Your most disappointing Ram(s) of all time?

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XXXIVwin

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thirteen28 said:
Boy, if that isn't a great description for Tony Banks, I don't know what is. The dude had a serious arm and could really look like he could be somebody, but then would just do stupid shit over and over. I remember in '98 that bomb he threw to Ike against the Vikings, God what a pretty ball that was ... and those moments would make you think he had a diamond in the rough. But man, just some serious fuck-ups one after another too.

I compare Bank to Nuke LaLoosh from the movie Bull Durham, in Crash Davis's words: He's got a million dollar arm and a ten cent head.
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Agreed... He had a good arm and decent mobility. But good Lord I hated his shitty competitiveness, idiotic decision making, his "anti-clutch gene"-- and arrogance to boot. I looked up his career summary on Wikipedia and the following sentence stood out:

"During his time in St. Louis he developed a reputation for having a cocky attitude and a poor work ethic."

For me, part of what was awful about the Tony Banks "era" was that we had just had 6 straight losing seasons from 1990 through 1995. And then in '96 with Tony as the rookie starter (and setting a record for fumbles with 21!) we went 6-10. Then 5-11 in '97. Then 4-12 in '98. Nine freaking losing seasons in a row. I just remember KNOWING that Tony was an immature loser.... and I just HATED the way the Rams kept putting him out there as the starter for 3 more excruciating years.

Thank goodness for the miracle of '99, erasing the Tony Banks nightmare...
 

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All the losers they drafted with the Dickerson trade picks.
I know, a few could play. But that trade, well.... I remember to spot where I was at when I heard the news.
Kinda like normal people when they heard about JFK getting assassinated.
 
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XXXIVwin said:
Agreed... He had a good arm and decent mobility. But good Lord I hated his shitty competitiveness, idiotic decision making, his "anti-clutch gene"-- and arrogance to boot. I looked up his career summary on Wikipedia and the following sentence stood out:

"During his time in St. Louis he developed a reputation for having a cocky attitude and a poor work ethic."

For me, part of what was awful about the Tony Banks "era" was that we had just had 6 straight losing seasons from 1990 through 1995. And then in '96 with Tony as the rookie starter (and setting a record for fumbles with 21!) we went 6-10. Then 5-11 in '97. Then 4-12 in '98. Nine freaking losing seasons in a row. I just remember KNOWING that Tony was an immature loser.... and I just HATED the way the Rams kept putting him out there as the starter for 3 more excruciating years.

Thank goodness for the miracle of '99, erasing the Tony Banks nightmare...
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I’m still shaking my head years after watching Tony Banks. Ugh.
 
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The most disappointing Ram of all time for me... Mike Martz. Rams should have won three straight super bowls.
 
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All of the above but I want to mention what I thought about Tavon Austin

After the Indianapolis game, I thought we had something. But he got injured and became a coward running with the ball after that game.

Whenever we did a jet sweep, he would always run to the outside and go out of bounds instead of turning up field for a lot more yards because he was going to get hit if he did that.

That's why I hated the Tutu Atwell pick so much. I figured he would do the same thing since he was so small.

Well it turns out Tutu is a little braver than Tavon but he is just a gadget player so far. Not a good use for a second round pick.

Maybe he will turn out better this year.
 
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The fact that we picked Brian Quick at 33 when we could have drafted Bobby Wagner, Alston Jeffrey, Levonte David is unbelievable.
 
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WestCoastRam said:
Oh man, Bradford, the injuries were the injuries and the guy just maybe was never gonna be much cause of them but I think that's a QB we ruined by not giving him enough around him (especially at receiver).
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Bradford was my 1st thought. There have been countless disappointments, but none had as big of an affect on our team long term.
 
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Damione Lewis. Thought we were adding a Warren Sapp clone to a Super Bowl contender.

Not so much.
 
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disappointments... there were many. Trades include to and from. So starting with my induction in 1976:

76-79 never the same injury: Jessie, Namath
76-79 performance: Tom Dempsey, James Harris, Ron Jaworski, Rafael Septien
76-79 draft: none glaring
76-79 trade: Namath*, Charley Young

80's never the same injury: Peacock, Bert Jones, Gary Green, Frank Stams, Bill Hawkins
80's performance: Jewerl Thomas (after '80), Pat Haden, Dan Pastorini, Chuck Nelson, Jeff Kemp, Dieter Brock, Drew Hill, Gaston Green
80's draft: Chuck Nelson 1983, entire 1984 draft, Mike Schad 1986, Donald Evans 1987, Gaston Green, Aaron Cox 1988, Bill Hawkins 1989, Frank Stams
80's trade: entire Dickerson trade

90's never the same injury: Marcus DuPree (prev injury comeback)
90's performance: Curt Warner, Sean Gilbert, Mark Boutte, Wayne Gandy, Tony Banks, June Henley, Taje Allen
90's draft: Latin Berry, Pat Terrell, Steve Israel, Wayne Gandy, Zach Weigert, Lawrence Phillips, Tony Banks, Eddie Kennison
90's trade: Curt Warner, Jerome Bettis, Ironhead Heyward

2000's you guys called it

I'm sure I missed a few

*I was skeptical before the Namath trade though I really wanted him to do good, but like we say in Hawaii... he was "All Bahh-ss'!!" (all busted up)
 
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For me it’s a toss up between Jason Smith and Greg Robinson.

I was hoping they would be our next Orlando Pace, but they were just so bad. Alex Barron was another one I just remembered
 
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