solo, 1ast
Anthony Smith 1solo, 1ast
Bradley Fletcher 1solo, 1FF
Chris Chamberlain 1solo, 5ast
Paris Lenon 1solo, 1PDEF

RAMS KICKING
Josh Brown 2/2FG, 2/2XP

RAMS PUNTING
Donnie Jones 5punts, 181yds, 36.2avg

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BEARS PASSING
Jay Cutler 56.6 QB rating, 9/22, 128yds, TD, INT

BEARS RUSHING
Matt Forte 24att, 145yds, 6.0YPC, 2FUM
Jay Cutler 5att, 15yds, 3.0YPC, 1FUM
Garrett Wolfe 3att, 17yds, 5.6avg

BEARS RECEIVING
Matt Forte 3rec, 49yds, 1DRP
Earl Bennett 2rec, 40yds
Johnny Knox 1rec, 17yds, TD
Greg Olson 1rec, 15yds, 1DRP
Rashied Davis 1rec, 4yds, 1DRP
Juaquin Igleasis 1rec, 3yds
Jason Mckie 0rec, 0yds, 1DRP

BEARS DEFENSE
Hunter Hillenmeyer 5solo, 2ast, 1PDEF
Lance Briggs 5solo, 1TFL, INT, TD
Adewale Ogunleye 4solo, 1ast, 3TFL
Tommie Harris 3solo, 1ast, 2TFL, 1.0sack
Danieal Manning 3solo
Darrell McClover 2solo
Corey Graham 2solo, 1PDEF
Al Afalava 2solo, 1ast
Nick Roach 2solo, 1ast, 2PDEF
Alex Brown 2solo, 1TFL, 1.0sack
Charles Tillman 1solo, 3ast, 1TFL, INT
Nathan Vasher 0solo, 0ast, INT, 1PDEF
Anthony Adams 0solo 2ast

BEARS KICKING
Robbie Gould 0/2FG, 3/3XP

BEARS PUNTING
Brad Maynard 4punts, 104yds, 26.0avg

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TRANSACTIONS

49ers release M. Wilhelm(MLB), J. Ulbrich(MLB), and sign M. freeman(LOLB), A. Peek(LOLB), A. Alabi(LT), J. Harrell(DT), Q. Culberson(ROLB)

Packers release Q. Johnson(FB), J. Kuhn(FB), W. Blackmon(CB), B. Chillar(MLB) S. Havner(TE) and sign T. Duckworth(RG), G. Alexander(SS), M. Tubbs(DT), S. Peters(LG), and J. Silva(SS)

PLAYERS of the WEEK


OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Ben Roethlisberger

DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Adalius Thomas


OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Jason Campbell

DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Lance Briggs



NFC WEST STANDINGS
6-6

6-6

5-7

3-9

PLAYOFFS PICTURE



DIVISION LEADERS

(11-1)
(11-1)
(9-3)
(8-4)

WILDCARD LEADERS

(8-4)
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DIVISION LEADERS

(9-3)
(8-4)
(7-5)
(6-6)

WILDCARD LEADERS

(8-4)
(7-5)

Patriots | NE clinch division title
New England Patriots have clinched their division. With 4 games left to go the Patriots on top, 5 games ahead of 2nd place Buffalo Bills(6-6). Patriots are on an eight game winning streak.

[kessthemess]

Wow, so close to winning. That's gotta hurt!!