Well-wishers jam Spagnuolo’s cell phone after his first win
A day after scoring his first victory as an NFL head coach, the St. Louis Rams’ Steve Spagnuolo found the inbox on his cell phone overflowing with text messages from well-wishers. Among those checking in were Eagles coach Andy Reid, Spagnuolo’s boss for eight years, after the 17-10 win at Detroit.
“The text is full, whatever you call that thing. That’s kind of nice,” Spagnuolo said. “There are some good people in this league, and it was nice of them to think of sending something.”
Still, Spagnuolo is determined to keep it all in perspective.
“We’re not going to be blinded by one game: We’re 1-7″ going into the bye week, he stressed. “There are a lot of good things we’ve got to look at and get right. That’s what we’re going to try to do the better part of this week. . . .
“It’s great to win; don’t get me wrong now. I don’t take that for granted. It’s hard to win in this league. Players know that, coaches know that. So when you win, you should enjoy it. But after that enjoyment’s done, 12 hours or whatever you get, it’s back to the job.”
Notes & quotes:
*Practices are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, then the players will be off until Monday. The Rams’ next game is vs. high-flying New Orleans on Nov. 15 at the Edward Jones Dome.
*WR Danny Amendola and G Jacob Bell will have neurological exams this week after being knocked out of the game by blows to the head.
*X-rays of TE Randy McMichael’s ribs were negative, Spagnuolo reported.
*Spagnuolo’s emotions betrayed him a bit when he talked about receiving the game ball from the players in the locker room Sunday. “That was pretty special,” he said. After a brief pause, he added, “I hadn’t thought about what that was going to be like or what would happen after a win.”
*After rushing for 149 yards, RB Steven Jackson is tied with the Vikings’ Adrian Peterson at second in the NFL, with 784. They trail the Titans’ Chris Johnson by 40 yards.
*In yards from scrimmage (rushing and receiving), Jackson is second with 970 yards, just 3 behind Peterson.
*Also, Jackson now has 6,075 rushing yards for his six-year career and needs just 112 more to pass Lawrence McCutcheon (1972-79) for fourth place on the franchise career list. McCutcheon is the Rams’ director of player personnel.
All for now…
Congratulations to Spags and the Rams for their first win! Jackson made every Ram fan proud yesterday with a display of heart and spirit not seen since the GSOT. Keep the faith and we’ll get this ship turned around.
Jackson is awesome. If the Rams can get a franchise QB, have Burton and Avery develop, and replace their 2 bozo guards (Cogs and Tinker Bell) with Greco and Setterstrom, they might actually have a decent offense!
fer sure! congrats to the rams organization, players, famillies and most of all fans! that was a harsh 7 weeks and even though it was against the lions ITS STILL A WIN ha yea baby!
i agree with every bit of what eldrick faversham, jr. said.
get rid of bulger, bell, mcmichael, caricker and draft solid guys that spagz chooses and next year watch out. I like the sounds of the Locker guy. I dont know anything about him but I am hearing a lot of great things. So get him with the first pick, replace bell with greco and let richie and setterstrom fight for RG. barron has been shown improvement and I dont think we should waste millions on another LT when we have a decent one thats learning the offense. Give them some time. theyre young and growing with each other. plus dont forget robinson coming back. Draft a solid DT, OLB, and CB and all i can say is I CANT WAIT for 2010 season!!!
I think the hit on Danny Amendola was a dirty helmet to helmet hit, the league should look into it.
we got a great coach now we need new owners