The Cards may get a break when the Rams play here as well...Not that it helped when the Cards played the Jets
Chandler to start for Rams
NFL.com wire reports
ST. LOUIS (Dec. 6, 2004) -- For at least another week, the St. Louis Rams offense will be in the hands of 39-year-old Chris Chandler, the backup to the injured Marc Bulger. Luckily, he doesn't feel his age.
"I feel very much like I always have, since I first came into the league," Chandler said. "I'll tell you what, you only get one chance to play this game and when it's over, it's over.
"I'm getting close to that time, so every time I'm out there I just try to have fun."
Bulger sprained his right shoulder on a sack by Bryant Young with 1:40 left in the first quarter of the Rams' 16-6 victory over the 49ers. The injury is identical to one he sustained at Miami on Oct. 24, when he would have missed one week except the Rams (6-6) had a bye.
Coach Mike Martz said that Bulger, who had led the NFL in yards passing before Sunday, didn't completely recover from the earlier injury until last week.
"There is a little bit of swelling in the joint, but there's no damage evidently to the ligaments that hold the joint together, which is terrific," Martz said. "Hopefully we'll get him back in short order, but we'll have to see."
Chandler was 18 for 27 for 216 yards and his first touchdown pass in more than a year. He'll be making his 151st career start for an NFL-record seven teams, and that includes an earlier stint in 1994 with the Rams when Martz was the team's quarterback coach.
