Rams coach Scott Linehan was fired Monday. Perhaps he should have been canned after last season, when the team started 0-8 and finished 3-13.

It didn’t get any better this year with an 0-4 start and an offense that is barely scoring. Remember when the Rams’ offense was considered high-powered? Granted, it’s not 1999 anymore, but for years, drafting a St. Louis player for your fantasy team was a sure thing. That image began to erode last year and vanished over the past four games.

Of course, Linehan wasn’t fired for letting fantasy football owners down. Last year’s disaster was getting worse, and unless the Rams did something, they were headed toward 1-15 rather than 3-13. And while they might not rebound this year, perhaps Jim Haslett can stop the bleeding enough that there will be hope for 2009.