"Those left in the crowd of 52,370 counted down the final seconds as if they were in Times Square on New Year's Eve. Wide receiver Brandon Gibson couldn't help himself, he borrowed the huge Rams flag from the normal flag-bearer guy and started waving it. "I asked him, 'Can I wave it for a little bit?' " Gibson said. "He let me have it. It was fun." In the locker room afterward, there were smiles and shouts. Owner Stan Kroenke worked the room, congratulating his victorious team. Center Jason Brown presented coach Steve Spagnuolo with a game ball. "Big Jason gave it to him because Spags has stuck with us all the way," linebacker James Laurinaitis said. "He's never, ever given up hope on this team." So this is what it's like after a win - which the Rams did, 30-16 Sunday over the Washington Redskins. The Rams had lost 10 in a row since last year's 17-10 victory at Detroit on Nov. 1. And this is what it's like to win at home - the Rams had lost 14 in a row in the Edward Jones Dome since a 34-14 victory over Dallas on Oct. 19, 2008. "Let's face it, we didn't want to be faced with 0-3," Spagnuolo said. "We've been in two prior games where we certainly all felt we could have won, and we didn't. So you were looking for find a way to win, and we did that. We did that today even in the middle of a lot of adversity." The Rams squandered a 14-0 first-quarter lead, in the process losing offensive captain Steven Jackson (groin) and defensive captain Oshiomogho Atogwe (thigh). They had another field goal blocked, this one practically from extra point range - a 21-yarder at the end of the first half. And when Donovan McNabb connected with Santana Moss for a 56-yard gain to open the second half, and the Redskins subsequently took a 16-14 lead on a field goal, it looked like yet another case of here we go again." http://www.stltoday.com/sports/foot...cle_af6b34da-c9df-11df-a6ef-00127992bc8b.html
