Attendance, or lack thereof, has nothing to do with the lease or relocation. That's all about negotiations. Nothing else. Attendance is all about the product. And I think the Rams front office realizes that a couple victories this season won't change the perception about a team that won only 15 of 80 games from 2007 through 2011. As we sit he right now, there is some concern about what do about the Arizona game. The game is still more than 1,300 seats short of meeting sellout requirements. If the Rams decide to black this one out, it will be a long wait before St. Louis gets another home prime time game. The Rams have to make a decision by 7:20 tonight.

Because Kurt Warner has TV obligations with the NFL Network pregame and halftime, he will simply be introduced during the tame.

It is with a great deal of thought that the Parade Meter is officially being raised to 6 victories.

LT Saffold, LG Watkins, C Well, RG Dahl, RT TBD

No, it's simply a result of the groin injury plus game conditions.

Greg "The Leg."

Rams have started initial discussions with Amendola but nothing resembling an offer yet.

I'll get a better idea later this afternoon and see if he practices.

When the Rams play a defense that isn't really good. They're in a stretch of tough defenses, and even though Arizona gave up a lot of yards Sunday to Miami, they come to St. Louis third in the league in points allowed. And after watching how Chicago destroyed a highly-regarded Dallas offense last night _ in Dallas _ what the Rams did at Soldier Field doesn't seem quite so abysmal.

Only a few Big Red fans left in St. Louis. Bill Bidwill, after all, took the team to the desert in 1987. Some still rooted for the team from 1988 through '94, the period in which St. Louis didn't have pro football, but most _ not all, but most of that group switched over to the Rams in 1995.

As we sit here now, those all sound like good possibilities, but as you say, we're a ways off.

A lot of things. Better offensive line play. More big plays on offense. Better run defense.

If you've watched the past two games, against primarily run-oriented teams, the safeties have been anything but invisible. Both Mikell and Dahl are good against the run. And Mikell's missed tackles are way down from last year. Mikell played one of his best games as a Rams two Sundays ago in Chicago. Now coverage, I grant you, is a little bit of a different matter. But even coverage by the safeties hasn't really been an issue the past two games.

Despite that scare last Sunday, when a Seattle lineman fell on the back of Brockers' legs, he seems to be doing fine. He was back out at practice Monday and got a full day's work.

I can't really think of any high draft picks off the top of my head. But Richardson simply outperformed Pead during the preseason, and then came out and played well to start the sesason. Then again, neither C.J. Spiller or Dexter McCluster were gangbusters coming out fo the box in the NFL. Space players in college often have trouble _ at least at first _ adjusting to the speed of the NFL game. Less time and less room to dance.

TE Todd Heap, DL Darnell Dockett, and RB/kickoff returner LaRod Stephens-Howling all have injuries that could limit them are keep them out of practice.

Cortland Finnegan has tutored him on a few things. He seems to be well-liked. Regardless of his off-field issues, he seems very dedicated to football, seems like he loves the game, and is a hard worker.

Maybe that back already his here in Ganaway.

He may be back in the lineup if Gibson (knee) can't go Thursday.

Ojinnaka is still on the team to my knowledge and still starting.

Barksdale is a tackle not a guard.

The depth certainly is better than I thought it would be heading into the season. Hayes has been good against the run the past two weeks. Heard has been a good rotational player. Sims unfortunately, probably misses this game because of what Fisher called a "mild concussion."