St. Louis Rams Fans, Take Heart: The Defense Will Improve

One of the more interesting things about sports fans is the psychology of the loser.   The highlights and commemorative DVDs are all filled with cheering throngs elated with their team’s victory, but that’s just a small minority of the hundreds of millions of sports fans across the globe.   Most of us just end up dejected, working our way through the stages of grief until we can finally focus on the hope of next year.   This is the life of a St. Louis Rams fan.   Sure there were a couple years at the turn of the century when things went well. The Rams went a combined 56-24 from 1999 through 2003, with four playoff appearances and the 1999 Super Bowl victory over Tennessee.   But take out those five seasons, and the Rams are 49-95 since they moved from Los Angeles to St. Louis for the 1995 season, and 19-45 since last making the playoffs as an 8-8 Wild Card in 2004.   And coming off the worst two-year stretch in franchise history—5-27 o...