The St. Louis Rams playoff history is rich with plenty of games on the postseason schedule dating back to their first NFL Championship in 1945 to the glory days during the ‘70s to the speed game of the 21st century. The Rams most recent playoff tickets have seen Kurt Warner throwing quick strikes to Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce as Marshall Faulk played the role of the complete back, the kind that could run, catch the short dump off, and protect the quarterback.
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The team emerged under Dick Vermeil in 1999 in a season that would establish a seat to the Edward Jones Dome as a ticket to the “Greatest Show on Turf”. The offense put up more points than any other team could handle and the defense did its job making sure that the games were free of dramatic theatrics. That season ended with playoff tickets to a shootout with the Minnesota Vikings, a defensive battle in the NFC Championship, and a close Super Bowl with the Tennessee Titans that would go down as one of the best ever and most exciting ever.
The current Rams are a shadow that team. Still, without Kurt Warner or Stephen Jackson, St. Louis has a shot at bringing back that powerful offense. Marc Bulger took over seamlessly after Warner left and Stephen Jackson was able to fill Faulk’s shoes. In fact the offense will need to resuscitate itself if the team is to have any hopes for playoff tickets this season.
The defense just is not going to get it one. It has not been good in years, giving up more points than the offense could manufacture for the past four seasons. The Rams offensive melt down last year did not help, and only made the bad defense look even worse by putting them on the field for more than half the game. For that to happen and for games at Edward Jones Dome to be bearable, the offensive line will have to get better and act as a cohesive unit quickly. The NFC West is in a state of complete entropy, so any team could emerge with playoff tickets by way of a division title. The Rams are far from favorites, but in this division all team needs is a little team chemistry to make it.