Marshall Faulk chimes in on a few topics including them cheatin' Patriots

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Faulk “sad” for St. Louis, still thinks Patriots cheated to win Super Bowl
Posted by Zac Jackson on February 2, 2016

Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk stopped by PFT Live Tuesday on Radio Row in San Francisco and talked about the Rams moving from St. Louis — where Faulk was part of a Super Bowl winner in 1999 — to Los Angeles.

“My immediate reaction is that I’m sad for St. Louis, sad for the city,” Faulk said. “I’m thankful for what the fans gave us during our time there.

“I think Los Angeles is now ready for football. There are enough Rams, Raiders fans, and then the transplants. It’s time for us to have football in that market.”

Faulk was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011. He now works for NFL Network, so he’s been busy talking Super Bowl for 10 days. He said he remembers his team winning Super Bowl XXXIV more than he remembers losing to the Patriots two years later, though he won’t pass on a chance to bring up his belief that the Patriots cheated to win that game.

“We could all see the tapes and see what they saw and that would end it,” Faulk said. “But we know that’s not possible.”

Faulk was with the Colts in 1998, Peyton Manning’s rookie year, before he was traded to the Rams. He said Tuesday he believes Sunday’s Super Bowl will be Manning’s final game.

“If you know Peyton, he’s avoiding it because he doesn’t want to put that pressure on anyone else of what his last game should be. He just wants to play and not deal with it,” Faulk said. “He understands it won’t alleviate pressure from his teammates.

“I think if we hear it, it will be on the podium after he’s done, saying that he’s walking anyway. Every athlete, that’s the dream, winning that last one…and at that moment tell people that’s it and ride off into the sunset.”

For more from Faulk, including what he misses about football and his new gig with NFL Network, watch the full interview.

 

[Q729]

They should air a show somewhere and use the coaches film of Super Bowl 36 and point out every extreme infraction not called. I'm not talking about that video floating around with the computer voice either.

 

[LACHAMP46]

when the NFL/Goodell destroyed the Patriots spy tapes...they took on a government type cover-up/feel for me... At least let me see the studies of bisphenol a and make my own decision whether I wanna use it to microwave my hot dogs.....Marshall aint crazy....And the way they stopped that offense, irregardless of all the defensive holding, was a mystery....I wish Kurt would come out too....

 

[RamBill]

Hall of Fame RB Marshall Faulk gives advice to Johnny Manziel, discusses the football fever in Los Angeles and why he believes Super Bowl 50 will be Peyton Manning’s final game.

Watch Faulk's Interview

 

[SierraRam]

I wish Kurt would come out too....

done

 

[HeiseNBerg]

They should air a show somewhere and use the coaches film of Super Bowl 36 and point out every extreme infraction not called. I'm not talking about that video floating around with the computer voice either.

Vrabel helmet-spearing Warner in the face on Ty Law's pick-six
Brady's intentional grounding on the drive that set up Vinatieri's winning FG
Marshall getting mugged on pretty much every passing play

That's what I remember most about that game -- THAT and Martz' refusal to run the ball more, even though the Pats played most of the game with 5+ DB's on the field.

 

[Q729]

I still to this day cannot stomach that image of Brady with his hands on his head with confetti falling. What a sham.

 

[HeiseNBerg]

I still to this day cannot stomach that image of Brady with his hands on his head with confetti falling. What a sham.

That video clip is downright nauseating -- he's fawning like a girl who just got crowned Miss America. The only thing missing is him flapping his hands like he's drying his nails.

 

[Boston Ram]

I hate when he does this. He was on the radio here in Boston last year discussing how and why the Patriots cheated in the SB against the Rams. He never answered any questions and backed off in calling them cheaters. I was incredibly disappointed because this was the first chance for a non patriot to talk about this and present the Ram side of this.

 

[kurtfaulk]

Vrabel helmet-spearing Warner in the face on Ty Law's pick-six
Brady's intentional grounding on the drive that set up Vinatieri's winning FG
Marshall getting mugged on pretty much every passing play

That's what I remember most about that game -- THAT and Martz' refusal to run the ball more, even though the Pats played most of the game with 5+ DB's on the field.

I remember alot of personal fouls that weren't called. One player was speared in the back while he lay on the ground. Another was tackled hard 3 yards out of bounds. All the times kurt was hit in the head area. I couldn't understand what was going on.

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[LesBaker]

They should air a show somewhere and use the coaches film of Super Bowl 36 and point out every extreme infraction not called. I'm not talking about that video floating around with the computer voice either.

It wasn't so much that stuff, though it mattered a lot the way they tackled/held Faulk it was in retrospect how they seemed to know the plays. That's been the crux of the tape scandal all along, meaning they knew or had a damned good idea on the sideline what was going to unfold on the field and so could make calls on O and D to make the most out of things.

I've always thought the main reason Goodell destroyed the tapes after viewing them is because it would have been too big of a scandal and the media would have crushed them for this and that there were fears for the safety of the NE staff.

Someone would want revenge, like a bookie who lost tons of money.........

 

[Q729]

I remember alot of personal fouls that weren't called. One player was speared in the back while he lay on the ground. Another was tackled hard 3 yards out of bounds. All the times kurt was hit in the head area. I couldn't understand what was going on.

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What was going on was the NFL's feel-good story to heal America from a tumultous 2001.

 

[JUMAVA68]

What was going on was the NFL's feel-good story to heal America from a tumultous 2001.

We were sacrificed to team that happened to be named Patriots.If we would of played anyone else we would won big.

 

[CGI_Ram]

We were sacrificed to team that happened to be named Patriots.If we would of played anyone else we would won big.

That friggin tuck rule. NO QUESTION we destroy Oakland.

 

[Prime Time]

What was going on was the NFL's feel-good story to heal America from a tumultous 2001.

Exactly! It's the first time in all my years watching the NFL that I felt the game was fixed.

 

[CGI_Ram]

I never felt it was fixed, honestly. But...

1. The Patriots DID cheat by video taping. They had an unfair advantage and there is little doubt that was used to their benefit.
2. The refs held their whistles in record fashion. It happens all the time in the postseason, but this game was particularly bad.

That was the difference.

Otherwise we win.

 

[Q729]

That friggin tuck rule. NO QUESTION we destroy Oakland.

No question! Pathetic rule that doesn't even exist anymore!

 

[RhodyRams]

Man I thought I was over all this

 

[Merlin]

Faulk said it before: Martz had BRAND NEW PLAYS drawn up for that game and the Pats were sitting on them. Yeah. Recording the walkthrough = win.

 

[RamFan503]

It wasn't so much that stuff, though it mattered a lot the way they tackled/held Faulk it was in retrospect how they seemed to know the plays. That's been the crux of the tape scandal all along, meaning they knew or had a damned good idea on the sideline what was going to unfold on the field and so could make calls on O and D to make the most out of things.

And Martz saying after the game something to the effect of "It was like they had our playbook". Well yeah Mike - they kinda did.