Rams Set Up To Fail

The Rams have seriously been trying to change things since the '07 debacle. Beginning from the top all the way down to the lowest man on the totem pole. And this is a good thing. It shows that the organization is serious about trying to produce a product that the fans in St. Louis will want to come and see play.

But have the Rams been set up to fail? The NFL has dished them out a schedule you would think would have gone to a team that made it to the playoffs last year, or at least to a team that had some semblence of a winning record. Yet, it was given to a team with a 3-13 record and the #2 draft pick in the NFL draft.

The first half of the season is simply grueling.

• Eagles


• Giants


• Seattle


• Bills


• Redskins


• Dallas


• Patriots


• Cardinals

On paper it would look like we might only walk away with 1 or 2 wins the first half of the season. I'm not saying they can't beat any of these teams, but on paper it looks gloomy, it looks ominous, it looks plain old scarey!

And to make matters worse in St. Louis, the fans and the city know that soon they will have to be flipping the bill for either major improvements at the Ed or build a whole new stadium. Since this is what they promised the team when they enticed them to move to St. Louis. So the natives are not only restless but getting very grumpy. Guess they should have thought of that before dangling that carrot out in fron of the Rams organizations noses!

Even though it's the promises of the city of St. Louis, that's not going to stop the fans from becoming outraged the moment there's signs of more trouble with the Rams, like heading for another losing season and if that turns out to be the case, the idea of having a huge tax burden thrust upon them to keep the team in town, may not sit too well with those who live there.

I love this team, have since I was a child and I hate seeing them in a situation where they are set up for failure, but unfortunately that can be the beast of the NFL. It's an ugly business, let's just hope that it doesn't get any uglier for the Rams!

GO RAMS!!!!