Bulger questions St. Louis' effort
ST. LOUIS -- The normally soft-spoken Marc Bulger had to speak up: St. Louis had just lost to the Arizona Cardinals at home, and the Rams' mistakes made it "obvious" that some of his teammates are no longer committed.
"I know there's some guys in here who don't care," Bulger said after a 34-20 loss to Arizona in which the Rams were whistled for a season-high 126 yards in penalties.
Bulger said the way the Rams (5-7) have been repeating mistakes made it "obvious" that some players had given up on the team.
Marcel Shipp scored three touchdowns, Edgerrin James had 115 yards rushing and Matt Leinart won for the second time in seven pro starts for Arizona (3-9).
Arizona 7 10 7 10-34
St. Louis 3 0 7 10-20
First quarter Ari-Shipp 1 run (Rackers kick), 7:38. StL-FG Wilkins 27, 1:02.
Second quarter Ari-Fitzgerald 11 pass from Leinart (Rackers kick), 5:49. Ari-FG Rackers 23, :18.
Third quarter StL-Holt 15 pass from Bulger (Wilkins kick), 12:14. Ari-Shipp 6 run (Rackers kick), 2:10.
Fourth quarter StL-FG Jeff Wilkins 37, 14:30. Ari-Shipp 9 run (Rackers kick), 8:14. Ari-FG Rackers 20, 1:57. StL-StL-Bruce 1 pass from Bulger (Wilkins kick), :35. A-65,612.
Ari StL
First downs 24 26
Total Net Yards 316 394
Rushes-yards 37-137 23-107
Passing 179 287
Punt Returns 1-11 2-19
Kickoff Returns 3-56 6-189
Interceptions Ret. 3-91 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 15-24-0 27-45-3
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 4-27
Punts 3-51.7 3-32.7
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 11-107 10-126
Time of Possession 31:41 28:19 Rushing-Arizona, James 26-115, Shipp 7-21, Arrington 4-1. St. Louis, S.Jackson 21-96, Davis 2-11. Passing-Arizona, Leinart 15-24-0-186. St. Louis, Bulger 27-45-3-314. Receiving-Arizona, Fitzgerald 5-46, Ayanbadejo 2-40, B.Johnson 2-38, Boldin 2-32, Pope 2-20, Wakefield 1-5, Walters 1-5. St. Louis, S.Jackson 9-69, Holt 7-115, Bruce 5-75, Klopfenstein 4-31, Curtis 1-16, McDonald 1-8.