EARTH CITY, Mo. -- As one might imagine after a second 24-point loss in three weeks, the St. Louis Rams' locker room was a somber place on Sunday afternoon.
Sure, the Rams were disappointed in their fourth consecutive loss and in dropping to 4-7 with little hope of a quick turnaround. But this was something deeper. It was a sense that they'd let teammate Stedman Bailey, who was shot twice in the head last week, down.
"Put it in perspective, he would have loved to have been in the locker room, even now, you know what I mean?