At the request of Mr. Johns

I'm back,

and the only reason I was ever gone was sheer laziness.
I just didn't feel like writing anything, I've been sorta coasting in lethargy for a while (in all honesty since about June, but I digress).

Why do I watch football when my team of choice (the Rams) seems capable of beating anyone on any given day, but decides instead to just play like a bunch of guys with little or no care in the world other than trying to score as many points as possible whilst having absolutely no defence whatsoever save leonard little and adam archuletta. Even the great Aeneas Williams seems to be gone, I assume retired...and fuck I'd even go for a washed up Jason Seahorn at this point.
I trace the demise of the Rams from greatest show on turf to greatest cause of my ulcers as the point at which Lovie Smith became the head coach of the Chicago BEars. One can say it hasn't gone well for either party since.
However Lovie has some good D there, and lord knows he can get them into shape. He just needed a little more martz to him, but with Kyle Orton, theres no way in hell. I also blame the loss of London Fletcher to the Bills as a key structural piece gone. and as much as I have heard about Stephen Jackson learning a lot and getting so much better, he can't hold a candle to Marshall. Kudos to Marshall for sticking around to be mentor to this dud of a stud. I fear were marshall not around we'd have far fewer first downs on the ground. the only growth i've seen on this team is that where I was worried about our receiving corps after losing the GREAT and underrated Ricky Proehl, we did develop and further use: Shaun MacDonald, Kevin Curtis, and Dane Looker. those boys kick ass. and lets not forget our real men, HOlt and old man river I.B. who last week missed only his 2nd game in like forever.
I will attribute his not being around last week more on the mental level as a blow, b/c KC def picked up the slack, it was more Jackson sucking, the STUPID STUPID decision to toss the ball to shaun macdonald on the reverse in the red zone which we coughed up and dashed our only hopes to shite.
on the other hand, one could say that the Giants are a force,,,ok no I can't say that with a straight face. Prior to today Jeremy Shockey was their big weapon, and the only other teams with a Powerhouse TE (KC, SD, ATL, BAL) all have top notch RBs to compliment them. In fact, it was just this evening whilst playing Madden 2005 on the PC that I noticed what a genius idea it is to have a great RB/TE combo, b/c u can utterly PULVERIZE opponents into the ground physically. my combo for the fantasy drafted rams is: Todd Heap/Shaun Alexander. not bad at all. and when u throw in Randy Moss as my #1 wideout, things aren't too shabby.

Ironically it seems that my Madden drafted version of the Rams is much like the REAL rams...stacked on O, but piss poor on D. However I attribute my Defensive problems to underperformance and a few awfully timed blitzes. I can stop the run like a motherfucker, but I always give up 1-3 HUGE passing td plays a game.
I find this unacceptable given my secondary starters are: ed reed, mike brown, will allen, phillip buchannon and andre dyson. my front 4's superstar seems to be ebeneezer ekuban who didn't even register a TACKLE until week 7....however I do posses Ray Lewis in the middle, who seems to have elevated my OLBs to a whole new level of good which i surely did not imagine.

my kicker is a bag of shit but when u score as much as i do he only needs to to PATs. go figure my punter is the kickoff specialist and he's been an MVP.

my last game was quite something, it was Kurt Warner as my opponent leading the Bucs against Marc Bulger and the Rams...and well it was a hoot.

ok theres an entry that steve might or might not enjoy, its not really a rant, but more a bitch session and an advertisment intended to get you to go buy madden johns...its the best time waster EVER.

cheers all. and happy turkeyweekend.