Restoring the Greatest Show: A St. Louis Rams Franchise

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Game: Madden 10
Team: St. Louis Rams
Difficulty: All-Madden
Sliders: Tweaked to make it hard.
Game Options: 6 minute quarters accelerated clock off.

I won't play preseason I will be simulating it and I will post a review of the preseason as one post summarizing the whole thing.

Couple Rules: No ridiculous trades, only sign free agents for need, not to stack certain positions to build a crazy good team, and I am not allowed to replace a starter that is rated 75 OVR through free agency, only the draft. No scouting because in real life you never know if the player will turn out good or be a bust. I will sim the first season and any mention I make to the 2009 season will be based on real life, not however the game makes it turn out.

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Schedule

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Depth Chart

2010
QB
1. J. Berry
2. D. Anderson
3. M. Boelter

RB
1. J. Charles
2. W. McGahee
3. S. Gado
4. K. Darby

FB
1. M. Karney

WR
1. D. Avery
2. T. Duhon
3. B. Gibson
4. D. Amendola
5. J. Baston
6. L. Robinson

TE
1. K. Childers
2. R. McMichael
3. B. Bajema

LT
1. K. Okuyemi
2. A. Barron

LG
1. J. Bell
2. A. Barron

C
1. J. Brown
2. A. Barron

RG
1. E. Davis
2. A. Barron

RT
1. J. Smith
2. A. Barron

LE
1. C. Long
2. J. Hall

RE
1. E. Mourning
2. J. Hall

DT
1. D. Holmes
2. A. Carriker
3. D. Scott

LOLB
1. A. Augustine
2. P. Lenon
3. T. Reed

MLB
1. J. Laurinaitis
2. L. Curry

ROLB
1. C. Chamberlain
2. P. Lenon

CB
1. R. Bartell
2. Z. Bowman
3. B. Johnson
4. F. Washington
5. C. Ferrell

FS
1. O. Atogwe
2. C. Dahl

SS
1. E. Fayton
2. J. Barrett

K
1. J. Brown

P
1. D. Jones

KR
1. D. Avery
2. D. Amendola

PR
1. D. Avery
2. D. Amendola

KOS
1. J. Brown

LS
1. J. Brown

3DRB
1. W. McGahee
2. J. Charles

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Stats

2010
Passing
D. Anderson- 76 of 152 for 945 yards 8 TD's and 10 INT's
S. Rosenfels- 135 of 304 for 1,734 yards 9 TD's and 21 INT's
M. Bulger- 7 of 15 for 50 yards and 2 INT's

Rushing
S. Jackson- 169 carries for 618 yards and 5 TD's
S. Gado- 28 carries for 101 yards and 3 TD's
S. Rosenfels- 21 carries for 92 yards
D. Anderson- 8 carries for 40 yards
M. Karney- 4 carries for 9 yards and 1 TD
M. Bulger- 1 carry for 5 yards
K. Darby- 3 carries for 0 yards

Receiving
D. Amendola- 76 catches for 1,070 yards and 4 TD's
S. Jackson- 60 catches for 514 yards and 2 TD's
R. McMichael- 29 catches for 286 yards and 3 TD's
L. Robinson- 23 catches for 301 yards and 1 TD
B. Gibson- 21 catches for 264 yards
D. Anderson- 21 catches for 242 yards and 3 TD's
D. Avery- 15 catches for 347 yards and 2 TD's
S. Gado- 13 catches for 166 yards and 1 TD
M. Karney- 8 catches for 70 yards and 2 TD's
K. burton- 4 catches for 45 yards
K. Darby- 3 catches for 8 yards
B. Bajema- 3 catches for 31 yards and 1 TD

Tackles
1. E. Fayton- 70 
2. O. Atogwe- 57 
3. J. Laurinaitis- 54
4. R. Bartell- 40
5. C. Chamberlain- 37

Sacks
1. R. Bartell- 7
2. C. Long- 5
3. D. Holmes- 4
4. M. Carroll- 3
5. C. Chamberlain- 1

INT's
1. R. Bartell- 4
2. C. Chamberlain- 1
3. C. Long- 1
4. J. Laurinaitis- 1
5. P. Lenon- 1

Kicking
J. Brown- 29 of 29 FG's, 28 of 28 XP's

Punting
D. Jones- 34 punts for 1,831 yards(53.8 AVG)

Kick Return AVG
1. D. Avery- 63.0
2. D. Amendola- 33.1
3. S. Gado- 26.6

Punt Return AVG)
1. D. Avery- 12.5
2. D. Amendola- 8.2

Team Rankings
Offense

Total Yards- 32nd (3,969)
Passing- 23rd (3,038)
Rushing- 32nd (931)
PPG- 24th (20.8)
Passing TD's- 23rd (19)
Rushing TD's- 23rd (11)
Sacks Allowed- 16th (51)
1st Downs- 24th (217)

Defense

Total Yards- 10th (5,038)
Passing- 12th (3,191)
Rushing- 7th (1,847)
PPG- 30th (414)
Sacks- 32nd (24)
Fumble Recoveries- 30th (5)
INT's- 32nd (8)

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2009 Season Recap

The 2009 season was another tough year for the St. Louis Rams. They had a miserable 1-15 season and earned the #1 overall pick. They hope they will be able to turn this franchise around, but they have many holes and it may take a few years. One bright spot is running back S. Jackson. He has been one of the leagues best running backs and looks like he can be a star. The rest of the team is not as great. They have had struggles at almost every other position and have many needs.

New GM Jonathonb15 looks to turn around this franchise, but he knows that it will be very tough.

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GM Puts Trust In Coaches

The Rams' new GM has put his trust in head coach S. Spagnuolo and has decided to keep him on staff. The Rams will keep almost the same coaching staff, but they have decided to sign Frank Bush sign on as their defensive coordinator. They hope to be able to improve under the continuity of the same coaching staff.

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Favre Retires. For Good?

Favre has announced his retirement and this time he claims it is for real this time and says there is a 0% chance that he will come back next year.

Other retirements include:

- T. Law, CB
- I. Bruce, WR
- W. Harris, CB
- J. Hanson, K
- A. Green, RB
- D. Brooks, ROLB
- M. Muhammad, WR
- J. Garcia, QB
- M. Brunell, QB
- J. Galloway, WR
- J. Zgonina, DT
- K. Mawae, C

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Rams Re-Sign Atogwe, Let Others Go

Re-signings:

- O.J. Atogwe, (6YR/$53.20M)
- C. Ryan, (5 YR/$24.93M)
- R. McMichael, (5 YR/$6.38M)
- R. Allen, (4 YR/$6.82M)
- K. Boller, (5 YR/$7.84M)
- S. Gado, (5 YR/$6.01M)
- K. Darby, (4 YR/$6.29M)
- D. Amendola, (4 YR/$4.53M)
- G. Cadogan, (4 YR/$5.68M)
- C.J. Ah You, (5 YR/$4.64M)
- J. Hall, (2 YR/$3.58M)
- P. Lenon, (5 YR/$6.38M)
- C. Dahl, (4 YR/$8.98M)
- J. Barrett, (4 YR/$4.97M)

Did Not Re-sign:

- M. Setterstrom
- V. Adeyanju
- D. Vobora
- G. Gibson
- Q. Butler
- C. Hart
- D. Fells
- R. Martin
- P. Trautwein
- D. Roach
- H. Cantwell