I'm curious what other Rams fans regard as the darkest era of Rams football. I have followed the Rams since the late 1960s. Before George Allen came along in 1966, the Rams had a long dark era. After Allen left, they had a few mediocre seasons, but they still had a fair amount of talent and were able to remain in the running for the playoffs until late in those seasons. After a great run under Chuck Knox, they had a few losing seasons until Eric Dickerson and John Robinson came along. I could understand why some Rams fans might consider that a dark era because the Rams were in the middle of a long string of mediocre quarterbacks. Then they got Jim Everett and it seemed they might be able to compete for the Super Bowl. It all fell apart when the Rams traded Dickerson and blew the draft picks they got for him. They were competitive for a few years, and even had a great run late in the 1989 season, but then Everett fell apart. Most of the 1990s was a long dark era that seemed to have no end, and it featured the likes of Lawrence Phillips and Tony Banks. The coming of Dick Vermeil marked the beginning of a golden age of Rams football, but then the longest dark era of all time set in. Many hoped that the coming of Jeff Fisher would end that dark era, but it got worse. In my opinion, the Fisher years were the darkest era of Rams football. It was obvious to me from early on that Fisher was a washed up relic from the football stone ages and that he had a lot of people fooled. I always felt that Fisher was a phony, and it seems that he confirmed that by trying to take credit for the Rams success in 2017.
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