Updates, aftermath and other stuff I can think of in the wake of the Rams' heartbreaking loss in Tampa Sunday:* Injury update:
- Steven Jackson broke his left ring finger Sunday and had surgery on it yesterday to have two pins inserted. He's all but certain to play Oct. 31st against Carolina.
- Ron Bartell's chances don't look very good for the Carolina game. He played against Tampa with a quad injury and suffered a shoulder stinger in the 4th quarter. The shoulder injury by itself is significant enough to downgrade him to day-to-day status. If it persists, Bartell will be heading for the magnetic resonance imager.
- James Butler sprained an MCL early in the game and is very doubtful for Carolina. No official idea yet on how long he'll be out.
- Fred Robbins injured a toe, I'm guessing early in the game. He'll need an examination to determine severity but is expected to be able to play on it for now.
- Darell Scott made a surprise return from his high ankle sprain, at least two weeks ahead of schedule, and played Sunday. He mildly re-injured the same ankle.
- James Laurinaitis has a sore knee and is day-to-day.
- NFL.com lists Chris Chamberlain (toe) as having played yesterday, I'd guess on special teams. He comes off the injury list, then. Na'il Diggs (knee) played; pretty darn well, too. Take him off also. Jackson played most of the 2nd half after a slight neck injury. Kevin Dockery played with injured ribs. Keith Toston played with a mild groin injury.
- The Rams' hamstring injury count goes down to four, from six, since David Vobora and Brit Miller were also listed as playing Sunday. Justin King, Darian Stewart and Mardy Gilyard were all inactive due to hamstring injuries, and Bradley Fletcher tweaked one late in the game. He's day-to-day.
- I feel bad about what Cliff Ryan's likely going through, but I really fail to understand why he's still tying up a roster spot. Maybe the Rams are going to throw a battery of migraine specialists at him over the bye week. Inactive again Sunday, probably should have been IR'ed last month.
* Transactions: A week after we started guessing this move around here, the Rams have re-acquired Quincy Butler, after he was waived by the Saints. Looks like he's going to have more than a decent chance to play right away against Carolina. LB Curtis Johnson was waived from the main roster to clear space for Butler and seems likely to return to the practice squad.
* Statistics:
- Despite having dealt Alex Barron away in the offseason, the Rams lead the NFL in false starts, with 15. They've had 10 the last three weeks. Rodger Saffold and Jason Smith have three apiece, followed by Jacob Bell with 2. The others: Billy Bajema, Mark Clayton, Adam Goldberg, John Greco, Mike Karney and one "everybody but the center" from Sunday.
- The formula to winning in the NFL can be deceptively easy sometimes.
The Rams are 3-0 when they score more than 17 points.
They are 0-4 when they don't.
That's a pretty paltry number to be the tipping point, isn't it? Steve Spagnuolo ought to be looking at his offense with a hard eye right about now.
* This week's harebrained idea: the Rams have one of the best defensive backs in franchise history on their staff, WRs coach Nolan Cromwell: anybody think he could help our hands-of-stone defense stop dropping interceptions like they're live porcupines?
* TV time: less than 1,000 tickets remain for Carolina, so there should be little trouble getting Sunday's game past the NFL blackout rule.
* Yes, I'm bitter: LaGarrette Blount's ridiculous success Sunday has me rooting hard for Boise State to finish ahead of Oregon in the BCS this year. Like last year.
* Pro Bowl balloting has opened on NFL.com. Steven Jackson's certainly the Rams' best bet for a Pro Bowler this year, but it'd be nice to get Long, Hall, Robbins and Laurinaitis some recognition.
* Kurt in trouble: Kurt Warner had the lowest score on Dancing With The Stars last night.
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