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Rams OT Saffold Could Be Done For Season

Justin Stine — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:03:04 +0000

The hits just keep on coming. Rams OT Rodger Saffold missed practice on Friday after suffering a pectoral injury while lifting weights Friday morning. Saffold had an MRI, and the results were that he has a “significant” injury that could require season-ending surgery. The team isn’t calling it a torn pec just yet, but it’s looking like that could be the case. Obviously this is terrible news with Jason Smith already out, and I think there is serious concern that this could be an injury that affects Saffold for the rest of his career. Like always, we’ll just have to see if/when he has surgery and how that goes, but he won’t play on Sunday. Mark LeVoir will start in his place.

The rest of the injury news is about the same as yesterday. Justin King didn’t practice Friday but the team hopes he’ll be ready to play Sunday. Lance Kendricks, Brandon Gibson, Jerious Norwood, Bryan Kehl and Josh Hull all practiced Friday and all are expected to play. It looks like Kendricks is pretty close to full strength.

Danario Alexander was out again today, and he probably won’t be playing Sunday. I get the feeling everyone is a little frustrated with DX not progressing – nobody more than DX himself – but the team isn’t going to rush him out there until he is ready. They are hoping he will be able to practice this week, but it’s just going to depend on how the injury responds early in the week.

Good News For Rams On Injury Front

Justin Stine — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:37:36 +0000

Things were looking pretty bleak on the injury front after Sunday’s game, but after Tuesday off the participation at Wednesday’s practice was better than most expected. There were only three guys who were unable to go today: (WR) Brandon Gibson, (OT) Jason Smith and (RB) Cadillac Williams. As far as Gibson goes, he is still dealing with a groin issue that flared up a bit today. We’ll just have to see if it feels better in the coming days. Everyone else listed on the injury report participated at least a little in drills, and that list includes: (WR) Danario Alexander, (LB) Josh Hull, (LB) Bryan Kehl, (TE) Lance Kendricks, (CB) Justin King, (RB) Jerious Norwood, (T) Rodger Saffold, (DE) Eugene Sims, (S) Darian Stewart.

I was a little surprised to see Saffold and King both out there today, but apparently they only suffered mild concussions and were non-contact. Spags said he is hopefully they will be cleared for contact by Thursday, so we will have to see. It’s great to see DX and Kendricks both able to go today, and assuming no setbacks they could both be back for Sunday. Thursday is the biggest test, because it determines how the injuries react to the activity of the previous day. We aren’t out of the woods on any of these guys yet, but we will see if the entire group is back out there tomorrow.

Rams TE Kendricks Likely Out Sunday

Justin Stine — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:34:08 +0000

The St. Louis Rams will likely be without rookie tight end Lance Kendricks this weekend against the Browns as he deals with his foot injury. Kendricks is improving, and he is off crutches, but coach Steve Spagnuolo said Thursday that it’s a long shot that he will be ready for Cleveland. The injury could have been much worse, so if he only misses this week it will be a victory.

Joining Kendricks on the sidelines Thursday was Danario Alexander, who is still suffering from his hamstring ailment, and Jerious Norwood, who is also out with a hamstring. A number of guys were back on the field in limited form, including Darell Scott, who upped his workload and is on the road to recovery from his concussion. Scott has been cleared for contact, so there’s a piece of good news. Also limited were defensive end C.J. Ah You (ankle), linebackers Josh Hull (hamstring) and Bryan Kehl (ankle), defensive end Eugene Sims (shoulder), running back Steven Jackson (foot), safety Darian Stewart (ankle) and defensive end James Hall (knee).