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The Greatest Show on Turf: the Los Angeles Rams story
Franchise era
1999—2004
The Greatest Show on Turf
Los Angeles Rams
The story in one sentence
Warner's emergence, Faulk's versatility and a deep receiving corps produced two Super Bowls and the championship after the 1999 season.
Speed and spacing transform the league
Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk and Isaac Bruce gave the era its recognizable core.
Its ending created the conditions for the long rebuild and return home.
Timeline
How it unfolded
Before 1999
What came before
The final Anaheim teams faded before Georgia Frontiere moved the club to St. Louis, where Bruce became the first piece of a sudden offensive leap.
April 15, 1999
The two-pick trade that completed the Greatest Show on Turf
The Colts had drafted Edgerrin James and moved an unhappy Faulk. The Rams saw the receiving back Mike Martz needed to connect every part of a new offense.
12Championship catalystApril 15, 1999STL⇄INDMarshall Faulk to St. LouisSt. Louis acquired Marshall Faulk from Indianapolis for second- and fifth-round picks in the 1999 draft.3 assets · 2 outcomes＋
The original receipt
St. Louis Rams received
- • Marshall Faulk
Indianapolis Colts received
- • 1999 second · No. 36
- • 1999 fifth · No. 138
Faulk won three straight Offensive Player of the Year awards, an MVP and a championship while becoming the tactical center of the Greatest Show on Turf.
Open full trade tree →2000-01-30
Super Bowl: St. Louis Rams vs Tennessee Titans
2002-01-27
Conference Championship: Philadelphia Eagles vs St. Louis Rams
2002-02-03
Super Bowl: St. Louis Rams vs New England Patriots
After 2004
What came next
Jackson carried years of losing, Donald arrived as a foundational defender and the franchise returned to Los Angeles in 2016.
The core