The Rams are a model for the Cowboys.....
I'm looking at the words as if I would never EVER imagine them being placed in this order.
You would just have to look at the Ram's franchise history to understand just how ironically twisted they seem to me.
I mean absolutely no disrespect to the OP and I understand that his title is in context to this season but I just can't help thinking about the events of the past and aligning them with this title.
During the 70's, while the Cowboys were going to the conference championship game just about every season while going to Super Bowls every other season, the Rams had built some of the most powerful teams in NFL history......if we are talking strictly about the regular season.
A few years back I took every team's seasons from 1970 to the present. I created a score of each team's seasons. The won/loss records were ranked and counted for 50% of the score. They were ranked in the five categories of Points scored, Yardage, Opponent points scored, Opponent yardage, and turnover differential. Each of those categories counted 10% for a total of the other 50% of the score. I then ranked them according to that score to see which were the best and worse seasons in NFL history. Naturally the Dolphin's undefeated season in the 70's ranked #1.
Keep in mind, the data was taken only from the regular season. Their playoff results were not a part of the score. Part of this was I wanted o see how many of the best team for individual seasons actually won the Super Bowl
Apologies for the long winded explanation and it may seem a deviation from the subject matter, but it isn't.
Two of the top ten teams in NFL history belonged to the Rams in the 70's. What makes this so surprising was their almost immediate exit from the playoffs. They perfected the art of the playoff choke.
In 1973 the 12-2 Rams were #1 in offense, both points and yardage. They were #1 in the defensive category of yardage, #4 in opponent points. They were #1 in turnover differential.
They lost in the 1st round of the playoffs....to Roger and the Dallas Cowboys.
By the way, one of the coaches on the Rams team, their defensive backfield coach, was a guy named Dick Vermeil.
In 1975, the 12-2 Rams had the #1 defense and 10th ranked offense. They were confident going into the NFC championship game. Their opponent had barely won their first playoff game the previous week with a desperation bomb during the last seconds of the game. Besides many of their positions were manned by the 12 rookies on their team........Rams 7 Cowboys 37.
Apparently this current Cowboys team has managed to follow that particular model.
And then if you want to consider the former Rams owner has his family's involvement in the franchise, it gets macabre.
Rosenbloom was a highly successful businessman. He had originally owned the Colts and them swapped even up with the owner of the Rams. His son played a central role in the team's management and it was assumed that his son would inherit ownership.
However, in his will, he had given 70% of the ownership to his 2nd wife, Georgia Frontiere, for tax purposes. It was understood that she would then return ownership to her stepson. However, when her husband drowned mysteriously in a swimming accident, she reneged and this led to bitter court battles that she eventually won.
Flamboyant ownership.....Yep, when it comes to being a model for the Cowboys, they are way ahead of that.
