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“Bradford Watch” Continues For Rams

Justin Stine — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:08:35 +0000

The Rams took back to the field for practice on Wednesday, which means all eyes were on quarterback Sam Bradford and whether or not he will play on Sunday in Arizona. Bradford wasn’t able to go again today, but he was on the field and according to Spags he was able to take “mental reps.” Bradford said the ankle is feeling much better, but he still isn’t ready to test it on the field. As far as his status for Sunday goes, as it has been for the last two weeks, he is being called day-to-day. I have gotten out of the business of predicting whether or not he will play, but there’s no doubt things look better this week than they did last.

For what it’s worth, Bradford spoke with the media after practice and sounded pretty optimistic that he would be able to practice at some point this week. “If they would’ve let me practice today, I would have loved to practice. I think hopefully by Friday or even tomorrow, depending on how it feels. Hopefully I’ll get in there for a couple reps. Like I said though, I think Reg (trainer Reggie Scott) has done a great job handling this. He kind of knows where we’re at right now and it’s really up to him to make the decision. I think one of the big things is, whatever we do this week, I don’t want to make it more sore for Sunday if I do play. Whatever we do, just make sure that it’s enough to get by and then hopefully go into the game fresh as possible.” More on next page.

Still No Bradford At Rams Practice

Justin Stine — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:41:06 +0000

I’ve been trying to be as optimistic as possible regarding the chances Sam Bradford suits up for the Rams on Sunday, be he and the team certainly aren’t making it easy. Bradford missed practice again on Friday while dealing with his ankle injury, although he did do some work with trainer Reggie Scott on his own. I still think he’s going to play on Sunday, and the fact that he tested the ankle out a bit today makes me feel better about that prediction. It will likely be a game-time decision unless he aggravates it tomorrow during the walk-through, so just cross your fingers and hope for the best.

Now, some disappointing news for some of you. Spags said today that WR Mark Clayton and DB Marquis Johnson won’t be on the active roster Sunday after the team activated them from the PUP list earlier this week. Both players have only had this week to practice, so they need more time. I’m sure most of you won’t be losing sleep over Johnson being out, but all you Clayton lovers will have to wait at least another week to see him on the field. Injury report on next page…

Bradford Still Sidelined

Justin Stine — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:42:07 +0000

Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo spoke to the media after practice on Thursday, and as you might imagine, much of the talk centered around the status of Sam Bradford. Bradford missed practice again today, and he continued to get treatment on his injured ankle. ““No. It’s status quo. Again, really no change. He’s got every gadget and gizmo known to America in there trying to get him healthy, but we’ll see where we’re at tomorrow. Reggie (Scott), I don’t know if Reggie will attempt to do anything tomorrow or not. We’ll see. He doesn’t come right out on the field. First they’re going to try to see if he can drop back. So we haven’t even got to that point yet.”

On the status of LT Rodger Saffold, who has been dealing with a bone bruise, Spags said: ““He bounced back, which was good to see because we can’t afford to lose anybody. And he bounced back, which is good. We dodged a bullet there. It ended up being a contusion, so that was good.”

The team also had a few guys miss practice today. One was CB Brian Jackson, who is being called day-to-day after suffering a knee injury. S Quintin Mikell was also absent on Thursday, but it wasn’t injury related. Mikell was with him wife as the two celebrated the birth of their child. CJ Ah You was also still out, which was of no surprise to anyone.