The Rams tried to make nice with their fans Thursday night. They staged a wonderful halftime ceremony for Marshall Faulk, retiring his No. 28.
They gave away lots of gifts to “lucky” PSL holders. But if the Rams wanted to impress their fans in this holiday season, they should have actually WON A GAME.

But we suppose that is asking too much in this fiasco of a season. With thousands of their towel-waving fans cheering them on, the Steelers rolled over the Rams 41-24 at the Edward Jones Dome.

The Rams did muster some offense in this game, with both Marc Bulger and Gus Frerotte working the ball to Isaac Bruce, Torry Holt, Randy McMichael and even Drew Bennett. Running back Steven Jackson ran as hard as ever.

But one Bulger pass was intercepted for a touchdown (by Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor) and the Pittsburgh offense pounded the Rams defense into submission.

After top Steelers running back Willie Parker suffered a broken leg, Najeh Davenport ran through the Rams for 123 yards rushing and 44 yards receiving.

So the Rams fell to 3-12 with one game to play, at Arizona. They remained in line for the second overall pick in the NFL Draft, which is all that Rams fans have to look forward to at this point.