In the 50's, the Browns and Rams played for the NFL championship 3 times. 1950, 51 and 55.
16 YEARS AGO It's been 16 years since Eric Dickerson fumbled the ball on that Monday night in Cleveland.
I am not talking about the 30-17 loss to the Browns that night.
I am talking about Eric not going in the locker room at halftime. Instead he talked to ABC and said these faithful words "because of my contract problems with the Rams I don't know if I can give 100% on the field."
And for the first and only time John Shaw and I agreed.
In fact, I bet after Eric said that sentence Shaw and I probably at the same time said "TRADE THAT SOB."
And Shaw did the very next day.
In a three team trade that rivals the biggest trades in the history of the NFL.
Dickerson went to Indy, Bennett went to the Bills and the Rams got draft picks that made frisco squirm.
In the 1988 draft the Rams will have 2 first round picks and 3 second round picks.
The same thing in 1989.
10 draft picks with 4 in the first and 6 in the second.
Here is where the Rams fumbled the ball.
This Sunday play a 10 way parlay for fun (never play it for money it is a sucker bet).
Try getting 9 out of 10 right or losing 9 out of 10.
You will see it's kinda hard.
You probably fall in the 6 out of ten bracket.
But the Rams did it.
Out of those 10 picks only one was a winner, flipper anderson.
It didn't look good from the start because with that first pick they took gaston green with thurmon thomas still waiting to be picked.
Then Aaron Cox, Bill Hawkins, Brian Smith, C. Gary, Strickland.
And to add insult to injury, the best player the Rams picked went to prison FOR LIFE. Henley.
So while the Cowboys became the team of the 90's because of the Herschel Walker trade that gave Dallas multiple picks.
The Rams did the opposite.
Now we can argue on who is to blame.
But, when you shake it all down. They both lost.
The Rams didn't have number 29 in their backfield.
And Eric wasn't running the ball behind one of the greatest offensive lines ever.
1951 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
The Rams win their first title in Los Angeles.
1973 meeting
In the last game of the season, the Rams rushed for over 200 yards to notch their 12th win in 14 tries. Beating the Browns 30-17.
1977
RAM DEFENSE WAS STERLING
The Los Angeles Rams would get their third shutout of the 1977 season in Cleveland. The Browns were handcuffed all day. Playing in -1 degree wind chill the Rams made it 4 in a row with a 9-0 win.
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