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Official St.Louis QB Thread - Brock Berlin to start (1 Viewer)

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I'm remembering Ryan Fitzpatrick putting up numbers when he started for the Rams a couple of years back. Any chance that happens today in Cinci with Berlin?

 
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This is confirmed - Bulger is out?
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From the bloggerhttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/st...C3?OpenDocument

Sources: Bulger won't play Sunday

By Jim Thomas

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

12/07/2007

Quarterback Marc Bulger did not feel well following meetings Thursday, and is now listed as questionable for Sunday’s game in Cincinnati.

By official NFL definition, "questionable" means a player has a 50-50 chance of playing in that week’s game.

But two sources have told the Post-Dispatch that Bulger will not play Sunday. That means Brock Berlin -- who has yet to throw a pass or play in a regular-season game -- will make his first NFL start.

Coach Scott Linehan said early Friday afternoon that he will decide what to do at quarterback within the next 12 to 24 hours.

Backup quarterback Gus Frerotte also is out with a partially torn labrum in his right (throwing) shoulder.

"Marc had really what I thought were two very good practices Wednesday and Thursday, but that’s the objective part," Linehan said. "I guess the subjective part is he didn’t feel really good after (Thursday) afternoon’s meetings.

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"Because of that, it puts some questions in my mind as to whether or not he should be cleared to play. . . .We’re not going to put a guy out on the field if there’s any doubt whatsoever when it comes to these kinds of injuries. Or any injuries."

Linehan knows better than most when it comes to the risk of playing with concussions. His brother Ron passed away two years ago from Alzheimer’s disease following a football career in which he had numerous concussions.

Bulger suffered a concussion Nov. 25 against Seattle and didn’t play last week against Atlanta. He passed a neuropsych, or baseline test, this Tuesday, which cleared him to practice.

A final decision on whether Bulger would play against Cincinnati had been expected Friday. Once a player is cleared to practice, it’s normally routine for a player to play in the next game.

But Bulger, who has played with rib, knee and shoulder injuries _ among others _ over the course of his NFL career, said earlier in the week that he would be very careful in dealing with an injury to his head.

"There was certainly no reason until yesterday afternoon to believe he wasn’t going to play," Linehan said. "But based on how he felt physically, it changed. So we told Brock to get ready (Thursday) afternoon at the end of the meeting and he took a number of snaps (Friday)."

The Rams also signed Todd Bouman for quarterback insurance, and Bouman was on the practice field Friday. Linehan plans to consult further with team doctors and athletic trainers on Bulger’s condition.

Linehan said Bulger told him Thursday afternoon that he "just didn’t feel right."
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beto said:
I'm remembering Ryan Fitzpatrick putting up numbers when he started for the Rams a couple of years back. Any chance that happens today in Cinci with Berlin?
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If your league doesn't penalize you for INT's I could see Berlin as a descent start today.My expectations as a Rams's fan are16-28 240 yards 2 td's 2 int's
 
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What about Holt today...it's raining a bit, it's cold, it's outside, will he get 100 or a TD?
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I think they might run the ball a lot today. Berlin didn't get many of the snaps in practice, he's never played in a game before, and it might be cold and raining. I could see them trying to play it safe and not get Berlin in too much trouble by trying to run.I don't think Holt is a good play because of that and the game being outside. I'm not sure that I'd bench Holt just b/c the game is outside, but it looks like things are stacking up against him. If you don't have better options I'd expect 5 for 60 and hope for 100 or a TD.
 
Wow, I'm about to take one of the biggest leaps of faith in my FF career....by benching my #1 WR for James Jones. :shrug:

 
[scooter] said:
Wow, I'm about to take one of the biggest leaps of faith in my FF career....by benching my #1 WR for James Jones. :thumbup:
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Almost benched him for Megatron and Rice, then the coffee kicked in, I woke up, and plugged him back in.Dude has a long history of producing despite unfavorable matchups and injuries to his teammates.Gotta dance with the one who brung ya.
 
Right now I've got Holt in w/ AJohnson and Jennings. Can't bring myself to benching him for Engram, although it's tempting.

 
:thumbdown: 1 in a row!

this was an ugly ugly game - bad beat worse today (what were the Rams thinking declining that penalty so Graham could go for a 47-yard field goal?!?)

-QG

 
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