Quincy Butler News

The circumstances are a bit different each time, but we've seen this one before.

The same old sorry ass Rams showed up at Soldier Field in Chicago this week. A The Rams found a way to lose again by giving up big pass plays on defense and committing mistakes on offense.

One team came to the Edward Jones Dome with a +129 points differential, the other with a -144. This was, on paper, a matchup of one of the very best and very worst teams in the NFL, a game that should have been over at halftime.

On third-and-10 from the St. Louis 12 early in the second quarter, Matthew Stafford's pass went right through the hands of Aaron Brown.

As usual, St. Louis RamsA coach Steve Spagnuolo said a final decision won't be made until the end of the week, but it looks like Quincy Butler will step into the starting lineup Sunday at cornerback in place of the injured Bradley Fletcher.

Three players were fined for uncessary roughness in last Sunday's Rams-Vikings game, but Minnesota defensive end Ray Edwards was not fined for what some observers regarded as a questionable hit on St.

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando The NFL has fined Rams cornerback Quincy Butler and 49ers linebacker Parys Haralson for separate incidents in Week 5. Butler's fine was for unnecessary roughness during a horse collar tackle against the Vikings.

As week four in the NFL was drawing to a close I was trying to think just who this week's Bonehead was.

Not pretty but effective. Five plays, 43 yards, 2:05. 49ers 28, Rams 0. Rams take over at own 20.

Coach Mike Singletary delivered another one of his motivational halftime speeches and the San Francisco 49ers woke up in a hurry.

So how to do the St. Louis Rams keep from getting a ''here we go again'' mindset after a 28-0 season-opening loss to the Seattle Seahawks? "I told the team this morning that we should all be upset that we lost because we're not going to accept losing,'' Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo said.

Yes, it was just the hapless St. Louis Rams that Seattle hammered 28-0 Sunday before 67,610 at Qwest Field.

In a matter of perhaps 90 wrenching seconds Sunday, Rams defensive end C.J. Ah You's emotions swung from sheer delight to bitter disappointment to numbing devastation.

The feisty, new-look Seahawks of coach Jim Mora attacked on defense during plays - and scrapped after them.

Given their continued offensive struggles, the Chiefs will have to rely on their defense to carry them through a murderous early schedule that includes games against Baltimore, Philadelphia, the Giants, Dallas and Washington.

Fortunes can change in a hurry for those St. Louis Rams fighting for a roster spot in the last preseason game.

Virtually injury-free during the early part of training camp, the Rams are catching up in a hurry with the regular-season opener just a week away.

Steve Spagnuolo's first preseason is history as Rams head coach. And by Saturday afternoon, 21 Rams will be history.

In his first preseason game calling the plays, Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley had just as much trouble finishing off drives as the man he replaced.

The battle for the No. 3 quarterback job remains too close to call. Brock Berlin has better overall numbers this preseason.