Sunday's St. Louis-Detroit matchup appeared destined to be one of the worst of the NFL season -- the teams entered Week 8 a combined 1-12 on the year -- and one second-quarter play summed up the ineptitude of both teams pretty well.With Detroit facing 3rd-and-10 from the Rams 12, quarterback Matthew Stafford fired a pass over the middle that ricocheted off the hands of running back Aaron Brown and right to waiting St. Louis safety James Butler.
Butler made a shoestring grab in the end zone for an interception. But rather than take a knee for a touchback, Butler attempted a return, running out of the end zone to the St. Louis 2 -- then reversing field back across the goal line, where he was tackled by Kevin Smith for a safety.
Brown's missed catch was one of at least five drops that the Lions had in the first half.
"Don't ask about that dumb play," Butler said. "I knew it wasn't going to hurt us. I just knew we were going to win because I have faith."
Moments after his mental mistake, Butler flat-out botched a second interception. Stafford overthrew a pass down the middle, hitting Butler in the numbers, but he was unable to reel it in.
The wacky safety didn't wind up doing the Rams in, though -- St. Louis scored late to grab a 17-10 win, its first of the season.
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11-02-2009 @ 3:53AM
Bugsy said...
The Rams flat out stink how did they get a win. The ownership, coaches and players should be banned from the NFL. Please ensure the owners get this and the players most of all. Especially, that wantabe qb, Marc Bulger.
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11-02-2009 @ 7:36AM
Joe said...
Yes I go agree the Rams suck. Sure didn't say much for the Lions yesterday though did it lol I'm not so sure about the rest of you comment though. Maybe its was a little..harsh? But I'm very sure your thought will be passed on directly to the top of that org. Only it'll be a few days until they will hear anything from you, I'm sure they will still be cleaning the bathrooms and sweeping the parking lot at the ball field.
11-02-2009 @ 5:05AM
Darin said...
It really is too bad that Detroit got that win against Washington....they DESERVE the record for the most consecutive losses in NFL history.... they truely are the worst sports francise ever created..I just feel sorry for the fans...they deserve better than this
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11-02-2009 @ 6:56AM
Joe said...
Deserve??? Hell, ALL fans deserve a winning football team! Matter of fact, ALL fans deserve a winning team no matter the sport for all the money we have to spend to go and see our teams play. Only, that's not the way of sports or anything else.
11-02-2009 @ 7:05AM
Joe said...
I totally agree with you. I'm sure not a big Detroit fan and never
have been only because it's so far north when I was growing up, I
grew up liking only the sourthen teams. But it's truly sad to see a
team such as Detroit lose so damn much. I don't feel bad for the
players, they are getting paid doing their job, badly but doing it
nontheless. The fans on the other hand make it all possible, paying
the players their money along with everyone else in that program yet
the fans never have any say in what players come, stay or go. I do
feel for the fans there and i other places as well. In Detroit they
sure deserve better people in all areas in which make the decisions
for the team. Gotta hand it to their fans though, they sure love
their team no matter what! Even in todays times with the kind of fan base that is out there, so many people today will up and leave the team they have rooted for for so many years when they begin to lose but NOT in Detroit!!!...you all are TRUE FANS!!!
11-02-2009 @ 7:23AM
Joe said...
sorry, got the teams screwed up in my post.
11-02-2009 @ 7:58AM
HEY JOE C said...
YEAH I GOT SOMETHING TO SAY " THE RAMS SUCK AS MUCH AS DETROIT NOW , THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A BORING ASS GAME TO WATCH , I'M VERY GRATEFULL I DON'T LIVE IN EITHER CITY AND THAT WAS THE ONLY TEAM THAT I HAD TO ROOT FOR , I'D PROBABLY GIVE UP ON FOOTBALL ALL TOGETHER ".
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11-02-2009 @ 8:15AM
bpaadarling said...
I went to that game yesterday, first one in about 10-15 years. It was the worse football game I have ever seen. I don't know what these coaches are looking at, but I called the fake field goal as they were lining up. Detroit had everyone up on the line to block the field goal attempt. It was the easiest fake probably in the history of football. Detroit fans are very loyal to a fault, but I would guess actual attendance may have been about 30,000-35,000. After that loss I am sure come Thanksgiving when they play Green Bay, there will be more Packer fans than Lions fans. Funny thing the half time show were 4 youth football teams playing on half the field. The half time was more entertaining than the game was. Its funny how we can score 28 points against New Orleans on the road in the season opener, but against an inept team like the Rams we score 10? The coaches need to realize, you play to win, rather than not to lose.
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11-02-2009 @ 8:24AM
Doug said...
The Lions are pathetic. There are teams that are 0 and 8 that are better than the Lions. The Lions had a gimme and still couldn't win.
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11-02-2009 @ 12:08PM
gking98 said...
The Lions and Rams are both better than the Deadskins.
11-02-2009 @ 8:40AM
mzharleywood said...
Com'mon guys!! Everybody KNOWS the BUCS SUC..they now have the honor to remain the ONLY WINLESS team in the NFL..
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11-02-2009 @ 8:53AM
Donna said...
Ok - being a Giants fan myself, after yesterdays game...I don't know. I think they are getting pretty sucky. Manning got his $97 mil, he's happy.
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11-02-2009 @ 10:22AM
dave said...
glad the officials got this right.
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11-02-2009 @ 11:10AM
hiredshoe said...
These are trained professionals making how much?Can't even manage to play a child's game correctly!
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11-02-2009 @ 11:46AM
John F. C. Taylor said...
It is teams like this that really take the fun out of rooting for them in football. After years of disappointment with various teams, I've decided that rooting for individual players is much more satisfying. They have the Super Bowl for the two best teams. Why not have the Toilet Bowl for the two worst teams?
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11-02-2009 @ 11:31AM
Johanna said...
Steven Jackson, the best and only thing the Rams have going for them.
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11-02-2009 @ 12:15PM
Vince said...
I hate to see a hard working player like Stephen Jackson on a team like the Rams. Waste of Talent. Its only a matter of time before he gets frustrated with not winnning and start talking, then everyone will be talking about him when all he wants is to win.... You can see it everytime he touches the ball. That being said I sure they dont bring the Rams her to So Cal would rather stay with out a team than have them or the Raiders back....
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11-02-2009 @ 12:47PM
biggeorge93 said...
stephen jackson is one of, if not the best, overall runningback in the national football league. he has four 100+ yard games behind one of the worst o-lines in the league. and it also does not help that opposing defenses are stacking 8-9 players in the box because of the rams non-existent passing attack.
props to stephen for running hard and getting his well-deserved first touchdown of the season
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11-02-2009 @ 1:36PM
wrascil said...
when the cardinals played in St Louis they STUNK UP THAT TOWN the rams have taken over that job... the oilers stunk up Houston the Texans are doing a good job of that now.... al took a great team to Hollywood and stunk up L.A. then brought the same loser smell back to Oakland and wanted to sing coon-by-ah with the fans. and with all the inequity in penalty calling and just plain bull s#!T rules the No Fun League has become the same embarrassing insult to the CASH PAYING FANS that nap-car is. what made football fun was not listening to randy mouth or terrible odor jack their jaw... it was the excitement of seeing them flop around like joe thiesman for running off at the wrong guy, NO rookie should be paid more than the league minimum and if they hold out they should be ban for 5 years from the NFL and the team should get the first pick in the next draft as compensation
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11-04-2009 @ 4:14PM
Dave said...
The Rams have the worst Quarterback in the game that
being Mark Bulger he is not a team player and never has been. He never acts like a team leader
he is a stand off to the side player, he never leads the team. The Rams need to get rid of him
and get a team player. If the do this the rest will come.
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