Few people remember the Rams went into that game as 18 point favorites - a bigger favorite than the legendary Colts-Jets SBIII affair. That Rams team was the league's #1 offense and a top 5 defense. They featured HOF'ers Pace, Warner, and Faulk and future HOF'ers Bruce and Holt on the Greatest Show on Turf and they got beat by Belichick's "mug the receivers" defense that was also used to beat Peyton Manning and the Colts several times in the early 2000's.
Mike Martz persistent need to throw the ball into 8 DBs in coverage was an enormous mistake as well. Marshall Faulk on draws and screens was available all day long and the Rams simply would not use it. They came roaring back from down 17-3 in the 4th to tie the game at 17 with 1:32 left and then the legend of Brady began...the Rams gagged, the Pats won, the St. Louis franchise descended into madness afterwards becoming the worst team in the NFL from 2004 through their abandoning of the St. Louis Market in 2015.
Now, their greedy ass-face owner Kroenke is in another Super Bowl and as much as I hate the Patriots (more than any other NFL team by a long margin) I am actually hoping they bitch slap the Rams and run up a huge win, even if I won't watch a single second of the NFL's rigged product any longer.
Come to think of it...I am rooting for a meteor to hit the stadium and cancel the game altogether!!!
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