How Are Rams Like T.J.? You Just Can’t Stop Them

Will somebody trade T.J. Simers to the San Francisco Chronicle? He continues to discredit the 1999 Rams, even after they pulverized his beloved Vikings. T.J. needs to stop living in denial, and come to terms with the fact that the Rams have an excellent team.

The Rams played roughly the same schedule they have played for the last five years, and the same schedule that the other NFC West teams played. Last I checked, the Falcons, Saints and 49ers didn’t pile up wins from their weak NFC West schedules. Also, T.J.’s dome-field advantage theory is ridiculous when we all know that no dome team has ever won a Super Bowl, and last year’s Falcons were the first to get there (by winning in someone else’s dome).

The 1972 Dolphins went undefeated in the regular season against teams with a total winning percentage of .353. Would T.J. like an apology from them, too?

CHRIS CARTON

Bakersfield

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So, T.J. Simers, ready to jump on the bandwagon after your boys, the Vikings, were beat like playground sissies by the Rams? It’s a Rams world and we’re all just livin’ in it, so don’t feel bad.

The Rams will blow out Tampa Bay like a 5-year-old’s birthday cake.

And Steve Springer, nice call on the Tennessee Titans: “They have as much chance of winning this game . . . blah, blah, blah.”

LARRY PORTWOOD

Portola Hills

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To all those die-hard Rams’ fans who suffered through Rams’ playoff losses to the Vikings in Arctic-like conditions in Metropolitan Stadium, how sweet it was to enjoy the Rams’ victory over the Vikings last Sunday in St. Louis. Let’s hear it for the architects, designers, engineers and construction workers who made it possible for football games to be played inside domed stadiums.

LEN LIPTON

Santa Monica

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T.J. Simers asks the question of what other team in NFL history can “bloody your mouth and then dissect you with almost surgical precision” as the St. Louis Rams have been doing to their opponents. The answer would be any of the five San Francisco 49er Super Bowl winners.

But more important, T.J., why would Anaheim want to throw a ticker-tape parade for a football team from another city?

STEVE BOWERMAN

Sherman Oaks

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Some years ago, the Dolphins had the No-Name Defense.

After their 62-7 loss to Jacksonville, the whole team would like to remain anonymous.

MELVIN KIFER

Los Angeles