Los Angeles Rams all-time Mount Rushmore

LOS ANGELES, CA - CIRCA 1971: (L-R) Jack Youngblood #85, Deacon Jones #75, Merlin Olsen #74 and Gregory Wojcik #78 of the Los Angeles Rams looks on during an NFL football game circa 1971 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. Olsen played for the Rams from 1962-76. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /

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2. RB Marshall Faulk

Faulk had a successful start to his career with the Indianapolis Colts, but a trade to the Rams was the launching point for him.

In 1999, his first season with the Rams, Faulk became the second running back in NFL history to post 1,000 yards rushing (1,381) and receiving (1,048, on 87 catches) in the same campaign. During his last season in Indianapolis, with a rookie quarterback named Peyton Manning, he got close to those milestones with 1,319 rushing yards and 908 receiving yards.

Faulk was ahead of his time as a high-level dual threat back, with more than 80 receptions and over 100 targets in five straight seasons (1998-2002). He topped 1,300 yards on the ground in the last four of those seasons, with the Rams.

Faulk some last hurrahs in 2003 (10 rushing touchdowns in 11 games) and 2004 (50 receptions), and he was done after the 2005 season. He didn’t have to wait long to get into the Hall of Fame, with his bust in Canton coming in 2011.

In St. Louis, Faulk found the perfect match of an offensive system and the skills he had to offer. There’s a case for him to be No. 1 on the franchise Mount Rushmore, but he falls just short for me.

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