I would try trading for one of Detroits WRs

[EveryoneElse]

You can win with a good QB a great offensive line

When we get any of those let us know. We have a below average QB and pieces of a great O-line, but we are a ways away from having those two things.

 

[Fletch]

Think St. Louis back when they were winning SB's.

Let's take the apostrophie off that SB's. How about Super Bowl? And yes, I do know that they went to two. But pulled an Eagirls and lost in their second.

 

[ghst187]

Anquon Boldon is the guy I'd like to have that's in the realm of possibility....
had some issues with AZ and they could be tempted....maybe
but it'd probably take a player and a day one pick.....
we can trade them Coakley, Singleton, Cundiff, Morgan, Quincy Carter, and Vinny Testaverde...straight up for Boldon...what do you think?

 

[Banned_n_austin]

St. Louis had a good defense back then.

You're on crack.

 

[Gordon]

You're on crack.

STL's D was ranked towards the top of the league in the year they won the SB. It was the following year that it was awful, when the Saints knocked them out in the 1st round of the play-offs

 

[EveryoneElse]

You're on crack.

They had a decent defense at best, I'll give em that. They made their living by outscoring other teams.

 

[Banned_n_austin]

Let's take the apostrophie off that SB's. How about Super Bowl? And yes, I do know that they went to two. But pulled an Eagirls and lost in their second.

I know. They lost to the Pats. And the Greatest Show on Turf was taken over by New England's dominance these past few years.

Correction: Going to SB's ... winning SB (singular).

 

[Banned_n_austin]

They had a decent defense at best, I'll give em that. They made their living by outscoring other teams.

Yeah, there was some sarcasm there. I'm not trying to offend. But they did not have a good or great defense by any means. They were in the bottom of the league when they were making noise with their team. It was all O.

 

[Banned_n_austin]

STL's D was ranked towards the top of the league in the year they won the SB. It was the following year that it was awful, when the Saints knocked them out in the 1st round of the play-offs

Elaborate. I remember them getting their ace handed to them on D. I could very well be wrong though.

 

[Fletch]

Elaborate. I remember them getting their ace handed to them on D. I could very well be wrong though.

Gordon should have said that the Ram's defense in their 1999 title run had the best run defense in the NFL at the time. Not sure where their pass defense ranked. But the Rams had a decent D. The offense was the jugernaut that made the D look better than it really was.

 

[Gordon]

Elaborate. I remember them getting their ace handed to them on D. I could very well be wrong though.

I actually did a little researching, since I was curious myself. I can't find anything on the '99 Defense, but according to nfl.com, in 2001, STL had the #1 Ranked D in the NFC. That was the year the Pats upset them in the SB. I was actually kind of surprised by that myself.

In fairness, usually the team that let's up the least yardage isn't always the best defense (e.g. 2003 Cowboys). I remember, even though they were ranked #1 in D, they didn't really have a devastating defense. The fact that they et up a small amount of yards is probably as a result of them jumping out to big leads and other teams being forced to pass on every play, in desperation.

I'll try to dig up some '99 numbers.

 

[blindzebra]

1999 STL was 1st in total offense and 4th in total defense.



http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/tmstats1999.htm

 

[Banned_n_austin]

Gordon should have said that the Ram's defense in their 1999 title run had the best run defense in the NFL at the time. Not sure where their pass defense ranked. But the Rams had a decent D. The offense was the jugernaut that made the D look better than it really was.

I'm on crack!

 

[Gordon]

1999 STL was 1st in total offense and 4th in total defense.



http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/tmstats1999.htm

There it is. Nice find, BZ.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I'm on crack!

Sure you want to open that door?