Holt a Bolt?

Or a Whiner? Or a Raider? Or how about a Seahag? Whatever the case, he is gone from our team but will never be gone from our memory.

His hands are some of the greatest I have seen and his heart is unquestionable.

The TD he caught in Super Bowl 34 with his shoulder so bad he couldn't even raise his arm so he used his facemask to secure it - AS A ROOKIE - was incredible. His juggling catch against the Hags was one of the best of that year and played over and over on SC.

His leadership will be sorely missed, as will his work ethic.

I can only hope that his replacement will be half as good.

No Faulk, no Warner, no Bruce, and now no Holt, the final piece of the GSOT gone forever. The best foursome in the history of the NFL left us memories that will last a lifetime. Unfortunately, so will this year's rendition of the WSOT.


PS) Bulger for Cutler IN A HEARTBEAT!

Free Agent Free For All

These free agents living in this free country sure cost an awful lot. Amazing how a bum economy will tighten the wallets of NFL owners when it comes to wooing free agents...NOT! WTF?!?!? I can't afford my NFL Sunday TIcket this coming year but the frickin Redskins can give Albert Step-on-your-mug-sworth $100,000,000, the Raiders can give Nnamdi Awesome-uah the richest DB contract ever, Seattle gives TJ You-know-who $40,000,000, and so on. Our own Rams aren't immune from this spending frenzy, franchising Atogwe, resigning Bartell, and giving Jason Brown how much? $37,000,000! It just kills me to see all this money being thrown at human beings who came into this world the same way you and I did, have the same 24 hours in a day we do, and live in the same broke-ass country we do. Perhaps Barack Saddam Hussein Osama Obama will fix it all, or perhaps I will grab a fork and poke out my eye. Either way, somethings gotta happen.

Does It Really Matter?

Ah yes, here it is the slow time of year for football fans yet so much is going on in our Rams world. New coach, new staff, "new" GM, new #2 draft pick, and hopefully new attitude. What remains to be seen is if there will be a new #1 WR. With Torry obviously having lost a step and two stud WR's vying for his spot, it is very possible that the Rams will allow Holt to go, possibly to the Whiners to be reunited with Ike, or possibly to wherever Mad Mike ends up (if he does).

These lean economic times make it hard for me to worry about where Holt will be, especially hard since all the money these guys cry about not making (not specifically Holt) is really insulting to all the hard working men and women of this country who have non anymore. As long as our economy is in the toilet, football just doesn't seem to matter. Now that Bush has been forcefully yet thankfully punted and the new N'Obama regime is taxingly underway, we face another 8 years of governmental ineptitude. Hopefully the Rams won't give us 8 more too.

Every Which Way But Haslett?

Even with all the great prospects I still don't understand why Jim Haslett can't be given the reins to this team and allowed to work through a full season before impaling him. All he did was ignite this team to two mind boggling wins over Washington and Dallas before the players woke up and remembered that they suck no matter who the coach is and tanked it the rest of the way. What a shame that someone who the players want to play for could possibly lose his job so that we can start this whole fiasco over again with a new guy. We know Haslett can coach, and we know he can motivate. And we know the players want him back. So why not? Does 2-14 really matter that much when the teams with the best records in the NFC are home this weekend too? Unless, of course, Rams ownership actually believes that a new guy would win us the Super Bowl next year, then by all means. Get him in here yesterday.

Whatever the case may be, I just hope that whoever the coach is rips the #13 off of Berlin's jersey and shoves it down his throat. What a travesty that someone who isn't even good enough to beat out a 2-14 QB is wearing the number of the greatest QB in St. Louis Rams history. Let him go back to his beloved #7 - a much more fitting comparison.