Rams report, 11/30

The world's laziest blogger climbs out of his hole:

* Injury report. The big injury from the Denver game is Michael Hoomanawanui's high ankle sprain. He sprained his right ankle Sunday after having sprained his left ankle at the beginning of the season. His timeline is 4 to 6 weeks.

That's about the only significant injury to report. Rodger Saffold played through a strained shoulder. Danario Alexander's knee showed no ill effects after Sunday's game. Justin King has a sprained shoulder. There's a shock, Justin King's injured. What next, the sun's going to rise in the east tomorrow?

* Rules clarification. Chris Chamberlain's penalty on the first onside kick was for batting it forward, not just for batting it out of bounds. RamView didn't do a very good job on that play.

* Spread formation. I'll risk my sterling 5-5-1 record on the season by taking the Rams MINUS the 3 in Arizona. That Cardinal team that played last night has pretty clearly packed it in. That doesn't hurt the FIRST-PLACE Rams' PLAYOFF CHANCES any, nor does Frank Gore's season-ending hip injury during that game, though it slaughters my fantasy team, which had ridden Gore into first place. Maybe I can still hang on for a playoff spot.

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* Transactions. Got a little catching up to do here. Back on the 10th, the Rams added LB Curtis Johnson back to their practice squad, deleting DT Jimmy Saddler-McQueen. Hyphen Jr. landed on Dallas' practice squad for about 3 weeks but was deleted there yesterday.

* Ex-Rams watch:
Got some catching up to do here, too:
- You may have seen Jonathan Wade playing for the Bengals Thanksgiving night. He was picked up there after the Lions cut him Nov. 9.
- Victor Adeyanju was also picked up by Cincinnati but their rash of injuries in the secondary forced him off the roster within a week.
- You no doubt saw Lance Ball gouge the Ram defense in the first quarter in Denver. He had been activated from their PS on the 10th.
- Cord Parks update! He's on the Vikings PS.
- Ruvell Martin has been on and off (currently on) the Seahawks roster.
- Shaun Suisham is now the full-time kicker in Pittsburgh.
- Keith Null hit Carolina's practice squad on the 23rd.
- Madison Hedgecock's Hall of Fame induction could be less than unanimous after he had to be IR'ed earlier this month. He's been bothered by hamstring problems since early in October.
- Punter Reggie Hodges signed a 2-year contract extension with the Browns. Reggie Hodges? You're kidding. Even sucky punters can have long careers, I guess.

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