After spending 10 miserable days (although to the team and head coach Jeff Fisher, it may have seemed like a hundred) waiting for the chance to get back on the field after suffering a completely energy deflating and disheartening 35-11 loss to the rival San Francisco 49ers two Thursdays ago, the St. Louis Rams will finally return to action on Sunday at the Edward Jones Dome, with a matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
And man oh man, do the Rams need a win.
They've lost three in a row -- each in seemingly worse fashion than the one before it -- and now find themselves ranked among the worst teams in the league, with a 1-3 record.
But relief could come on Sunday, as the Jaguars come to town with an 0-4 mark, and the league-wide belief that they might be the absolute worst team in the league.
Jacksonville is most certainly the league's worst club on offense, where they average just 224.0 yards a game.
That's more than 30 yards per game less than the second-worst offense in the league (Tampa Bay), and the Jags are also the lowest-scoring team in the league, with only 31 total points scored all season, which through four games, adds up to just over a touchdown per outing.
Last week, Jacksonville got spanked 37-3 at home by Indianapolis, and that was coming off the heels of a 45-17 defeat two weeks ago in Seattle.
There's really no other way to say it, the Jags are a bad football team, and the Rams are hoping to fix their own woes against them, while also extending Jacksonville's troubles for at least one more week.
ST. LOUIS RAMS 2013 FOOTBALL -- GAMEDAY PREVIEW
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (0-4) at ST. LOUIS RAMS (1-3)
EDWARD JONES DOME -- OCTOBER 6, 2013 -- NOON
PROBABLE STARTERS
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
OFFENSE ................................ DEFENSE
QB - 11 Blaine Gabbert ............. DE - 93 Tyson Alualu
RB - 32 Maurice Jones-Drew .... DT - 99 Sen'Derrick Marks
FB - 45 Will Ta'ufo'ou ................ DT - 97 Roy Miller
LT - 76 Luke Joeckel ................ DE - 58 Jason Babin
LG - 65 Will Rackley ................. LB - 55 Geno Hayes
C - 63 Brad Meester ................. LB - 51 Paul Posluszny
RG - 77 Uche Nwaneri .............. LB - 50 Russell Allen
RT - 67 Austin Pasztor ............... CB - 24 Will Blackmon
WR - 14 Justin Blackmon ............ S - 37 John Cyprien
WR - 84 Cecil Shorts .................. S - 26 Josh Evans
TE - 87 Allen Reisner ................. CB - 23 Alan Ball
PK - 9 Phil Dawson .................... P - 4 Andy Lee
ST. LOUIS RAMS
OFFENSE ................................ DEFENSE
QB - 8 Sam Bradford ................ DE - 91 Chris Long
RB - 30 Zac Stacy ..................... DT - 98 Kendall Langford
LT - 77 Jake Long ..................... DT - 90 Michael Brockers
LG - 65 Chris Williams .............. DE - 94 Robert Quinn
C - 63 Scott Wells ..................... LB - 58 Jo-Lonn Dunbar
RG - 68 Harvey Dahl ................. LB - 55 James Laurinaitis
RT - 72 Joe Barksdale ............... LB - 52 Alec Ogletree
TE - 89 Jared Cook .................. CB - 23 Rodney McLeod
WR - 11 Tavon Austin ................ S - 20 Darian Stewart
WR - 18 Austin Pettis ................. S - 27 Matt Giordano
WR - 13 Chris Givens ............... CB - 21 Janoris Jenkins
PK - 4 Greg Zuerlein .................. P - 6 Johnny Hekker
