I just wanted to say thank you. I live in St. Louis and was in my late twenties for the Greatest Show on Turf. Up until 1999, we had lost something like seventeen straight games to the 49ers. Beating the Niners on their home field was one of the greatest games that I saw. It wasn't the best played game by the Rams, but the emotional value can not be understated. The Niners were like the boogeyman in St. louis. St. Louis had a long history of bad football, first with the Cardinals, then with the Rams. In 1998, we had a 4-12 season, worse than our previous 5-11 season. When Warner and Co. started not just winning football games, but making the games fun, well that was something previously unseen in St. Louis football. One last thing, I am going to argue that Kurt Warner was the greatest quarterback of all time. My argument centers on the fact that he took two perennially terrible teams, the Rams and Cards, to the Super Bowl. Back then, both of those clubs just thought it was pretty nifty just to have a .500 season. Without Warner, both of those teams were not very good, with him they were feared. Thank you for your time and great work.
One of the best return men ever. He was Devin Hester before Devin Hester came around. If he hadn't had the career ending injury no telling what kind of numbers he could have put up long term.
Yes you are correct but the Greatest show on Turf refers to the 1999-2001 Rams, the term was actually coined in 2001, statistically the first 6 games of the 2000 season are the best offensively, but Kurt was injured in game 6, so 2001 Rams is considered one of the best offenses in NFL history statistically speaking
The 99-2001 Rams were definitely the greatest offense of all time.. if not statistically then when compared to the rest of the league. They were heads and tails beyond what any team was doing in this era and are the true innovators of the offense we see today throughout the league.
This team was unreal. Best offense ever. Could have easily scored 700 points on the season if they didn't pull their starters in the 3rd quarter most games.
STL sold out every game from their arrival in '95 up until 2007, when the team became truly unwatchable. And there were some VERY lean years in that timespan. I mean, we sold out every game in '98, when the team was 4-12, the novelty had worn off, and the offense was kind of embarrassing. We sold out the early games in '99 before anybody knew what kind of team we had on our hands. We sold out every game in 2004 & 2005 when the Greatest Show was on fumes and the front office had silly power struggles going on. It was only in 2007, when the abominable Linehan/Zygmut drafts caught up with them and the team quit on a head coach that was in way over his head did the sellout streak come to an end. And the years that followed were just unbearable. I lived and died with those Rams teams and even I had a hard time watching it. Blaming STL for lack of support is like blaming Kansas City Royals fans for bad attendance circa 2006 - the teams weren't just bad, but incompetent in a way that made it difficult for even the diehards to endure. And no matter what the national media liked to say, the Dome was a kickass place to watch a football game. Architecturally it was nothing special, but the seats hugged the field, every seat had a great line of sight, and the place magnified crowd noise to an almost ridiculous degree. I went to several home games during the last year in 2015, when Kroenke and Demoff were trying to nuke the attendance, and even then, at 2/3 capacity, the noise could be enough to be a problem for the opposing offenses.
You are right bro. I was there in scouting capacity on the sidelines in 2015 when they blew out the raiders. The first series when the raiders had the ball the third down noise was deafening. Mind you, this was a Rams team that was maybe a game or two under .500 playing a Raider team that had just won its first game all year and fired their head coach the week before. I had been a few times in 2000 and 2004 when they were a playoff team, but to hear it THAT loud in a non playoff atmosphere was insane.
So, you're gonna play that card? Maybe if the Ownership wasn't shit when they moved to St.Louis they would've never left LA. Where they belong! The Browns have been shit for years, worse than we were and still were pulling in fans. You're gonna blame ownership for the fans bailing? That's no excuse at all.
@@ryanrampage8266 What an complete fool you are! WTF is wrong with you? Why are you making such asinine statements? "Ryan Rampage" a.k.a. "Kroenke's Azzlicker".
For some reason, the Saints always played the Rams tough during their "Greatest Show On Turf" years. With Ditka and with Jim Haslett. Haslett especially loved to annoy Mike Martz and the Rams.
Tony horn and Azir hakeem were bad on those kick off returns. That was a bad team from 99 to 2002. They could of had more great years together but they had a great run
@@funtyes1970 Mike Martz's arrogance believing he could make any QB into Kurt Warner and eventually ditching him and refusal to alter his plans when teams started to figure him out (wouldn't let his QBs audible and forced them to throw to his designated spots no matter the coverage because he believed no one could stop him) doomed the Rams for the long-term.
I just wanted to say thank you. I live in St. Louis and was in my late twenties for the Greatest Show on Turf. Up until 1999, we had lost something like seventeen straight games to the 49ers. Beating the Niners on their home field was one of the greatest games that I saw. It wasn't the best played game by the Rams, but the emotional value can not be understated. The Niners were like the boogeyman in St. louis. St. Louis had a long history of bad football, first with the Cardinals, then with the Rams. In 1998, we had a 4-12 season, worse than our previous 5-11 season. When Warner and Co. started not just winning football games, but making the games fun, well that was something previously unseen in St. Louis football.
One last thing, I am going to argue that Kurt Warner was the greatest quarterback of all time. My argument centers on the fact that he took two perennially terrible teams, the Rams and Cards, to the Super Bowl. Back then, both of those clubs just thought it was pretty nifty just to have a .500 season. Without Warner, both of those teams were not very good, with him they were feared.
Thank you for your time and great work.
Tony Horn was so underrated. Gave the Rams offense a short field so many times.
One of the best return men ever. He was Devin Hester before Devin Hester came around. If he hadn't had the career ending injury no telling what kind of numbers he could have put up long term.
Agreed, its a damn shame no one brings his name up when talking about all time return men.
Plus his name was Horn
According to the NFL the Rams "Greatest Show on Turf" was the best offense in the history of the game.
Yes you are correct but the Greatest show on Turf refers to the 1999-2001 Rams, the term was actually coined in 2001, statistically the first 6 games of the 2000 season are the best offensively, but Kurt was injured in game 6, so 2001 Rams is considered one of the best offenses in NFL history statistically speaking
But the had good defense and special teams
The 99-2001 Rams were definitely the greatest offense of all time.. if not statistically then when compared to the rest of the league. They were heads and tails beyond what any team was doing in this era and are the true innovators of the offense we see today throughout the league.
You’re correct sir. The SAINT LOUIS Rams had the greatest offense in NFL HISTORY
You're The Man Daniel! Thank you for the vintage Rams.
This team was unreal. Best offense ever. Could have easily scored 700 points on the season if they didn't pull their starters in the 3rd quarter most games.
NIKO SAMUELS 49ers 1992-1995
@@pp3k3jamail nope the Rams had the greatest offense in NFL HISTORY
I agree Wes, totally. Daniel, thanks for these fantastic videos. Saludos
dome was absolutely rocking. amazing how shitty ownership let the team become and then blamed the city of lack of support. give me a break.
STL sold out every game from their arrival in '95 up until 2007, when the team became truly unwatchable. And there were some VERY lean years in that timespan. I mean, we sold out every game in '98, when the team was 4-12, the novelty had worn off, and the offense was kind of embarrassing. We sold out the early games in '99 before anybody knew what kind of team we had on our hands. We sold out every game in 2004 & 2005 when the Greatest Show was on fumes and the front office had silly power struggles going on. It was only in 2007, when the abominable Linehan/Zygmut drafts caught up with them and the team quit on a head coach that was in way over his head did the sellout streak come to an end. And the years that followed were just unbearable. I lived and died with those Rams teams and even I had a hard time watching it. Blaming STL for lack of support is like blaming Kansas City Royals fans for bad attendance circa 2006 - the teams weren't just bad, but incompetent in a way that made it difficult for even the diehards to endure.
And no matter what the national media liked to say, the Dome was a kickass place to watch a football game. Architecturally it was nothing special, but the seats hugged the field, every seat had a great line of sight, and the place magnified crowd noise to an almost ridiculous degree. I went to several home games during the last year in 2015, when Kroenke and Demoff were trying to nuke the attendance, and even then, at 2/3 capacity, the noise could be enough to be a problem for the opposing offenses.
You are right bro. I was there in scouting capacity on the sidelines in 2015 when they blew out the raiders. The first series when the raiders had the ball the third down noise was deafening.
Mind you, this was a Rams team that was maybe a game or two under .500 playing a Raider team that had just won its first game all year and fired their head coach the week before.
I had been a few times in 2000 and 2004 when they were a playoff team, but to hear it THAT loud in a non playoff atmosphere was insane.
So, you're gonna play that card? Maybe if the Ownership wasn't shit when they moved to St.Louis they would've never left LA. Where they belong! The Browns have been shit for years, worse than we were and still were pulling in fans. You're gonna blame ownership for the fans bailing? That's no excuse at all.
@@ryanrampage8266 The Rams started in Cleveland.
@@ryanrampage8266 What an complete fool you are! WTF is wrong with you? Why are you making such asinine statements? "Ryan Rampage" a.k.a. "Kroenke's Azzlicker".
this is when Saints was the Ants .
david ellsworth beat the rams itself in the playoffs the next year
For some reason, the Saints always played the Rams tough during their "Greatest Show On Turf" years. With Ditka and with Jim Haslett. Haslett especially loved to annoy Mike Martz and the Rams.
Not this game.
So did the Bucs and Tony Dungy.
How dude miss a 24 yard field goal in a dome 🤣
Mike Ditka was a heck of a coach. Even with the lowly Saints.
Nah, he sort of sucked as a coach
Gave up that teams future for a decade for pothead ass ricky williams
Ditkas last year with saints, what an incompetent fool he was. How he won with bears is a mystery
He benefitted greatly from having Buddy Ryan as his defensive coordinator.
The 80’s Bears settling for just one Super Bowl is a reflection of Ditka’s coaching!
Mike Ditka was just way more successful with the Bears than he was with the Saints
he didnt have an innovative DC like he did in chicago.
Tony horn and Azir hakeem were bad on those kick off returns. That was a bad team from 99 to 2002. They could of had more great years together but they had a great run
yeah this rams team didn't last long for like 3 seasons that is it
@@funtyes1970 Mike Martz's arrogance believing he could make any QB into Kurt Warner and eventually ditching him and refusal to alter his plans when teams started to figure him out (wouldn't let his QBs audible and forced them to throw to his designated spots no matter the coverage because he believed no one could stop him) doomed the Rams for the long-term.
@@davet2459 Yeah it sucks :( Man if Dick Vermiel would've never retired and we kept Warner as Qb the rams would still be in st louis 😢
*gum chewing intensifies*
Aints didn't want nothing, and they still dont
Mike Ditka is a poor sport.