Brian: Jeff,

I have never been big on Mark Bulger, but his mind is clearly somewhere else. At the very least I wish he would show emotion. This team needs a lot of help due to its inability and coaching or lack there of, but for your quarterback not to be a leader, they are destined for continued failure.

thanks,

Brian

Jeff Gordon: Now would be a good time for him to channel his inner Favre, if he has one.

Mark C: Hey Gordo!
I have to say I have a real concern about Bulger. He is not the same; you can see it in his face. He already looks defeated and I’m going to make a comment that nobody has yet. Bulger is the only QB in the NFL that looks like he has never lifted any weights. He has the thinnest legs, arms and resembles the marathon runners at Beijing. So how can he take even the lightest hit? When Trent came in even for just a few plays, the offense came to life. In the second half our other QB’s at least looked like they were fighting to win. At what point does the coach recognize a player that has lost his stuff and is afraid to step up and lead this team? I believe that if Trent had started, we would have scored.

I was impressed with our defense; for the most part they looked very good. I wonder why the Rams seem to have so many injury pronged players. I know other teams have injuries as well, but not the same players year after year. We seem to have a lot of guys that have potential, work hard during the off season, come into camp, the hype is great and then they go down with a season ending injury at the start or early part of the season year after year.

Jeff Gordon: Compare Marc's body to Gradkowski -- now there is a load! He looks like an mixed martial artist.

Kiko: I understand we need to keep our starters healthy, but I think we have to leave them in these pre-season games until they score a TD (I don't care if they play all 8 qtrs we have left) once they score they can can take a seat.

Waiting until the season starts to get the starters to play for a TD is too late in my opinion, what do you think?

Jeff Gordon: Agreed!

Michael Kent: Jeff ...

I noticed that there was a recent chain reaction of promotions among the Cards' infielder corps in the minors. Tyler Greene moved from Springfield to Memphis, Donovan Solano from Palm Beach to Springfield, and Pete Kozma from Quad Cities to Palm Beach. Do you feel like these were legitimately earned promotions or were they more out of necessity when Brian Barden took time off to play for the U.S. Olympics team? A lot has been written about Kozma, but what's your take on Greene and Solano?

Also, any chance that Brett Wallace could get promoted before season's end? He's been knocking the cover off the ball ever since he landed in the Quad Cities earlier this summer. If not, then do you think he starts next year at Palm Beach or Springfield?

Thanks.

Jeff Gordon: Wallace ought to jump to Springfield ASAP. He could be in the big leagues by the end of next year.

Greene earned his jump to Memphis with some hot hitting. Good for him, because it was overdue. Kozma earned his move up with a nice surge at the plate. Barden's Olympic move is a non-factor, since Ryan got dumped down from the majors for a few weeks.

Petey123: Jeff, your prediction on the rams staying in St. Louis long term? How do you see it working out?

Jeff Gordon: Pull for Rush Limbaugh to buy the team. He'd keep it here long term. Ownership is the key -- even more so than the stadium.

That looks like it for now! See you next week!