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Bradley Fletcher Out For The Season

Justin Stine — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:57:08 +0000

I thought things were about as bad as they could get after Sunday’s loss to the Redskins, and I was really hoping this bye week was going to be the start of some good things for the 2011 version of the St. Louis Rams. So much for that. Rams cornerback Bradley Fletcher is going to miss the remainder of the season after tearing his ACL during practice Wednesday on a collision with wide receiver Mike Sims-Walker. Honestly, I don’t really know what to say anymore. Things were already awful on the corner depth chart with Ron Bartell and Jerome Murphy gone for the year, not to mention the fact that Justin King was already seeing far too much time on the field.

Now, the man who was our top corner after the injuries and who was already the number two behind Bartell heading into the season is done as well. That means that our corner group will look something like Al Harris, King, Rod Hood (signed last week) and Josh Gordy (practice squad). This secondary was already awfully bad, and now the one bright spot we had (in addition to Quintin Mikell) is gone. Read more on next page…

Rams Make Roster Moves

Justin Stine — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:48:39 +0000

With the rash of injuries that hit the Rams on Sunday, the team shook up the roster a bit on Wednesday to fill some holes. As far as the active roster goes, the team signed RB Quinn Porter off Cleveland’s practice squad and the promoted CB Tim Atchison from their own practice squad to fill the holes. As far as Porter goes, I really don’t know much about him other than he played with the Packers and Browns last season and battled for the final running back spot in Cleveland this year. I’m told he is explosive and could factor in the return game if needed, but I wouldn’t expect him to see much time. Atchison played with the Rams in the preseason, and I thought he did at least a decent job. The team worked out some corners this week, so the fact that they went with Atchison tells you that the team believes he can do the job if called upon. Continue reading on the next page…

DX Checked Out, Illini Mike Hurt

Justin Stine — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:06:21 +0000

The Rams have had fairly good luck on the injury front thus far, but it looks like that’s no longer the case. First, let’s start with the good news. WR Danario Alexander missed practice today and got an MRI on his surgically repaired knee. The MRI showed no further damage, which is pretty great news considering his injury history. “It’s not that anything happened,” coach Steve Spagnuolo said. “It’s just that it feels funny on him. We just want to make sure we’re not dealing with anything serious, and put his mind at ease.” DX has had a rough go of it so far this preseason, and I think we need to start at least entertaining the possibility that he could get cut. I’m not saying it will happen, but if you consider that Danny Amendola, Mike Sims-Walker, Donnie Avery, Brandon Gibson, Austin Pettis and Greg Salas seem likely to make it, DX could be in trouble. I could see the team trying to do something like putting one of the rookies on practice squad or maybe keeping 7 WRs, but if not then it could be bad news.

In other unfortunate injury news, TE Michael Hoomanawanui left practice with a strained calf. We don’t know the extent of the injury for sure yet, but it sounds like this could be potentially serious. Illini Mike has a ton of potential, but he just hasn’t been able to stay on the field consistently in his short career. Hopefully this isn’t as bad as we think, but if he does have to miss significant time it could be good for a guy like Fendi Onobun.

Mardy Gilyard missed practice with a thigh bruise suffered in the Titans game, while Dan Muir missed time with an ankle tweak. Jacob Bell and Rodger Saffold were back at practice today, which is good.