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The St Louis Rams will want to beat the Cardinals at home on Sunday, to get one over on their divisional opponent and get a 50% record (5-5) for the season. There is a nice twist to this game in the form of the return of Kurt Warner, who was a league MVP while with the Rams in 1999 and 2001 and led them to two Super Bowls.

Warner was let go in 2004, paving the way for Marc Bulger in the quarterback role. But Warner is still popular with St. Louis fans.

"I'm sure he'll have a favorable one (reception), coming back for the first time. He's going to be playing.... I'm sure he'll get a nice reception here." Defensive end Tyoka Jackson added, "He did something for this city that had probably never been done before, the way they turned that thing around."

But there is obviously not doubt that Warner will be doing his best to upset his old team.

"He's going to try to beat us, make no mistake about it. He's been on a roll these past two weeks. He's thrown for somewhere around 700 yards, something close to that. We have to make sure we're ready to play when we step into the dome."

Still, the Cardinals are just 2-7, not a great season by Warner's standards. But he is still a great passer of the ball. He has had three 300-yard games. Losing to the the Lions and the Seahawks, Warner passed for 693 yards, but has had just two touchdowns.

It will probably be an offensive battle for the Rams and Seahawks come Sunday. Therefore, the defense and field position will also play a major role in decding which team wins the game. The Seahawks have already defeated the St Louis 37-31 on their turf - a month ago. In that game Seattle gained 433 yards against the Rams' 385.

Seattle gained good position on the field in that game - aided by opponent punter. Reggie Hodges who had a bad day.

The Rams, however, did a good job defending against Shaun Alexander, the danger man for Seattle. He did finish with 119 yards on 25 carries, with two touchdowns - but nearly half of the yards (on nine attempts) came in the fourth quarter. Still, the Rams defense knows it must continue to contain Alexander.

"That's one of our goals going into every game, to defend well whether it's the run or the pass," linebacker Trev Faulk said. "He's obviously a huge part of what they do and a huge part of their success. We definitely have to focus on trying to stop him, but we can't really just focus on trying to take away the run and allow Hasselbeck to pick us apart. They have a real good offense over there, so we have to be prepared for everything that they do."

The success of the Rams' season could be determined by their game against seattle on Nov 13. In their bye week, St Louis will have an opportunity rest up for their road game. The Seahawks are 5-2, have already defeated the Rams once.

If Seattle win against Arizona and the Rams they would be three games to good against the Rams, four if you consider the head-to-head tie-break. If St Louis can win, it would move them to within a game of Seattle and to 5-4.

The Rams are expecting that most of their injured players will be back. Marc Bulger, who has missed a couple of games with a shoulder injury said, "I'm a hundred percent sure I'll be fine. I'm not going to do much this week but I'll be back."

"It's really perfect," said Vitt. "It's going to give our staff a chance to get some rest, which they need. And it's going to give our players a chance to heal up. ... We feel that after the bye, we're going to be almost full tilt."