2006 St. Louis Rams
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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 2nd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 367 points (22.9/g), 10th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 381 points (23.8/g), 28th.
Differential of -14 points (-0.9/g), 18th.
Expected W-L: 7.6-8.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +14 (0.9/g), 2nd.
Simple Rating System: Total -4.0, Offense: 0.8, Defense: -4.7, SoS: -3.1, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Scott Linehan (8-8-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Greg Olson
Defensive Coordinator: Jim Haslett
Training Camp: Russell Training Center (Earth City, Missouri)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Marc Bulger* | 29 | 4 | 16 | 370 for 588, 4,301 yards, 24 td, 8 int, & 18 rushes for 44 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 168th pick / 2000 |
| RB | Steven Jackson* | 23 | 2 | 16 | 346 rushes for 1,528 yards, 13 td, & 90 catches for 806 yards and 3 td | St. Louis Rams / 1st / 24th pick / 2004 |
| FB | Madison Hedgecock | 25 | 1 | 9 | 1 rush for 2 yards, 0 td, & 7 catches for 29 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Rams / 7th / 251st pick / 2005 |
| WR | Isaac Bruce | 34 | 12 | 14 | 74 catches for 1,098 yards, 3 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1994 |
| WR | Torry Holt* | 30 | 7 | 16 | 93 catches for 1,188 yards, 10 td | St. Louis Rams / 1st / 6th pick / 1999 |
| TE | Joe Klopfenstein | 23 | Rook | 16 | 20 catches for 226 yards, 1 td | St. Louis Rams / 2nd / 46th pick / 2006 |
| TE | Aaron Walker | 26 | 3 | 5 | 5 catches for 68 yards, 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 161st pick / 2003 |
| LT | Orlando Pace | 31 | 9 | 8 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Rams / 1st / 1st pick / 1997 |
| LT | Todd Steussie | 36 | 12 | 15 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1994 | |
| LG | Todd Steussie | 36 | 12 | 15 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1994 | |
| LG | Mark Setterstrom | 23 | Rook | 6 | St. Louis Rams / 7th / 242nd pick / 2006 | |
| C | Richie Incognito | 23 | Rook | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Rams / 3rd / 81st pick / 2005 |
| RG | Adam Timmerman | 35 | 11 | 13 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 230th pick / 1995 | |
| RT | Alex Barron | 24 | 1 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Rams / 1st / 19th pick / 2005 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Leonard Little | 32 | 8 | 16 | 13.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Rams / 3rd / 65th pick / 1998 |
| LDT | La'Roi Glover | 32 | 10 | 16 | 5.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 166th pick / 1996 |
| RDT | Jimmy Kennedy | 27 | 3 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Rams / 1st / 12th pick / 2003 |
| RDE | Victor Adeyanju | 23 | Rook | 9 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Rams / 4th / 113th pick / 2006 |
| RDE | Brandon Green | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Jacksonville Jaguars / 6th / 176th pick / 2003 |
| LLB | Brandon Chillar | 24 | 2 | 14 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Rams / 4th / 130th pick / 2004 |
| MLB | Will Witherspoon | 26 | 4 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Carolina Panthers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 2002 |
| RLB | Pisa Tinoisamoa | 25 | 3 | 11 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Rams / 2nd / 43rd pick / 2003 |
| RLB | Dexter Coakley | 34 | 9 | 5 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 65th pick / 1997 |
| LCB | Travis Fisher | 27 | 4 | 9 | St. Louis Rams / 2nd / 64th pick / 2002 | |
| LCB | Tye Hill | 24 | Rook | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Rams / 1st / 15th pick / 2006 |
| RCB | Fakhir Brown | 29 | 7 | 14 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| SS | Corey Chavous | 30 | 8 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1998 |
| FS | O.J. Atogwe | 25 | 1 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Rams / 3rd / 66th pick / 2005 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jeff Wilkins | 34 | 12 | 0 | 32 of 37 field goals & 35 of 35 extra points | |
| P | Matt Turk | 38 | 11 | 0 | 72 punts for a 43.5 average, 1 blocked | |
| PR | Shaun McDonald | 25 | 3 | 0 | 23 punt returns for a 7.5 average and 0 td | St. Louis Rams / 4th / 106th pick / 2003 |
| KR | Willie Ponder | 26 | 3 | 0 | 26 kick returns for a 23.3 average and 0 td | New York Giants / 6th / 199th pick / 2003 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | Victor Adeyanju | 23 | DE | 12 | 9 | 270 | 6-4 | Indiana | 2/11/1983 | Rook | St. Louis Rams / 4th / 113th pick / 2006 |
| 57 | Jon Alston | 23 | LB | 3 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Stanford | 6/4/1983 | Rook | St. Louis Rams / 3rd / 77th pick / 2006 |
| 21 | O.J. Atogwe | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 203 | 5-11 | Stanford | 6/23/1981 | 1 | St. Louis Rams / 3rd / 66th pick / 2005 |
| 70 | Alex Barron | 24 | T | 16 | 16 | 320 | 6-7 | Florida St. | 9/28/1982 | 1 | St. Louis Rams / 1st / 19th pick / 2005 |
| 24 | Ronald Bartell | 24 | DB | 16 | 1 | 208 | 6-1 | Howard | 2/22/1982 | 1 | St. Louis Rams / 2nd / 50th pick / 2005 |
| 55 | Jamal Brooks | 30 | LB | 7 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Hampton | 11/9/1976 | 5 | |
| 34 | Fakhir Brown | 29 | DB | 14 | 14 | 192 | 5-11 | Grambling St. | 9/21/1977 | 7 | |
| 80 | Isaac Bruce | 34 | WR | 16 | 14 | 188 | 6-0 | Memphis | 11/10/1972 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1994 |
| 10 | Marc Bulger* | 29 | QB | 16 | 16 | 215 | 6-3 | West Virginia | 4/5/1977 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 168th pick / 2000 |
| 23 | Jerametrius Butler | 28 | DB | 6 | 0 | 181 | 5-10 | Kansas St. | 11/28/1978 | 5 | St. Louis Rams / 5th / 145th pick / 2001 |
| 86 | Dominique Byrd | 22 | TE | 5 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | USC | 2/7/1984 | Rook | St. Louis Rams / 3rd / 93rd pick / 2006 |
| 27 | Dwaine Carpenter | 30 | DB | 9 | 0 | 203 | 6-1 | North Carolina A&T | 11/4/1976 | 3 | |
| 42 | Jerome Carter | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 219 | 5-11 | Florida St. | 10/25/1982 | 1 | St. Louis Rams / 4th / 117th pick / 2005 |
| 25 | Corey Chavous | 30 | DB | 16 | 16 | 205 | 6-1 | Vanderbilt | 1/15/1976 | 8 | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1998 |
| 54 | Brandon Chillar | 24 | LB | 16 | 14 | 253 | 6-3 | UCLA | 10/21/1982 | 2 | St. Louis Rams / 4th / 130th pick / 2004 |
| 52 | Dexter Coakley | 34 | LB | 16 | 5 | 236 | 5-10 | Appalachian St. | 10/20/1972 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 65th pick / 1997 |
| 83 | Kevin Curtis | 28 | WR | 16 | 1 | 186 | 5-11 | Utah St. | 7/17/1978 | 3 | St. Louis Rams / 3rd / 74th pick / 2003 |
| 48 | Stephen Davis | 32 | RB | 15 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Auburn | 3/1/1974 | 10 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 102nd pick / 1996 |
| 30 | Tony Fisher | 27 | RB | 8 | 0 | 222 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 10/12/1979 | 4 | |
| 22 | Travis Fisher | 27 | DB | 9 | 9 | 189 | 5-10 | Central Florida | 9/12/1979 | 4 | St. Louis Rams / 2nd / 64th pick / 2002 |
| 96 | Jason Fisk | 34 | DT-NT | 16 | 0 | 295 | 6-3 | Stanford | 9/4/1972 | 11 | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 243rd pick / 1995 |
| 11 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | 24 | QB | 1 | 0 | 221 | 6-2 | Harvard | 11/24/1982 | 1 | St. Louis Rams / 7th / 250th pick / 2005 |
| 12 | Gus Frerotte | 35 | QB | 1 | 0 | 237 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 7/31/1971 | 12 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 197th pick / 1994 |
| 97 | La'Roi Glover | 32 | DT-NT | 16 | 16 | 285 | 6-2 | San Diego St. | 7/4/1974 | 10 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 166th pick / 1996 |
| 72 | Adam Goldberg | 26 | G-T | 14 | 2 | 310 | 6-7 | Wyoming | 8/12/1980 | 2 | |
| 93 | Brandon Green | 26 | DE | 13 | 5 | 264 | 6-2 | Rice | 9/5/1980 | 2 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 6th / 176th pick / 2003 |
| 95 | Anthony Hargrove | 23 | DE | 4 | 2 | 269 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 7/20/1983 | 2 | St. Louis Rams / 3rd / 91st pick / 2004 |
| 33 | Kay-Jay Harris | 27 | RB | 7 | 0 | 229 | 6-0 | West Virginia | 3/27/1979 | Rook | |
| 44 | Madison Hedgecock | 25 | FB | 16 | 9 | 266 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 8/27/1981 | 1 | St. Louis Rams / 7th / 251st pick / 2005 |
| 26 | Tye Hill | 24 | DB | 16 | 10 | 185 | 5-9 | Clemson | 6/3/1982 | Rook | St. Louis Rams / 1st / 15th pick / 2006 |
| 81 | Torry Holt* | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 190 | 6-0 | North Carolina St. | 6/5/1976 | 7 | St. Louis Rams / 1st / 6th pick / 1999 |
| 68 | Richie Incognito | 23 | G | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-3 | Nebraska,Oregon | 7/5/1983 | Rook | St. Louis Rams / 3rd / 81st pick / 2005 |
| 39 | Steven Jackson* | 23 | RB | 16 | 16 | 229 | 6-3 | Oregon St. | 7/22/1983 | 2 | St. Louis Rams / 1st / 24th pick / 2004 |
| 58 | Isaiah Kacyvenski | 29 | LB | 10 | 0 | 252 | 6-1 | Harvard | 10/3/1977 | 6 | Seattle Seahawks / 4th / 119th pick / 2000 |
| 73 | Jimmy Kennedy | 27 | DT | 16 | 16 | 320 | 6-4 | Penn St. | 11/15/1979 | 3 | St. Louis Rams / 1st / 12th pick / 2003 |
| 82 | Joe Klopfenstein | 23 | TE | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-5 | Colorado | 11/9/1983 | Rook | St. Louis Rams / 2nd / 46th pick / 2006 |
| 91 | Leonard Little | 32 | DE | 16 | 16 | 261 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 10/19/1974 | 8 | St. Louis Rams / 3rd / 65th pick / 1998 |
| 89 | Dane Looker | 30 | WR | 16 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | Washington | 5/5/1976 | 4 | |
| 45 | Chris Massey | 27 | RB | 16 | 0 | 245 | 6-0 | Marshall | 8/21/1979 | 4 | St. Louis Rams / 7th / 243rd pick / 2002 |
| 67 | Andy McCollum | 36 | C-G | 1 | 1 | 300 | 6-4 | Toledo | 6/2/1970 | 11 | |
| 84 | Shaun McDonald | 25 | WR | 16 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Arizona St. | 6/13/1981 | 3 | St. Louis Rams / 4th / 106th pick / 2003 |
| 92 | Eric Moore | 25 | DE | 3 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Florida St. | 2/28/1981 | 1 | New York Giants / 6th / 186th pick / 2005 |
| 76 | Orlando Pace | 31 | T | 8 | 8 | 325 | 6-7 | Ohio St. | 11/4/1975 | 9 | St. Louis Rams / 1st / 1st pick / 1997 |
| 88 | Willie Ponder | 26 | WR | 6 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Tulsa,SE Missouri St. | 2/14/1980 | 3 | New York Giants / 6th / 199th pick / 2003 |
| 32 | J.R. Reed | 24 | DB | 6 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | South Florida | 2/11/1982 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 129th pick / 2004 |
| 65 | Brett Romberg | 27 | C | 10 | 3 | 293 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 10/10/1979 | Rook | |
| 66 | Mark Setterstrom | 23 | G | 7 | 6 | 315 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 12/6/1983 | Rook | St. Louis Rams / 7th / 242nd pick / 2006 |
| 31 | Paul Smith | 28 | RB | 10 | 3 | 234 | 5-11 | Texas-El Paso | 1/31/1978 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 132nd pick / 2000 |
| 56 | Raonall Smith | 28 | LB | 16 | 0 | 241 | 6-2 | Washington St. | 10/22/1978 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 38th pick / 2002 |
| 79 | Todd Steussie | 36 | T | 16 | 15 | 320 | 6-6 | California | 12/1/1970 | 12 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1994 |
| 62 | Adam Timmerman | 35 | G | 13 | 13 | 310 | 6-4 | South Dakota St. | 8/14/1971 | 11 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 230th pick / 1995 |
| 50 | Pisa Tinoisamoa | 25 | LB | 11 | 11 | 235 | 6-1 | Hawaii | 7/15/1981 | 3 | St. Louis Rams / 2nd / 43rd pick / 2003 |
| 1 | Matt Turk | 38 | P | 16 | 0 | 243 | 6-5 | Wisc-Whitewater | 6/16/1968 | 11 | |
| 63 | Larry Turner | 24 | C | 1 | 0 | 290 | 6-2 | East. Kentucky | 3/8/1982 | 2 | St. Louis Rams / 7th / 238th pick / 2004 |
| 87 | Aaron Walker | 26 | TE | 16 | 5 | 252 | 6-6 | Florida | 3/14/1980 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 161st pick / 2003 |
| 14 | Jeff Wilkins | 34 | K | 16 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Youngstown St. | 4/19/1972 | 12 | |
| 51 | Will Witherspoon | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 234 | 6-1 | Georgia | 8/19/1980 | 4 | Carolina Panthers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 2002 |
| 99 | Claude Wroten | 23 | DT | 15 | 0 | 300 | 6-2 | LSU | 9/16/1983 | Rook | St. Louis Rams / 3rd / 68th pick / 2006 |
| Team Total | 27.7 | 16 | 244.5 | 6-1.8 | 4.3 |