I Believe
September 26th, 2007 | by LA Bob |
I believe — and have always believed — that the offensive line is where you stick in the thermometer to see how your team is doing. The so-called “skill” position roster can be dripping with talent and you might never win a game if the line fails to stay healthy and play strong.
Sad but true for the 2007 Rams. Even the national media is calling them “The Battered Rams” and bemoaning their rotten luck through the first three weeks of the 2007 season.
Now, Mark Setterstrom has gone down, and the patchwork line is at its thinnest point in many years. When there is talk about retreading guys like Adam Timmerman and Tom Nutten and pushing them back out there, you KNOW things are thin.
I find it ironic that everybody is all of a sudden flapping their hands and getting all nervous because Marc Bulger has an icepack strapped to his ribcage and Steven Jackson has a groin snip. Hey, if there was a good time for “skill” guys to get hurt, it’s RIGHT NOW while the lack of a line means IT BASICALLY DOESN’T MATTER.
It wrenches my guts to say this: Don’t expect the Rams to win any games this year. If they do win a couple, consider it a gift.
Unless there are three or four Kurt Warner-style miracles waiting just off-stage, the Show is over for 2007. And those miracles? This time, they’d better weigh in at around 300 pounds. Each.
