O.J. Atogwe News

As I explained yesterday, there really is no excuse for the Saints defense to give up any points in this game.

Of all the lame-brain ideas the CFL has fought through over the years -- from American expansion, to bringing back the Gliebermans, to hiring Donald Crump as commissioner, to awarding points for missed field goals -- nothing is as outright foolish as the idea of dropping the number of Canadian starters from seven to four.

The Guard position on this team is weakest link. We are not allowing Jay Cutler enough time to dissect the teams opposing teams defense, and when given time he does it beautifully.

Waiting for him would be the dreaded Dad Encounter, the nice-to-meet-you-sir accompanied by a viselike handshake from the old man.

We exchanged a handful of questions with each other about our teams. Here's what I asked: The Rams have hit the injury bug recently with the injuries to Marc Bulger , Donnie Avery and Laurent Robinson .

I always knew that Rams safety O.J. Atogwe was a damn good safety. But the lengths he'll go to learn about his opponents is positively heroic.

The St. Louis Rams got one side of the ball playing well, while the other is still playing catch-up. The Rams defense held Washington without a touchdown in five red zone possessions, but the offense was limited to just 245 yards.

As we predicted, the Rams put up a good fight Sunday for coach Steve Spagnuolo. But as we also predicted in this corner of cyberspace, they didna TMt have enough to actually beat the Redskins in suburban Washington D.C. The Rams fell to the Redskins in a 9-7 struggle, leaving them 0-2 this season and 5-29 during the last two-plus seasons.

The NFC West was maligned, and justifiably so, last season as the NFL's worst division .

He is the best Canadian currently playing in the NFL and if you haven't heard of O.J. Atogwe it's only because he plays on one of the worst teams in the league.

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Today is OJ Atogwe day today as news comes from Profootballtalk.com that Atogwe will sign his franchise tender today.

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