NFL Championship Weekend Playoff Predictions

Well the first game this weekend will be Green Bay at Chicago. I see Green Bay winning this one. The Bears have no NFL receivers and they are in the bottom third of the league in most offensive categories. Green Bay will eat them up today. In the late game the Jets have been very quiet this week and that is not their game. I just don't see them winning in Pittsburgh. These are the games that Big Ben wins. The Pittsburgh Steelers defense is going to eat up the Jets offense. I think the Steelers have the potential to blow out the Jets today. What are your thoughts let us know on our St. Louis Rams Blog.

NFL Championship Weekend Predictions below:

Pittsburgh Steelers
Green Bay Packers

Playoffs 3 - 4

Regular Season – 162 - 94 (63%)

Last year I was 165-91 (64%) on predictions

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NFL Championship Weekend Playoff Odds

NFL Championship Weekend Playoff Odds

Favorite - Spread - Underdog

Pittsburgh Steelers - 3 - New York Jets
Green Bay Packers - 3 - Chicago Bears

Proceed to do some sports betting at BetUS.com

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NFL Divisional Wup Ass Award

We have granted our NFL Divisional Wup Ass Award. Click HERE to find out who won!

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Rams Shurmur New Coach Of Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns have hired St. Louis Rams offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur to be their new head coach. Pat Shurmur is probably best known for being the nephew of Fritz Shurmur. This is another interesting NFL head coaching decision. While being the offensive coordinator with the St. Louis Rams the Rams finished 32nd and 26th in scoring the past two seasons. While it is true that Shurmur did not have a lot to work with in St. Louis he also did not show us much. This is another NFL coaching hire of a coach with NO head coaching experience at an level. Shurmur was a tight ends or quarterback coach for almost 20 years in the NFL before getting the offensive coordinator job with the Rams. It is possible that Shurmur will just be a yes man of puppet for current Browns president Mike Holmgren. The St. Louis Rams must now start the search for a new offensive coordinator. I personally will not miss Shurmur but it is never good to have a young quarterback changing coordinators. Hopefully the Rams will bring in someone that is qualify and not just a member of the Steve Spagnuolo coaching tree.

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Ndamukong Suh Named NFL Rookie Of The Year

Ndamukong Suh was named the Sporting News NFL Rookie of The Year today. Suh had 10 sacks, 66 tackles, 1 interception, 1 forced fumble, and 3 passes defended. 617 NFL players, coaches and executives voted for this award. Ndamukong Suh was selected 2nd overall in the 2010 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford finished 2nd behind Suh in the voting. A panel of NFL scouts and Sporting News writers and editors did select Sam Bradford to the All-Rookie team.

Top Five Vote in Voting
1. Ndamukong Suh, DT, Lions 260
2. Sam Bradford, QB, Rams 221
3. Devin McCourty, CB, Patriots 49
4. Dez Bryant, WR, Cowboys 20
5. Mike Williams, WR, Bucs 10

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St. Louis Rams To Select 14th In 2011 NFL Draft

The St. Louis Rams will draft 14th in the upcoming 2011 NFL Draft. Pick #14 is the lowest the St. Louis Rams have selected since they took Tye Hill with the 16th pick in the 2006 NFL draft. Below you will see the previous ten 14th overall selections in the NFL Draft. The St. Louis Rams will be looking at players such as A.J. Green, Patrick Peterson, Julio Jones & Mike Pouncey.

2010 S Earl Thomas Seattle
2009 CB Malcolm Jenkins New Orleans
2008 T Chris Williams Chicago
2007 CB Darrelle Revis NYJ
2006 DT Brodrick Bunkley Philadelphia
2005 LB Thomas Davis Carolina
2004 DT Tommie Harris Chicago
2003 DE Michael Haynes Chicago
2002 TE Jeremy Shockey NYG
2001 OT Kanatta Walker TB

NFL Divisional Weekend Playoff Odds

NFL Divisional Weekend Playoff Odds

Favorite - Spread - Underdog

Pittsburgh Steelers - 3 - Baltimore Ravens
Atlanta Falcons - 2.5 - Green Bay Packers
Chicago Bears - 10 - Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots - 9 - New York Jets

Proceed to do some sports betting at BetUS.com

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Wild Card Wup Ass Award

We have granted our Wild Card Wup Ass Award. Click HERE to find out who won!

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St. Louis Rams 2011 Opponents

The list of St. Louis Rams 2011 opponents has been released. If you just look at the numbers I believe their schedule to be misleading. The year of the cupcake is over and the Rams will be in for some tough contests in 2011.

The Rams 2010 opponents coming into the season had a winning percentage of .449 in 2009. On paper that gave the St. Louis Rams the second easiest schedule in the NFL in 2010. The St. Louis Rams 2011 opponents had an overall winning percentage of .477 in 2010 however their schedule looks to be much tougher in 2011. If you throw out the NFC West records the St. Louis Rams will play teams with a combined winning percentage of .538 in 2011. Those teams include Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore, Cincinnati and New Orleans at home and Dallas, the New York Giants, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Green Bay on the road. Five of these 10 teams made the NFL playoffs in 2010.

The St. Louis Rams will need to get much better in 2011 to compete with these teams. Philly, Baltimore, New Orleans , Pittsburgh and Green Bay seem to be good year after year. In addition Dallas should be much improved in 2011 as well. The Rams need a strong free agent period and a great draft to keep making strides in today's NFL.

Actual game dates and times will be released in April 2011.

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NFL Wild Card Weekend Playoff Predictions

Over the last three years road and home teams are both 6-6 during the NFL Wild Card weekend. This weekends slate of games looks like another year were two or three road teams could be victorious. You can easily make cases for all four road teams to win this weekend. I am going to go against this trend. New Orleans should be able to handle Seattle without an issue. I like Peyton at home in a night game, Sanchez has not shown me he can win this type of game this year. I like the Chiefs running game against the Ravens who are getting old and have a pedestrian offense. The Eagles and Packers should be a great one, this one is a toss up by I like the birds. What are your thoughts let us know on our St. Louis Rams Blog.

NFL Wild Card Weekend Predictions below:

New Orleans Saints
Indianapolis Colts
Kansas City Chiefs
Philadelphia Eagles

Playoffs 0 - 0

Last Week - 10 - 6

Year-To-Date Results – 162 - 94 (63%)

Last year I was 165-91 (64%) on predictions

St. Louis Rams 2010 Team Awards

St. Louis Rams players voted for team awards today and the winners were Steven Jackson, Sam Bradford, Oshiomogho Atogwe & Bradley Fletcher.

Steven Jackson was voted team MVP and awarded the Daniel F. Reeves Memorial trophy.

Sam Bradford was voted rookie of the year and given the Carroll Rosenbloom Memorial Award.

Oshiomogho Atogwe won the Carl Ekern Spirit of the Game Award which is for the player who best exemplifies sportsmanship, ethics and commitment to his teammates.
Bradley Fletcher was the winner of the Ed Block Courage Award.

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NFL Wild Card Weekend Playoff Odds

NFL Wild Card Weekend Playoff Odds

Favorite - Spread - Underdog

New Orleans Saints - 10 - Seattle Seahawks
Indianapolis Colts - 2.5 - New York Jets
Baltimore Ravens - 3 - Kansas City Chiefs
Philadelphia Eagles - 2.5 - Green Bay Packers

Proceed to do some sports betting at BetUS.com

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Weekly Wup Ass Award - Week 17

We have granted our Week 17 Wup Ass Award. Click HERE to find out who won!

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Sleepy In Seattle

First props to the St. Louis Rams for their 7-9 season after finishing 1-15 in 2009. Tonight the St. Louis Rams were just terrible in a 16-6 lost to the Seattle Seahawks at Quest Field, making the Seahawks the NFC West Champion at 7-9. The Seahawks will move on to play the New Orleans Saints in the first round of NFL playoffs.

The Rams playing their most important game in six years picked a bad night to play their worst game of the year. I don't believe any Rams team member was without fault tonight. Steve Spagnuolo failed to challenge a couple of calls and again seemed to have the handcuffs on the Rams offense. Pat Shurmur was less than imaginative. I believe every Rams receiver dropped a pass, none bigger than a bomb to Danario Alexander with 10 minutes to play and the Rams trailing 13-6. Alexander let the ball go right threw his hands at the Seattle 20 yard line. Sam Bradford was less than stellar going 19 of 36 for a meager 155 yards and one terrible interception with the Rams down 7 in the 4th quarter. On defense Craig Dahl and Chris Long easily had their worst games of the year. Long was absolutely manhandled for three hours while Dahl missed a ton of open field tackles. The Seahawks who came into the game dead last in rushing yards were able to run for 141 yards against the Rams many of those to the right, through the hole mainly vacated by Chris Long. On offense the Rams had seven 3-and-out drives, ran 54 plays for 184 total yards. Just a sad way to end a very surprising season.

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As Vinnie Sees it - Week 17 Vince Vitale

Last week after collecting 80 points I moved into 7th place out of 36 in the Suicide Fantasy Football celebrity blogger league. I would like to thank all of the guys over at Suicide Fantasy Football for putting together a great product that has worked well all year. The concept behind this league is a great one and I have really enjoyed playing all year, and look forward to playing next year as well. I urge everyone to check it up and sign up with your friends next year it is a blast. I was hoping to win the celebrity blogger league but the highest I ever climbed was into 5th place still not too bad. With a nice week this week I have a shot to finished 6th but any higher is probably unrealistic. If I have a complete failure this week I should still finish in the top 8. It has been a great ride but I never could get that huge week to put me over the top. With few stars left on my roster I am hoping for 80 points again this week at most, and I will be very lucky to get that.

At quarterback I am going to go with Tim Tebow at home against the San Diego Chargers. I am just hoping to get some solid rushing yards from Tim against the Chargers who I do not believe will be to inspired to play today. At running back I have Shonn Greene at home against the Buffalo Bills. The Jets who will be the 6th seed in the AFC will most likely rest LT today so I look for Greene to finally get some action against the Bills. I also have Ryan Mathews going against the Denver Broncos. I am hoping with Mike Tolbert injured Matthews will finally see a lot of action in this one. As you can see week 17 is all about having a lot of hope and wishing for some good luck. My two wide receivers this week will be Mario Manningham who somehow I never used during the season. The Giants face a must win and Mario should have at least 5 catches against the Washington Redskins. I also have Percy Harvin coming off a great Monday night game against the Eagles. As you know I picked on the Lions defense almost every week so I might as well do it one more time. I look for Harvin to get at least one long ball in this one. At Tight End I will go with Brent Celek of the Eagles playing in a meaningless game against the Dallas Cowboys. I think with Kevin Kolb starting at QB Celek will get a lot of dump off throws while Kolb tries to stay alive against Demarcus Ware. At kicker we are rolling out Sea Bass - Sebastian Janikowski. He is one of the highest scoring fantasy kickers in 2010 and the Raiders continue to put up points and play hard every week. I look for the Chiefs to be tough in the red zone and force Oakland into some field goals.

Well that's it for this year. I will the final standings this week. I hope to finish in 6th place but we will see. Again I thank Suicide Fantasy Football for their great new game and I hope to see all of you playing next year for fun and prizes.

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St. Louis Rams Week 17 Injury Report

St. Louis Rams @ Seattle Seahawks Injury Report

Player - Pos - Injury - Game Status

St. Louis Rams

Michael Hoomanawanui - TE - Ankle - Questionable
Jerome Murphy - CB - Finger - Probable

Seattle Seahawks

Brandon Stokley - WR - Head - Questionable
Matt Hasselbeck - QB - Hip - Questionable
Olindo Mare - K - Back - Probable
Lofa Tatupu - LB - Knee - Probable

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NFL Week 17 Predictions

Well I need 13 wins to tie last year. That will be hard to do. Week 17 is one of the hardest weeks to predict in the NFL. Some teams are already packed up, others will rest players, others are under intense pressure of must win situations. We would love it if you share your opinions, or your own predictions in the comment area of our St. Louis Rams Blog. All picks will be straight-up, not against the spread. Good Luck.

Week 17 Predictions below:

New England Patriots
Minnesota Vikings
Atlanta Falcons
Kansas City Chiefs
Pittsburgh Steelers
New York Jets
New Orleans Saints
Baltimore Ravens
Green Bay Packers
New York Giants
Houston Texans
Philadelphia Eagles
Indianapolis Colts
Denver Broncos
San Fancisco 49ers
St. Louis Rams

Last Week - 10 - 6

Year-To-Date Results – 152 - 89 (63%)

Last year I was 165-91 (64%) on predictions

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Brawl For It All Goes Prime Time

The NFL has moved the St. Louis Rams @ Seattle Seahawks game to Sunday night at 7:20PM CST. In essence this is a playoff game with the winner claiming the NFC West crown.

The St. Louis Rams have not played in prime time since their 41-24 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday night Dec. 20, 2007 at the Edward Jones Dome.

The last time the St. Louis Rams played in the playoff was 6 years ago when they defeated the Seattle Seahawks 27-20 at Quest Field. The Rams finished the 2004 season 8-8, do you believe in karma?

Where will you be to watch the brawl for it all Sunday night?

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