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The first two games of the Rams' current title defense might not be exactly what we expected.
Still, its not as crazy as the start of the previous title defense in 2000.
That year, the Rams started 6-0 and, during that span, they scored an average of 43.7 points per game.
Not, that wasn't a typo. 43.7 points per game! And, on top of that, the offense averaged 509.3 yards per game (again, not a typo!).
A couple of problems, though. First, the defense gave up 29.0 points per game during that span, on its way to being the 31st ranked scoring defense that year. Second, Kurt Warner was injured and, though Trent Green filled in admirably, the offense's dominance had a lot more lapses as the season wore on.
During that 6-0 start, another issue started to emerge: turnovers. They had 9 in those 6 games. That's not ideal, but it got worse. In the remaining 10 games, the Rams turned the ball over 26 times. 35 turnovers in 16 games is not good, and this foreshadowed the Rams' playoff loss to New Orleans, in which they turned it over another 5 times, including the Az Hakim fumble that haunts us to this day.
The Rams would retool the next year, bringing in everything needed to repeat except a better anti-spying security system, but a trip to the big game in two consecutive seasons was not to be.
I don't know how this year will turn out. Will it be a better attempt to repeat than 2000? Who knows? I'm pretty sure it won't be weirder, though.
At least, I hope not.
Still, its not as crazy as the start of the previous title defense in 2000.
That year, the Rams started 6-0 and, during that span, they scored an average of 43.7 points per game.
Not, that wasn't a typo. 43.7 points per game! And, on top of that, the offense averaged 509.3 yards per game (again, not a typo!).
A couple of problems, though. First, the defense gave up 29.0 points per game during that span, on its way to being the 31st ranked scoring defense that year. Second, Kurt Warner was injured and, though Trent Green filled in admirably, the offense's dominance had a lot more lapses as the season wore on.
During that 6-0 start, another issue started to emerge: turnovers. They had 9 in those 6 games. That's not ideal, but it got worse. In the remaining 10 games, the Rams turned the ball over 26 times. 35 turnovers in 16 games is not good, and this foreshadowed the Rams' playoff loss to New Orleans, in which they turned it over another 5 times, including the Az Hakim fumble that haunts us to this day.
The Rams would retool the next year, bringing in everything needed to repeat except a better anti-spying security system, but a trip to the big game in two consecutive seasons was not to be.
I don't know how this year will turn out. Will it be a better attempt to repeat than 2000? Who knows? I'm pretty sure it won't be weirder, though.
At least, I hope not.
