Rams RB Steven Jackson hasn't backed down from his stated goal of 2,500 yards from scrimmage — a figure that would eclipse Marshall Faulk's NFL record of 2,429 set with the Rams in 1999. When asked what he could do for an encore in 2007 after that monster 2006 campaign, the answer came out as direct as a Jackson run up the middle on third and 1: "Twenty-five hundred total — total yards from scrimmage," Jackson said. And that's no joke. "A lot of people say it's kind of hard to believe," Jackson said. "Some people say if I do that, the ball's not being distributed." Jackson did receive some criticism nationally when he first mentioned the 2,500-yard goal in June. But Rams coach Scott Linehan has no problem with it.
-- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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