Two years ago, it was Steven Jackson who jumped on Rams fans for selling their tickets to Bears supporters. “I have a big problem with that,” Jackson said. “There were a lot of Bears fans in sections they shouldn’t have been. . . . When we ran out in pregame, we were booed. It was terrible. I couldn’t believe it. To be at home and feel like I’m at a road game, it was just embarrassing.”
Now, with the Bears — and their legions of fans — coming to the Edward Jones Dome on Sunday, Richie Incognito piped up.
“It seems like our fans aren’t coming to the game, so it’s fun when the other fans come in and start hooting and hollering. At least someone is in the Dome yelling,” Incognito said after practice Thursday. “When we played the Giants (Sept. 14 at the Dome), they had the whole lower bowl filled up (with Giants fans). We know how our fans feel about us; that’s fine.
“It’s nice to have the other fans here. At least they cheer. Our fans get in their seats, they don’t know how to cheer, when to cheer. We get the other team’s fans coming in, and they cheer real nice for us. It provides for a good football atmosphere, having the Chicago fans down here.”
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Notes & quotes:
*Incognito (shoulder) was a full participant in practice and, barring a setback, will start at RG on Sunday. Still, coach Jim Haslett would like to get rookie John Greco some reps in the game.
*Jackson said that his strained thigh muscle is feeling better and that the plan is to have him go through a demanding workout Saturday, then see how it responds. He’s hopeful that he’ll be able to return Nov. 30 vs. Miami.
*Thursday’s practice was unusually physical. “That’s how this game’s going to have to be played this week,” Haslett said.
All for now . . .
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Richie, if football doesn’t work for you, I’m sure some seedy nightclub owner will love you as a bouncer for his club but the poor sap should beware because he would be broke after you insult all his paying customers.
Give the fans something to cheer about for once, for crying out loud, you might be surprised.
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PS…..NO amount of cheering will make this team win games with the pathetic roster assembled by the 2008 Rams.
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No, Steve and Richie, the embarassment is not the opposing team’s fans cheering at the dome…..it’s YOUR performance or lack thereof. Wouldn’t it have been nice if S Jax or Icongnito had said something along the lines of: “Yeah, it’s an awful situation that we’ve brought upon ourselves. Hopefully, we’ll turn it around. I promise the fans that we are dedicated in our efforts and that we are working hard every day toward the goal of making the Rams winners again”. How difficult would it be for either athlete to show a little humility and respect to the fans who pay their inflated salaries? Pleeeeeez, Mr. Devaney…..Don’t draft any more chowder heads like these 2 underachievers.
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Waaaaaaa…. waaaaaaaaaa… waaaaaaaa… you mean old Rams fans! I like the Bears fans better. Cogs, you suck!
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He is right…St Louis is ANYTHING but a football town..Great baseball city but St Louisians are sorely lacking in football knowledge!
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What he said is absolutely true. All of you younger fans (25 and younger) that go to the game now know why the Cardinals left here too. This is simply not a football town.
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Richie shut your mouth and get back to what you’re good at. Oh wait………
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hey richie how about another 15 yarder
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Richie,
We know when NOT to cheer.
1. When you get another holding call
2. When you have another false start
3. When you get a personal foul for being a hot head and bringing a 25yrd run back.
We Know when to cheer also.
1. When we have a QB that doesn’t suck
2. When you are not playing
3. When we spend our hard earned money to watch you guys and you actually try to win a game.
Do all of us a favor and block the way you are suppose to when you are making millions to play a “GAME”. Oh yeah we pay your salary too, you schmuck .
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It’s actually kinda true. I’d like to be mad, but Incognito is one of the few Rams who actually goes out there and plays every snap hard. I’d have more of an issue if it was, say, Holt, who has played hard an average of two snaps per game this year. But Incognito has a right to be mad, he’s surrounded by teammates who don’t care and fans that don’t care. Doesn’t sound very pleasant to me.
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greg said it all. THEY TOLD HIM TO NOT CHEER SO LOUD!!! LOL!!! GREAT STUFF ST LOUIS!
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Rams fan for life, better yet, St. Louis fan for life (all spots teams) but Ritchie and everyone else on this site has a point, the team stinks and we, the fans, stink sometimes. The fans need to pick it up and so does the team. That’s just the plain truth but do not tell us that we DO NOT know how or when to cheer, that’s BS and a lie, do your part and we will do ours. Richie, we got a deal.
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Totally agree with RC. In fact, that’s what I said about a month ago. I’ve been asked on numerous occcasions to stay seated and not yell so much. Garbage. The Edward Jones Library. Incognito is still a moron for speaking up when they’re so horrible.
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Hey Moron,
Start playing like a professional football team instead of a bunch of Pop Warner rejects and maybe you’ll hear cheers. Try not giving up 40 pts. before halftime for a change and just maybe, we’ll know when to cheer.
This form a complete idiot that nearly cost the Rams a win(few as they may be)with a dumb penalty.
Get rid of this LOAD!!! He’s Useless!
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If the Rams fielded a team that actually gave a shit, then more fans would show up….GO BEARS!!
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I know he is trying to get a rise out of the fans. But what is the point. We are playing for a high draft choice. Half of these losers will be off the team next year.
I have been to every home game since they moved here. The Fans are more a real part of the Rams then these fly by night players. We bleed ram blue. We spend our money on this crap.
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Remember me to cheer, if Bulger gets sacked for a 12 yard loss on 3rd and 1.
Remember me to cheer, after the Defense lets a 76yard pass drop for a TD…
Not a whole lot to be excited about, if your team is down 30 points by halftime.
Anyway if I had any money I would go to the Blues, at least they have a plan and potential.
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Excuse me but what is your record? How about what is your record for the time you have been on the team?
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I don’t know anybody that wants to buy my season tickets, heck I can’t even usually give them away.
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I seem to remember a lot of cheering during the Dallas game…..do you see the correlation, Ritchie?
Probably not.
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I can’t believe this baby is complaining, If you want your fans to cheer, you have to give them something to cheer about, so WIN!!! If you want fans to shell out a lot of money to watch you play, you have to WIN!!! That money goes to your overpaid salary, so stop embrassing your fans with your crap play, and don’t kick us while were down calling us bad fans!
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I completely understand his comments. The atmosphere at the dome is lousy compared to other stadia even back in the heydays of Warner, Faulk, Fletcher and Co. While I don’t blame any fan for not showing up to watch this excuse of a team, I’ve always felt that the fans are just too quiet or the building is just too lousy. So while I disagree with the first part of his gripe about selling tickets, I’m fine with his comments about not knowing when/how to cheer.
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Richie,
Give us something to cheer for! I’ve seen 2 wins at home in the last 2 years. By the way, what’s the N on Nebraska’s helmet stand for? Knowledge!
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HOW SAD IS IT STL THAT UR OWN TEAM IS PUTTING YOUR SORRY A$$E$ DOWN…AGAIN!!! AND BELIEVE ME YOU “STL” FANS HAVENT CHEERED SINCE 1999! I AM SO SICK OF WATCHING THE GAMES ON TV AND SEEING NOTHING BUT THE OTHER TEAMS FANS IN THE CROWD, LOUDER THAN YOU! AT LEAST WHEN THEY WERE IN LA AND YOU WERE WEARING ANOTHER TEAMS JERSEY YOU WOULD GET YOUR A$$ KICKED! I REMEMBER GOING TO A RAIDER/RAM GAME IN ANEHIEM AND SEEING 1500 PEOPLE GET KICKED OUT! IM NOT SAYING YOU STL FANS NEED TO BEAT THE FANS UP, BUT SHOW SOME PRIDE FOR YOUR TEAM! WE ALL KNOW HOW BAD THE RAMS ARE RIGHT NOW BUT THE STATE OF THE FRANCHISE IS IN YOUR HANDS! AND RIGHT NOW ITS SLIPPING OUT LIKE A MARC BULGER PASS TO JACKSON IN THE ENDZONE! I THINK MOVING THE RAMS TO STL WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE TO THIS FRANCHISE AND A MEASLY 10 YRS LATER ITS SHOWING! GET LOUD STL!! CHEER ON OUR TEAM!!! I HOPE WE SEND ALL THOSE BEARS FANS HOME WITH THEIR HEADS DOWN! GO RAMS!!!!
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Richie – you’re an idiot. Here’s an idea – why don’t you start playing better and winning some football games, and maybe you’ll hear more cheers. Sound easy enough?? Probably not for you. Just continue to stink up the field then blame the fans. I don’t remember a lot of other teams fans here in 99-01. It’s simple – win.
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Wow. You couldn’t hire someone to create quotes that fun. Put it on a tee and we’ll hit it out of the park.
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I have to say, Ritchie is right concerning the St Louis based fans! I can’t stand the seats being filled with more visiting team fans over Ram fans!
We have a team, this year it isn’t a great team, but we still have one! LA would love to have the Rams back but I want them to stay here and am willing to support them despite what many others think!
To me, a single fan is worth 100 spectators all day long!
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I agree with Richie. Rams fans are clueless. Nobody is in their seat when the game starts and unless they’re the Greatest Show on Turf the fans make no noise whatsoever. The NFL knew exaclty what they were doing when they gave a team to Jacksonville and not us. Go to KC for a game and see what real fans are like.
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You know I understand we should be super fans an support our local teams. But when you don’t go out and disrespect the City of St. Louis when you wear that Jersey every Sunday playing worse than little league football players then we do not have to respect you.
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St. Louis = fair weather fans x infinity.
This is going to be a great game, can’t wait to see all the people come down from Chi town and show this city how to party on and off the field. Do you know why people for St. Lois hate people from Chicago, because they are a bunch of Suburban dorks that are jealous of people from Chicago (big city big fun). Move back to your city or shut your holes St. Louisans. Go Bears
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Richie is just upset because the only thing he is really good at is hitting people AFTER the whistle…while that other player is not looking. You’re right Richie, we didn’t know we were supposed to cheer for that. Our bad. Bonehead. You couldn’t even start for my high school team. You’re weak, and everyone in the league knows it, that’s why they work to get under your skin. You’re weak and worthless. It appears your mouth works though, so you have that going for you.
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Dear Chip. Cut him.
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Hey Richie;
You need to take a look at the standings once in awhile. Because of your knuckleaded play at Washington the Rams are lucky not to be 1-9.
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thank you BIGBOB, i agree! isnt there a BLUES GAME on sunday you clowns can watch?
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Hey BigBoob, pass the kool-aid please.
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Funny thing is if S. Jackson had some real blockers he would not be hurt. I think that Richie Incognito has to have an IQ of 6 to mouth off right now. The owner of the team will likely make him pay for this. It is no time to be anything other than humble and working hard. Richie Incognito has not earned anything in the NFL, he has potential, but it has never been fully used. If you are the town clown you should not expect another team to take you. Being a starter on the worse team in the NFC does not mean there is another team who would sign you.
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Get past the other teams 40 yard line and I might cheer, depending if I’m drunk enough.
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Ingognito is correct. Rams fan are fools. Perhaps if the so called Rams fans knew something about the game, the players would be more motivated to win. Way to go Incognito.
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Incognito: “…Our fans get in their seats, they don’t know how to cheer, when to cheer.”
The fans don’t cheer because we are watching YOU play. Rams fans have not had anything to cheer about, since Linehan was fired…and that was more of a sigh of relief, than a cheer!
Jackson: “…To be at home and feel like I’m at a road game, it was embarrassing.”
What is embarrassing, Stephen, is having to admit that I’m actually a Rams fan! The sad part about this, is that the Rams are embarassed by their fans, not their play on the field! They’re completely clueless!!! Even after watching films of themselves, week after week, they still don’t understand why fans wouldn’t want to spend $75 for a ticket, and another $40 on beer just trying too numb us to the pain they are putting us through.
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We want to stay quiet… so you and your moron linemates can hear the snapcount and STAY ON-SIDE and START TO MOVE AT THE SNAP OF THE BALL!!! NOT BEFORE!!!! This was a way wrong statement to make, I hope you are proud of yourself, errode that fan base a little more. How stupid. I’m done, when does spring training start? Call Mr. Bidwell for a good moving company reference. GO BACK TO LA!
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Hey Richie, why don’t you and the rest of your 2-8 loser teammates GIVE THE FANS SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT? You’ve won 2 freaking home games in 2 years, haven’t had a winning season in 5, and haven’t made the playoffs in 4. Try WINNING first. Do you know what that is?
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HOW SAD IS IT STL THAT UR OWN TEAM IS PUTTING YOUR SORRY A$$E$ DOWN…AGAIN!!! AND BELIEVE ME YOU “STL” FANS HAVENT CHEERED SINCE 1999! I AM SO SICK OF WATCHING THE GAMES ON TV AND SEEING NOTHING BUT THE OTHER TEAMS FANS IN THE CROWD, LOUDER THAN YOU! AT LEAST WHEN THEY WERE IN LA AND YOU WERE WEARING ANOTHER TEAMS JERSEY YOU WOULD GET YOUR A$$ KICKED! I REMEMBER GOING TO A RAIDER/RAM GAME IN ANEHIEM AND SEEING 1500 PEOPLE GET KICKED OUT! IM NOT SAYING YOU STL FANS NEED TO BEAT THE FANS UP, BUT SHOW SOME PRIDE FOR YOUR TEAM! WE ALL KNOW HOW BAD THE RAMS ARE RIGHT NOW BUT THE STATE OF THE FRANCHISE IS IN YOUR HANDS! AND RIGHT NOW ITS SLIPPING OUT LIKE A MARC BULGER PASS TO JACKSON IN THE ENDZONE! I THINK MOVING THE RAMS TO STL WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE TO THIS FRANCHISE AND A MEASLY 10 YRS LATER ITS SHOWING! GET LOUD STL!! CHEER ON OUR TEAM!!! I HOPE WE SEND ALL THOSE BEARS FANS HOME WITH THEIR HEADS DOWN! GO RAMS!!!!
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Hey Richie,
Maybe it’s about time you go Incognito, quit drawing attention to yourself, and actually play some decent football. Ranting at the fans isn’t going to cover up the fact you’ve been stinking it up on the field. Grow up, big boy, and do your job.
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incognito’s brain is the size of a small walnut. if he blows his knee out, he’ll be cutting grass for a living. keep talking though richie, your more entertaining than the team. Maybe they should look into putting your thoughts on the jumbo-tron, i’d buy a ticket for that. your an idiot.
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RC
How are Rams fans bad fans, every game so far this year has been a sell out!! This is for a team that has been horrible the last few years.
Richie says we don’t cheer and don’t know when to cheer. Well just what is it I have to cheer about???? It’s obvious Richie wasn’t here in 1999-2004, the place was as loud as any NFL venue.
By the way, I sold my Bears tickets for twice their face value and I will not attend any more games this season, I refuse to throw good money after bad. I seriously doubt I will renew my season tickets again next year, which honestly saddens me, I love football but I refuse to support an orginization that simply doesn’t know what they are doing.
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2-8 Shut up and play! Just another player that needs to be gone. Who cares what he thinks. I’d like to sell my tickets too. At least I could get some money back from a bad investment.
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Amazing that this Yahoo seems to think it’s the fan’s fault that they suck. That’s OK…he won’t be around next year so he can rank on whatever city’s fans he ends up. If we get some positive personnel back in uniform…that would be a good start.
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hey richie, those fans aren’t cheering because you are good. They are cheering because the opposing team is beating your a$$
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Again, according to many coaches R.I. has been the best lineman all year. So ripping his play as a means to avoiding the issue of STL having poor fans misses the mark.
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75-3 in the first half in the last two games, 3-13 record last year and on our way to another 3-13 season. RICHIe, JUST WHAT IS IT I AM SUPPOSE TO CHEER ABOUT, THE ONLY TIME I GET TO CHEER IS WHEN WE WIN THE TOIN COSS.
Richie, been a football fan for a long time, my parents had season tickets to the Big Red and I have been a season ticket holder with the Rams since the beginning, We did something the Sunday you played Arizona we never did in all those years WE LEFT AT HALFTIME!!!!
Richie you suck and the Rams suck PERIOD
Mr Rosenbloom you better pay attention you season ticket holder base and the value of you franchise are disappearing faster than my 401K!!!!
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