Marc Bulger had a couple of chances to march the Rams to the winning touchdown . . . but he couldn’t advance his team into the end zone.
Interestingly, the Rams used Antonio Pittman at running back for those final two…
When Bulger tried to hit Anthony Becht – or was it Joe Klopfenstein? — he threw another interception to put Miami back into scoring range.
This time it was Renaldo Hill who jumped into the passing lane.
Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown attacked…
Marc Bulger’s completion to the rejuvenated Torry Holt gave the Rams a first down at the Miam1 23. Another completion to Daniel Fells (!) got the Rams into the red zone.
But the Rams stalled again, against all odds, so the…
In a tough third-down situation, Marc Bulger gunned a 16-yard completion to Dane Looker to get things moving again.
A tight end screen to Daniel Fells got six more yards. A defensive holding penalty on Miami advanced the ball to the…
The Rams defense opened the second half with a nice three-and-out defensive stop.
Then the offense got off to a good start, with Steven Jackson and Antonio Pittman carrying the Rams into Miami territory.
But the Rams quickly stalled, in part because…
Ball-control passing (hello, Dane Looker) and more hard running by Steven Jackson and Antonio Pittman got the Rams rolling into Miami territory again.
(Give a shout-out to center Brett Romberg, by the way. He is having a nice game at center.…
Miami’s effective ground game gave quarterback Chad Pennington the time needed to work over the Rams secondary. That downfield success, in turn, kept the door open for running back Ronnie Brown.
The Dolphins overcame a 15-year facemask penalty to sustain this…
A 13-yard Steven Jackson run got the Rams rolling again. Then Marc Bulger hooked up with Torry Holt and Dane Looker for first-down completions.
Bulger tried to go over the top of the Miami defense to Keenan Burton, but the Dolphins…
Miami won the toss and deferred possession until the second half; perhaps the Dolphins figured the Rams would be done competing by then.
Against all odds, the Rams opened a big hole on their first play from scrimmaged and Steven Jackson…
Seriously, Rams running back Steven Jackson will play against the Dolphins today.
He has been sorely missed. Even the most ardent Jackson bashers — and there plenty of them out there — must admit the Rams are lost without him.
But how…
