Heck yeah I'm pumped up for the Rams return.
I was a big Rams fan....until Georgia became their owner :thefinger
The Fearsome Foursome, Jon Arnett, Dave Elmendorf, Jack Snow, Dick Bass...
Wasn't really all that sorry to see them leave, but that shit is ancient history and I'm glad to see them back where they belong.
I'll probably make a trip to the Coliseum this year - catch the rest of their games on TV.
Definitely.
And the throwback helmets.
Roman Gabriel
Good to hear he was a good guy. As a kid it was so frustrating watching him falter every year in late season games at cold weather sites.
Just for the record, I harbor no ill will against the LA Rams fans at all and I totally get your excitement at getting what would seem to be your team back (let me warn you though, these ain't your daddy's Rams). It's the owner and management that is totally fucked (in addition to the incredibly greedy NFL billionaire owners club) who, for the first time in the league's history, broke its own bylaws and disenfranchised a city for no reason other than the fact that they could all make more money by having the franchise move to LA instead of staying in St. Louis. The Rams have the worst won/lost record in the NFL over the past 10 years (50-109). The owner makes Ebeneezer Scrooge look like Mother Theresa and their antiquated head coach would install the single wing as an offensive philosophy if he thought he could get away with it. The GM only drafts and signs players that turn out to be total busts on a regular basis. For years, the best player on the team was the punter or placekicker. Also, you can hate Georgia all you want but let me remind you that, at least as of this writing, the only Super Bowl championship in franchise history took place when she was the owner and the team was called the St. Louis Rams. Just to make sure they get off to a really good start back on the west coast, they got rid of two of their best players and definitely the heart and soul of the team in Chris Long and James Laurinaitis and the core of their secondary in Rodney McLeod and Janoris Jenkins. Now, they give away their top 3 draft picks for the next 2 years in order to take a raw California kid at QB to be the new face of the team. Trust me, he'll spend most of his time running for his life just like Sam Bradford did when they took him #1 back in 2010. From what I read, Goff is going to be a project to turn him into a classic pro-style QB. He's gonna get sacked A LOT (does the name David Carr ring a bell?). The leading receiver on the team is veteran Kenny Britt....beyond him, they really have nobody (speaking of busts....Brian Quick, Tavon Austin) for him to throw to so the entire offense is going to consist of running the legs off of Todd Gurley. On defense, Aaron Donald and Robert Quinn anchor an awesome D-line (Donald is actually a budding superstar) but, since they don't have anyone behind them, I don't see them being nearly as dominant as they have been the past few years. On top of that they are going to be playing their home games at the scenic, historic and colorful LA Coliseum until Stan can get his billion-dollar playpen built in Inglewood. Make sure to get your PSL as soon as possible (I hear they are going as high as $150,000 or more apiece)!! Check it out:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016...-in-2019-will-require-personal-seat-licenses/
Do I sound bitter? Well, it's only because I am. A lot of people have urged me to become a Texans fan but that fat-ass bald-headed fucktard Bob McNair was one of the owners leading the charge to move the Rams as fast as they could so he and his whole fucking team can kiss my ass as well. Actually, if I end up following the NFL at all this upcoming year (I like college ball way more than pro anyway so....), I will likely root for either the Bengals or Raiders since Mike Brown and Mark Davis were (allegedly) the only two owners who voted against the move or for no one at all (more likely the latter to be honest). The chicken-shit owners didn't even have the balls to have an open ballot so even that isn't documented. At the end of the day, I hope Mark Cuban's words ultimately ring prophetic:
I think the NFL is 10 years away from an implosion. When pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. And they’re getting hoggy. When you try to take it too far, people turn the other way. I’m just telling you, when you got a good thing and you get greedy, it always, always, always, always, always turns against you.
Amen to that. This former fan has already turned against the NFL. I'm sure more will join me. I'd more than welcome a competitive league, even a spring league like the old USFL was. Fuck the NFL. In the meantime, enjoy your Rams.
