When the Rams’ move to L.A. became official on Tuesday night, the reaction from St. Louis fans was predictably sad and furious. They had been jerked around by the NFL and Rams owner Stan Kroenke from day one, and they were not happy to get screwed over after coming up with a $1.1 billion stadium proposal.
But of course, we’ve already covered the rage coming from St. Louis. Let’s take a look at what everyone else had to say.
Here’s what current and former Rams players had to say:
Thank you @STLouisRams fans! Thank you so much! #Rams #GSOT
— Torry Holt (@BigGame81) January 13, 2016
Kurt Warner on NFL Network: “When I was in St. Louis you couldn’t ask for a better fan base.” #Rams #RamsToLA
— Nicholas J.C. Pistor (@nickpistor) January 13, 2016
Some of you kill me with your tweets. If you love the rams then it shouldn’t matter where we play we are still #RAMILY here or there!!
— Alec ogletree (@B_easy_uga9) January 13, 2016
Humbly, eternally gratefully: Thank you St. Louis. I’m sorry we fell short the past 8 years. You treated me like family anyways. I love yall
— Chris Long (@JOEL9ONE) January 13, 2016
Thank you, St. Louis!!! pic.twitter.com/sSapsxqWpg
— Isaac Bruce (@IsaacBruce80) January 13, 2016
Coming Back Home To Play Football Professionally Where It All Started. Verbum Dei HS To UCLA Now Los Angeles Rams. #LARams
— AKEEM AYERS (@Akeem_Ayers) January 13, 2016
Thank you St. Louis for all the great memories created and thank you fans for all the support! #Stl.2011-2016 #L.A.HereWeCome✈️
— Robert Quinn (@RQuinn94) January 13, 2016
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— James Laurinaitis (@JLaurinaitis55) January 13, 2016
Here are some hot takes from non-St. Louis media:
Feel genuinely bad for St. Louis but absurd to have an entertainment franchise business of ANY kind and not be represented in LA. #rams
— Colin Cowherd (@ColinCowherd) January 13, 2016
If you’re St. Louis and came up w/ $400 mil of public money, and bashed for penciling in $300 mil of NFL loans, largess 2 OAK must b galling
— daniel kaplan (@dkaplanSBJ) January 13, 2016
What’s incredible about the NFL relocation situation is that I don’t know one person in Los Angeles that’s excited for a team much less two.
— Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) January 12, 2016
Why the Rams to L.A. now? Because the Clippers got sold for 2 billion last year. “Hmm. What’s my NFL team worth in L.A.?”
— Jason Smith (@howaboutafresca) January 13, 2016
In the #Rams‘ 21 seasons in St. Louis, they had a winning record 4 times. None in the last 12 years.
— Mark Potash (@MarkPotash) January 13, 2016
In 49 NFL seasons in St. Louis, the Cardinals/Rams made the playoffs 8 times and won 6 playoff games. No wonder it’s a hockey/baseball town
— Mark Potash (@MarkPotash) January 13, 2016
LIVE SHOT!!! People going nuts in the streets of LA because the #rams are back #LARams #NFL pic.twitter.com/qlv10yA7gH
— Chris Law (@ChrisLaw) January 13, 2016
Doesn’t matter where the Rams are, Jeff Fisher will still back into an 8-8 record and keep a job pic.twitter.com/wAsfy5Pdzx
— Garrett (@garrettrob) January 13, 2016
Here’s the (mostly positive) reaction from fans in Los Angeles:
It’s official: Rams to Los Angeles, Kardashians to St. Louis.
— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) January 13, 2016
Man don’t nobody want the Rams in LA!!!
— MC REN (@mcrencpt) January 13, 2016
Ironic that #Rams returning to LA in a privately funded stadium, and that they’ll play in LA Coliseum? Didn’t wanna do either b4!
— Mario Latilleon (@latilleon) January 13, 2016
The look on Rams player’s faces once they see them California taxes taken out of that CHYECK for the first time. pic.twitter.com/kPKBLgh6ca
— Gee Scott 710ESPN (@TheGeeScott) January 13, 2016
all love to st. louis and the show me state. but by birthrights the rams are home and I’m gonna scream my guts out til i puke
— Flea (@flea333) January 13, 2016
RAMS ARE BACK IN LA AND I FINALLY GET TO WEAR MY RAMS GEAR AGAIN. #LARams2016 pic.twitter.com/6TtBdLjeOb
— Reilly Hirsch (@Reillykinsss) January 13, 2016
The Rams are coming home! #NFLtoLA #LARams – https://t.co/gWmNvFZsLo pic.twitter.com/1VpGyJi112
— LA Mayor’s Office (@LAMayorsOffice) January 13, 2016
Rams coming to LA got me like… @JjenkzLockdown @Trujohnson2 @TG3II @MichaelBrockers @B_easy_uga9 @Tayaustin01 pic.twitter.com/m05l8bEqZs
— Jeff Nelson (@Jeff_Nelson10) January 13, 2016
Fans in Oakland:
I lived in #Oakland for 3 years and the Raiders belong there without a doubt. #RaiderNation pic.twitter.com/goG8mrryCj
— Sean Zachel (@SeanZachel) January 13, 2016
We ain’t going no where, we ain’t going no where, we can’t be stopped, it’s Raider Nation for life. #RaiderNation pic.twitter.com/IhhMq415i5
— Chuck Smith (@MRNICELYSEASON) January 13, 2016
#RAIDERS #RAIDERNATION keeping it at home pic.twitter.com/Is7VNb0pqX
— Nitesh Dutt (@NiteshDutt) January 13, 2016
Look how happy Tatum is after hearing the @RAIDERS are staying in Oakland! #RaiderNation pic.twitter.com/BgiO2fTbWH
— TJ Meyer (@gookaholic) January 13, 2016
At least for now, The Oakland Raiders are staying put. pic.twitter.com/rfmkwtNBST
— Luiz Ortiz (@LTO510) January 13, 2016
WE STAYING HOME BABY!#stayinoakland#raiders#blackhole#bayarea#NOLA pic.twitter.com/HUTMmyyqZu
— raidernation21 (@raidernation21) January 13, 2016
And fans in San Diego:
Selfishly…YES!!! Chargers chances of staying in San Diego just went way up!!!!
— Alex Flanagan (@Alex_Flanagan) January 13, 2016
The Chargers are just going to AirBnB it in Orange County.
— Jason Gay (@jasongay) January 13, 2016
The Rams are perfect in Los Angeles. The Raiders are perfect in Oakland. The Chargers are perfect in San DIego
— Bolt Beat (@BB_Chargers) January 13, 2016
Our biggest hope is that Dean hates Stan
— Bolt Beat (@BB_Chargers) January 13, 2016
Feel sorry for the fans at St. Louis. Just hoping my Chargers stay in SD and get a new stadium there.
— Guard (@R3Twitch) January 13, 2016
Of course, a few athletes with no horse in this race chimed in too:
.@STLouisRams Heart goes out to all the fans that spent their hard earned money supporting the Rams. Do you still root for team? #ramsfans
— Kevin Youkilis (@KYouk_2036) January 13, 2016
So…did we just get a bunch of fans from the Eastern side of the state?!
— Chase Daniel (@ChaseDaniel) January 13, 2016
Pretty cool that the Rams are coming to LA….now the NFC West makes sense to me
— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) January 13, 2016
And hey, what the hell, let’s just throw in a few more angry reactions from St. Louis:
STL will go on. “Kroenke Sucks!” chants at the @StLouisBlues game tonight. #TeamSTL pic.twitter.com/Sx79unGT2x
— Brian King (@kingbrian_) January 13, 2016
Fan requests “KROENKE SUCKS” pizza; St. Louis based @imospizza makes it happen. (via @kayeager24) pic.twitter.com/3NpaeucN10
— Matt Sebek (@MattSebek) January 13, 2016
Feels good to shutout Kroenke’s hockey team the day he moves my childhood football team! Sad day for Rams fans!!
— Ben Bishop (@Benbishop30) January 13, 2016
Thanks @Andy #FuckStan #StLouisRams pic.twitter.com/br3ztG89gT
— MizzPocalpse (@MizzPocalypse) January 13, 2016
Don’t you just love it when the NFL plays with our emotions?