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Cable, Haslett have big challenges, high hopes
Cable, Haslett have big challenges, high hopes
Tom Cable is 43. Jim Haslett is 52. Cable presents a little more than two seasons of NFL coaching experience and none as an NFL head coach. Haslett offers 24 years of NFL work and six as an NFL head coach. Haslett has the thicker resume. Cable has the thicker roster. Haslett takes his 0-4 team ...
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Sunny skies ahead?
Turf Show Times — ... Getting back to the mental thing, listen to what Haslett told NFL.com columnist Thomas George about the Rams on-field attitude through the early goings this season: ...

Rams So Under the Radar They Might Be Over It
STLSportsMag — Apologies for the Maddenism in the title of this post, but hear me out. Yesterday we talked about our friends in Washington D.C. who seem a bit worried about a 14 point spread in favor of the Skins. As of this typing, the spread remains at 14, but is expected to go up as the weekend progresses. The folks at Mr. Irrelevant aren’t the only people cautiously skeptical of the point spread. SI’s premiere crusty old football guru, Dr. Z, has similar thoughts on this issue. Here’s my theory about coaching changes during the season. The game immediately following one of those changes generally is upscale. Everyone’s ...

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