Former Rams Who Excelled Elsewhere?

[Dodgersrf]

First person that came to mind for me was London Fletcher but he's already been named. Another that I just thought of is Dre Bly. Was named to a couple Pro Bowl teams in Detroit.

Ryan Fitzpatrick has also done a lot better since he left the Rams. Mike Furrey also had a couple nice years in Detroit with Mike Martz. John Greco has become a solid starter for Cleveland since leaving us. Incognito became a good starter too.

Bly is a good one. Greco is a great pick.
I'm trying to think of guys that didn't have good years with the Rams but excelled elsewhere.

 

[DaveFan'51]

The answer is FRED DRYER
Got to hang with Stephanie Kramer and pretend to be Dirty Harry - my fantasy realized

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That REALLY counts as elsewhere!! ( Loved Kramer!)

 

[Mister Sin]

Ryan picket was fine, he didn't go on to be special. Dickerson went to the colts and did good but wanted the pay day and ended up in Oakland as motivation for Allen. His best years were in Horns. The bus....well he is the one that stands out to me. Also, Adam Carriker turned into a pretty solid 3-4 DE after his failure here. What I like more are the ones that left for the $$$ and turned to shit. Dre Bly, Ron Bartell, OJ Otogwe, Grant Wistrom, Roland Williams, Az Hakim.

 

[Legatron4]

Dane Looker
Martz was a genius, should be coaching somewhere.

Dane Looker only played for the Rams.

 

[jsimcox]

Technically, Terry Crews had a pretty good career after playing for the Rams

 

[bluecollarram]

Dane Looker only played for the Rams.

me and Captain Morgan don't agree.
Was thinking of Furrey, the safety who caught like 80 passes in Detroit.

 

[OldSchool]

Late to this one and some good contributions so far. I'll throw a different name out there. Wendell Tyler, he didn't have great success like Bettis did. He put in 4 years with the Whiners, three were good years and playoff contributions as well. That one really hurt going over to them when I was a young Rams fan.

 

[Legatron4]

me and Captain Morgan don't agree.
Was thinking of Furrey, the safety who caught like 80 passes in Detroit.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JHQF5Gt_D1M

 

[Memphis Ram]

Wanye Gandy turned out to be a pretty good LT elsewhere.

And I don't know about excelling, but guys like Eddie Kennison, Marquez Pope, & Fred Miller did pretty well for themselves, too.

 

[tempests]

Couple of oldies....

Andy Robustelli went from a pretty good player with the old Rams to a HOFer with the Giants.

Rams traded away Harold Jackson away twice....he didn't waste time making them regret it.

 

[den-the-coach]

The only Quarterback to defeat St. Vincent Thomas Lombardi in a Title Game:

 

[Lunchbox]

One who played well for the Rams but left for greener pastures was Roman Phifer. Sucks that he had a nice long run with the Patriots.

 

[Dodgersrf]

One who played well for the Rams but left for greener pastures was Roman Phifer. Sucks that he had a nice long run with the Patriots.

I always thought about Phifer when the GSOT days arrived. I felt bad that he gave was here during some dark times only to miss out on the Superbowl.
It ended up working out for him though.

Jim Everett got run out of here to soon as well.

 

[dieterbrock]

The Rams drafted Doug Flutie, would have been cool to see him under center

 

[-X-]

Garrett Gilbert got a ring.

(lol. Dude fell ass-backward into a pot of gold)

 

[jrry32]

Ryan picket was fine, he didn't go on to be special. Dickerson went to the colts and did good but wanted the pay day and ended up in Oakland as motivation for Allen. His best years were in Horns. The bus....well he is the one that stands out to me. Also, Adam Carriker turned into a pretty solid 3-4 DE after his failure here. What I like more are the ones that left for the $$$ and turned to crap. Dre Bly, Ron Bartell, OJ Otogwe, Grant Wistrom, Roland Williams, Az Hakim.

Bly did well after leaving St. Louis and Bartell didn't leave for the money. We cut him after he broke his neck.

Adam Archuleta is one to add to that list, though.

 

[brokeu91]

Ryan Pickett

That's who I was going to say

 

[Noregar]

A lot of good ones mentioned so far.

I would say Warner, Bettis, and Fletcher are the most notable because one is in the Hall of Fame and the other two will be there one day.

A few more I have not seen mentioned yet.

DT Brian Young: 9 years in the NFL - 5 with the Rams and 5 with the Saints

LB Scott Shanle: 10 years in the NFL and only one of those with the Rams

DE Kevin Carter: 14 years in the NFL (6 with the Rams)

G/T Zach Wiegert: He played 12 years in the NFL and only 4 of those with the Rams

RT Ryan Tucker: He also played 12 years in the league (five with the Rams and 7 with Cleveland) and when he left the Rams the RT spot was a weakness for a long time.

Note: In 2002 the real beginning of the Rams GSOT decline they lost
London Fletcher
Ryan Tucker
Az Hakim
Jeff Robinson
Robert Holcomb

Then in 2003 they lost
Ernie Conwell
Ricky Proehl
Dre' Bly
James Hodgins
Dexter McCleon


Along a slightly different vein I want to mention two men that enjoyed most of their success a Rams but they were two losses that really irritated me because they were players I really liked, who left and went to the Whiners. Note Wendell Tyler was already mentioned but he sort of belongs here too.

Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds: Eleven years as a Ram and then he was traded the whiners in 1981 and he wins a Super Bowl there.

Isaac Bruce: 14 years as Rams and then he is cut loose but the LineCRAP/ZygBUTT/ShawSHANK regime and finishes his career as 49er. Still makes me MAD.

 

[drasconis]

How about Ryan Fitzpatrick and to a lesser extent Anthony Hargrove....

 

[dieterbrock]

Madison Hedgecock was a decent FB cut by the Rams and then went to the Giants and won a ring