TABLE OF CONTENTS THE TACKLE 4 CLEVELAND DAYS 8 SHINING STARS 12 FEARSOME 16 ROUND TRIP TICKET TO ST LOUIS 22 Timeline 30 Glossary 31 Index About the Author 32
THE TACKLE The St Louis Rams defense needed one more stop One more big play and they would be Super Bowl champions The Rams were playing the Tennessee Titans on January 30 2000 St Louis was leading 23 16 But the Titans were driving Quarterback Steve McNair led them down the field Tennessee made it to the 10 yard line with five seconds left Rams defenders were exhausted They had chased the scrambling McNair all game But St Louis needed its defense to make one more play FAST FACT The Rams moved to St Louis in 1995 The team went 22 42 in its first four seasons there
Rams defenders kept Titans quarterback Steve McNair on the run during most of the Super Bowl
