Thought Experiment for Seasoned Rams Fans

[GoodBadUgly]

I personally feel the 2001 team that lost to the Patriots in SB XXXVI was better than our SB championship teams. If not for the proven filming of our practices and mugging of our WRs that went uncalled, we win that game going away.

So, if that team jumped in a time machine in 2002 and came to 2026 to play our current Rams, what would happen? The guys are bigger 25 years later, but with Faulk/Bruce/Holt and Warner, against THIS YEAR'S DEFENSE, I don't see them ever having to play a 3rd down nor settling for a field goal.

What about our current offense against THAT defense? Maybe 20 points?

Am I nuts?

 

[Ram_Rally]

Depends on which era's rules they play by. I'd imagine a defense from that era is getting called for tons of penalties in today's game. Especially the linebackers and secondary.

 

[Memphis Ram]

2001 Rams would destroy the 2026 Rams.

That is all.

 

[FrantikRam]

That wasnt a great year for Kurt statistically even though he won MVP (absolutely bonkers to think of a QB throwing that many picks and winning it today).

McVay is ten times the coach Martz was too.

 

[Ellard80]

2001 defense was awesome.

Definitely a more balanced team top to bottom.

That loss in the Super bowl was much worse of a loss than what happened Sunday - not even close.

 

[Liberator]

Feel like the 2001 team would kick this teams ass lol

 

[Karate61]

Think about what Darnold did to our defense yesterday. Imagine what would Warner have done!

Add in the 2001 oline and receivers...would have been bad news for the 2025 Rams.

 

[kurtfaulk]

2001 defense was awesome.

Definitely a more balanced team top to bottom.

That loss in the Super bowl was much worse of a loss than what happened Sunday - not even close.

It's a tragedy that team didn't win the superbowl. They fought so hard as well the whole game to overcome the refs and i thought they had done it when prohel scored the td. I jumped so high i almost punched a hole in the ceiling.

So devastated when the cheats strolled down the field with the refs holding their hand to kick the winning fg.

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[DragonOfBlood]

I personally feel the 2001 team that lost to the Patriots in SB XXXVI was better than our SB championship teams. If not for the proven filming of our practices and mugging of our WRs that went uncalled, we win that game going away.

So, if that team jumped in a time machine in 2002 and came to 2026 to play our current Rams, what would happen? The guys are bigger 25 years later, but with Faulk/Bruce/Holt and Warner, against THIS YEAR'S DEFENSE, I don't see them ever having to play a 3rd down nor settling for a field goal.

What about our current offense against THAT defense? Maybe 20 points?

Am I nuts?

The 2001 Rams are the best team in franchise history, bar none. They would wipe the floor with every other team the Rams have ever fielded. Including every iteration of the McVay era.

Anyone who disagrees didn’t actually see that team play.

 

[RamFan58years]

I was in Vegas for that SB vs New England. Had not only my heart and fandom on the line but also a fair amt of cash. I recall calling my wife after the loss and I actually started crying. I knew that team was special to the point we'd never see it again, and to lose that game hurt my core being. I was 44 then. That pain is now just sadness. Yesterday's loss was tough, but I'll get over it before I will the 2001 team's loss.

 

[GoodBadUgly]

It's a tragedy that team didn't win the superbowl. They fought so hard as well the whole game to overcome the refs and i thought they had done it when prohel scored the td. I jumped so high i almost punched a hole in the ceiling.

So devastated when the cheats strolled down the field with the refs holding their hand to kick the winning fg.

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Yup. Adding insult to injury was the no-call on Brady’s obvious grounding penalty. We had all the mo and would have closed it out in OT

 

[Flint]

Think about what Darnold did to our defense yesterday. Imagine what would Warner have done!

Add in the 2001 oline and receivers...would have been bad news for the 2025 Ram

They had a heck of a time with Walker, how many tds would Marshal have?

 

[GoodBadUgly]

The point of my post was clearly about what I feel was the best team we’ve had, but my vote for the gutsiest was the ‘79 Rams that gave the dynasty Steelers all they could handle in SB XIV.

If Pat Thomas and Rod Perry were 1/2” taller, we keep that lead we had in Q4…sigh

 

[DragonOfBlood]

I was in Vegas for that SB vs New England. Had not only my heart and fandom on the line but also a fair amt of cash. I recall calling my wife after the loss and I actually started crying. I knew that team was special to the point we'd never see it again, and to lose that game hurt my core being. I was 44 then. That pain is now just sadness. Yesterday's loss was tough, but I'll get over it before I will the 2001 team's loss.

I don't think I'll ever get over it.

 

[Steve808]

The 2001 Rams were likely the best Rams team ever. But the game was rigged against the Rams, IMO. The cheating and the commissioner saying he reviewed the tapes by Matt Walsh, saw no cheating and destroyed the taped without letting anyone see it. The cheatriots players say they never cheated, but F them, they didn't see the tapes, just the staff making the game plan.

Not that it would have mattered, but even the final FG ended the game with 7 seconds left. When does any FG ever take 7 seconds?

 

[Merlin]

They said when they ran the new plays Martz drew up specifically for the title game, the Patriots DBs were anticipating the routes. Then of course the refs swallowed their whistles on top of that. And the NFL burned the tapes that proved those fuckers cheated.

A disgusting and shameful era for this league.

 

[DragonOfBlood]

The 2001 Rams were likely the best Rams team ever. But the game was rigged against the Rams, IMO. The cheating and the commissioner saying he reviewed the tapes by Matt Walsh, saw no cheating and destroyed the taped without letting anyone see it. The cheatriots players say they never cheated, but F them, they didn't see the tapes, just the staff making the game plan.

Not that it would have mattered, but even the final FG ended the game with 7 seconds left. When does any FG ever take 7 seconds?

The stories from the boys on offense saying in the second half they started going away from what the game plan had been and what they had practiced leading up to the game. Then all of a sudden the Patriots looked lost and couldn't stop what the Rams were doing. Yeah, that doesn't reek to high heaven of the Pats knowing exactly what was coming in the first half.

 

[RamFan58years]

I recall early in the game Brady and "KB" were talking about the refs and Brady said something like "it's the playoffs, you gotta let 'em play". This coming from the dude who benefitted from the worst most notorious now-stricken-from-the-rules Tuck Rule. I'd bet anything 99.9% of the viewers of that play thought "that's a fumble, he wasn't throwing the ball, it's clearly a fumble". If they had ruled it a fumble, NO ONE would have got off the couch and said "no way, that wasn't a fumble, there's a Tuck Rule!".

 

[DragonOfBlood]

I recall early in the game Brady and "KB" were talking about the refs and Brady said something like "it's the playoffs, you gotta let 'em play". This coming from the dude who benefitted from the worst most notorious now-stricken-from-the-rules Tuck Rule. I'd bet anything 99.9% of the viewers of that play thought "that's a fumble, he wasn't throwing the ball, it's clearly a fumble". If they had ruled it a fumble, NO ONE would have got off the couch and said "no way, that wasn't a fumble, there's a Tuck Rule!".

Listening to Brady on his broadcasts criticize the fucking lame environment of football we have now, that he did more to usher in than arguably any other player, is sickening. I can't stand that POS.

 

[kurtfaulk]

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I'll never forget the moment in the 4th qtr when the Rams were down 17-3 and driving near the cheats endzone.

Warner gets the ball, hesitates then started running with the ball. Gets smashed, fumbles and the cheats run with the ball for what would have been the game winning TD.

There was a flag on the play. They showed the replay and mcginnis tackled faulk as he ran his route for what would have been an easy walk in td. That's why Warner hesitated.

One of the refs couldn't let it go on any longer and threw the flag. It was that blatant. The head ref lambasted him for what seemed minutes to pick up the flag. He refused. Then the head ref announced the call and he was furious. Fucking scum.

After the game mcginniss said he didn't do anything different on that play that he did all game long.

If 9/11 didn't happen the Rams win that game by 50.

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