Editing (section) Los Angeles Rams 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h4>2000<span data-rte-entity="ndash">–</span>2005: Greatest Show on Turf</h4> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Following the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Rams%22%2C%22link%22%3A%221999%20St.%20Louis%20Rams%20season%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B1999%20St.%20Louis%20Rams%20season%7CRams%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-20140759765f6a916043202" href="/wiki/1999_St._Louis_Rams_season" title="1999 St. Louis Rams season">Rams</a> win in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XXXIV%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XXXIV%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%20XXXIV%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-20140759765f6a916043202" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIV" title="Super Bowl XXXIV">Super Bowl XXXIV</a> against the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Tennessee%20Titans%22%2C%22link%22%3A%221999%20Tennessee%20Titans%20season%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B1999%20Tennessee%20Titans%20season%7CTennessee%20Titans%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-20140759765f6a916043202" href="/wiki/1999_Tennessee_Titans_season" title="1999 Tennessee Titans season">Tennessee Titans</a>, Dick Vermeil retired and Vermeil's Offensive Coordinator <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Mike%20Martz%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Mike%20Martz%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMike%20Martz%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-20140759765f6a916043202" href="/wiki/Mike_Martz" title="Mike Martz">Mike Martz</a> was hired. He managed to take the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Rams%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222001%20St.%20Louis%20Rams%20season%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2001%20St.%20Louis%20Rams%20season%7CRams%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-20140759765f6a916043202" href="/wiki/2001_St._Louis_Rams_season" title="2001 St. Louis Rams season">Rams</a> to <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XXXVI%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XXXVI%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%20XXXVI%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-20140759765f6a916043202" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVI" title="Super Bowl XXXVI">Super Bowl XXXVI</a>, losing to the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22New%20England%20Patriots%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222001%20New%20England%20Patriots%20season%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2001%20New%20England%20Patriots%20season%7CNew%20England%20Patriots%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-20140759765f6a916043202" href="/wiki/2001_New_England_Patriots_season" title="2001 New England Patriots season">New England Patriots</a>. Mike Martz helped the Rams establish a pass-first identity that would post an NFL record amount of points forged over the course of 3 seasons (1999<span data-rte-entity="ndash">–</span>2001). However, in the first round in the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%222004%20draft%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222004%20NFL%20Draft%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2004%20NFL%20Draft%7C2004%20draft%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-20140759765f6a916043202" href="/wiki/2004_NFL_Draft" title="2004 NFL Draft">2004 draft</a>, the Rams chose <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Oregon%20State%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Oregon%20State%20Beavers%20football%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOregon%20State%20Beavers%20football%7COregon%20State%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-20140759765f6a916043202" href="/wiki/Oregon_State_Beavers_football" title="Oregon State Beavers football">Oregon State</a> running back <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Steven%20Jackson%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Steven%20Jackson%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSteven%20Jackson%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-20140759765f6a916043202" href="/wiki/Steven_Jackson" title="Steven Jackson">Steven Jackson</a> as the 24th pick of the draft. Jackson has been one of the Rams' most successful running backs since the Rams' arrival in St. Louis. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Martz was criticized by many as careless with game management and often feuding with several players as well as team president and general manager, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Jay%20Zygmunt%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Jay%20Zygmunt%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJay%20Zygmunt%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-20140759765f6a916043202" class="new" title="Jay Zygmunt (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSmF5X1p5Z211bnQ/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Jay Zygmunt</a>. However, most of his players respected him and went on record saying they enjoyed him as a coach. In <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%222005%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222005%20NFL%20Draft%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2005%20NFL%20Draft%7C2005%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-20140759765f6a916043202" href="/wiki/2005_NFL_Draft" title="2005 NFL Draft">2005</a>, Mike Martz was ill and hospitalized for several games, allowing assistant head coach <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Joe%20Vitt%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Joe%20Vitt%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJoe%20Vitt%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-20140759765f6a916043202" href="/wiki/Joe_Vitt" title="Joe Vitt">Joe Vitt</a> to coach the remainder of the season, although Martz was cleared later in the season, team president John Shaw would not allow him to come back to coach the team. </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key footbal:rte-parser-cache:5324 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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