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" Let&amp;#039;s just say Week 7 wasn&amp;#039;t easy on the oddsmakers for a reason. Save a second straight blowout down in Houston, every game in the NFL was close on Sunday, and weirdly so \u2014 from the Patriots&amp;#039; overtime win despite a last-minute fumble, to the Redskins&amp;#039; last-minute loss despite an RG3 two-minute drill, and on down the line to Sunday Night Football, which became the tenth of eleven matchups this week to be within a single possession in the fourth quarter. They all ended up within a single possession, too, except in St. Louis, where the Rams have been vying for attention with the Cardinals&amp;#039; playoff run, and Jessica ended up the second straight Monday Morning Cheerleader subject who was subjected to an Aaron Rodgers dismantling, as Sam Bradford and Co. fell, 30-20, and into last place before heading off to play the Pats in London next week. LINDSAY McCORMICK, The Esquire.com: This game was supposed to be largest crowd at the Edward Jones Dome in five years, but there were a lot of Packers fans out there \u2014 and a lot of empty seats at the start of the game. JESSICA, The St. Louis Rams: The crowd was so overwhelming \u2014 there were so many Packers fans. But the Rams fans showed up, too, so it was 50/50 starting off, and then at the end the green and yellow just dominated.  LM: Packers fans always travel well. Both teams were 3-and-3 heading in to Week 7, but after that clinic Aaron Rodgers put on in Houston, it felt like Green Bay was much better than that. JESS: I thought it was going to be a very difficult and competitive game, as both team showed us throughout the first three quarters. But as soon as the Packers got their third touchdown, they kind of took over in the fourth quarter. I was hoping that since we had won all of our previous home games that we were going to have a good chance of another win, but we just couldn&amp;#039;t pull it off. LM: The fans seemed to get louder and louder as the game went on, and then Chris Givens took that screen pass 56 yards into the red zone. JESS: He&amp;#039;s just brought so much excitement and hope to this team. If he continues to keep catching those long-gain passes, he&amp;#039;ll be a huge asset and help to get us to the playoffs this year. LM: And then Steven Jackson went and got his first touchdown of the season to keep you within seven with under 12 to go. JESS: The crowd went wild! Especially the Rams fans.  LM: But Rodgers really turned it on. Is he the best QB in the league? LM: There&amp;#039;s no doubt that Rodgers is definitely a great quarterback and is up there, but I don&amp;#039;t think Bradford is too far behind him. He just needs more protection. Our O-linemen need to continue to step it up and work harder.  LM: Dezman Moses had that huge hit on Jackson in the third quarter, though, which really stirred up the fans heading into a bigger finish there. Was that actually a helmet-to-helmet from where you were standing? JESS: A lot of guys got hit pretty hard this game. For that particular play, because of where my line was on the field, I had difficulty seeing it. I wouldn&amp;#039;t necessarily say it was helmet-to-helmet, though. The Packers were just extremely aggressive the entire game. LM: You guys seem to play so well against tough talent at home \u2014 beating the Redskins, Cardinals, and Seahawks, and then putting up that tough fight this week \u2014 but have yet to win on the road. How can you change that up in time for, you know, London?  JESS: Having the fans there to support them at home puts them in a completely different mindset. For the future away games, they need to get in that same mindset and just focus. LM: In a division that&amp;#039;s become extremely tough all of a sudden, can the Rams steal a wild-card berth? JESS: I definitely think this year we&amp;#039;ll get to the playoffs. Especially having a coach like Fisher, who&amp;#039;s pushing the defense and making them better and pushing the offense to get down the field. If we keep going in that direction, we can definitely make it to the Super Bowl in two to three years. LM: But there have still been rumors about the team shopping players with the trade deadline approaching. One of the names thrown around has been Jackson&amp;#039;s... JESS: I don&amp;#039;t think trading one of our older players, like Steven Jackson, is a good idea for our team. LM: But based on this year&amp;#039;s draft, we know the Rams love their picks. If they do indeed trade Jackson for a pick, there is rookie Daryl Richardson. Is he the future of this team? JESS: Richardson can definitely help build this team into something really great. And they&amp;#039;re all ultimately building to get to that one goal, which is to make it to the Super Bowl. And within the next few years, like I said, they can accomplish that. (Click here for more on the Rams cheerleaders and their new swimsuit calendar)    -- Lindsay McCormick (pictured at left) has covered the NFL for ESPN The Magazine and CBS. She is the former host of &amp;quot;The Fan&amp;quot; on Comcast SportsNet, where she was the sideline reporter for the Portland Trail Blazers. And she&amp;#039;ll be back right here on The Culture Blog every week with Monday Morning Cheerleader. Plus, stay tuned for Tom Chiarella on Monday Night Football, Rachel Nichols on Matthew Stafford, and more. Also: beer. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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