Green Bay Routs Reeling St. Louis
Wed ,30/09/2009
Now that the Detroit Lions have ended their losing streak, the St. Louis Rams are officially the worst team in the NFL. The Rams extended their losing streak”now the NFLs longest”to 13 games on Sunday with a 36-17 loss to the Green Bay Packers on their home field at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis. The Packers Aaron Rodgers threw for 269 and two touchdowns and rushed for a third as Green Bay pulled away in the second half. The victory snapped a five game road losing streak for Green Bay and improved their 2009 NFL regular season record to 2-1.
Green Bay easily covered as a 6 road favorite, in the process earning their second pointspread cover in three NFL regular season games this year. The Rams dropped to 1-2 against the spread. The 53 combined points scored went OVER the posted total of 42. The Rams have only covered 12 of their last 36 lined games.
Rogers had been sacked a league high ten times in his first two games, but only went down twice in the victory over the Rams. Afterwards, he praised his offensive line for giving him the time he needed to complete passes downfield:
“They really gave me some time. I was able to move in the pocket.”
Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo blamed the loss on the ‘big plays given up by his defense:
“It’s the big plays on defense that kill you and the turnovers — we didn’t get any takeaways.”
Packers coach Mike McCarthy, meanwhile, praised the big play ability of his offense in earning the victory:
