According to a report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Rams will be without starting quarterback Marc Bulger for at least three weeks, and possibly the rest of the season. Bulger injured his knee in Sunday's loss to the visiting Arizona Cardinals. The injury is actually a fracture in the knee area, termed a tibial plateau fracture. The Rams are expecting to lose him for three-to-six weeks -- and there are only six weeks left in the season. Kyle Boller will take the helm for the Rams. The team is 1-9, but has improved its play on both sides of the football as of late -- hanging with two of the better NFC teams in each of the past two weeks (New Orleans and Arizona). Boller appears to be a step down from Bulger, albeit a slight one.
It was quite a rough weekend for Bulger, who also reportedly underwent an MRI to the groin area and had to have some neurological tests done due to a blow to the head. Ouch. It's like he was in a car accident or something.
Regardless, the Rams could be facing the unenviable task of evaluating what to do with the most important position on the field this offseason while possibly not having seen if Bulger can come back strong and productive. The team is being rebuilt by Steve Spagnuolo and they will have one of the first picks in the 2010 draft -- if not the first overall. With a few possible franchise passers in the draft, the Rams may be inclined to pull the trigger and end the Bulger era.
In the meantime, Boller will have a chance to audition for the Rams' 2010 job. He's four years younger than the banged up Bulger and has been blessed with better physical tools. The Rams could always choose to draft a quarterback and bring him along slowly behind either Boller or Bulger next season.
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You have a good quarterback Keith Null that you have even given one minute of playing time too. What is with you fans and having to have first round qb pick. Null is good if you would take a look at him. Not all good QBS go to Div 1 schools.