Rams report, 12/21

* Besides local pride, the injury report coming out of Sunday's loss to the Chiefs:
- Chris Long, bruised left thigh, not considered serious.
- Britt Miller, torn right ACL, done for season. Mike Karney will return to the game-day active roster at fullback. No news yet on who'll join the main roster.
- Kenneth Darby and, surprise, surprise, Michael Hoomanawanui, should be on the field at practice tomorrow.

The Rams may catch an injury break from the 49ers, who had to place LB Travis LaBoy on the IR Saturday. He's a pretty decent pass rusher and ended 2010 with 5 sacks.

* Sam Bradford passed 3,000 yards for the season against the Chiefs, making him only the third rookie QB in NFL history to surpass that mark. He joins Matt Ryan and Peyton Manning.

* Playoff scenarios: The Rams pretty much have to win their last two games to win the NFC West and make the playoffs. Beating San Francisco this week eliminates the 49ers and makes the final game in Seattle a division title game, no matter what Seattle does this week in Tampa. If the Rams lose to the 49ers, they'd have to beat Seattle and have Arizona beat the 49ers the final week of the season. So the playoffs start this week then.

* Looking ahead to next year's free agent market, Vincent Jackson could get the franchise tag from the Chargers. They're considering it, labor agreement pending, naturally.

* Errata: RamView this week should have said the 49ers would be going for their sixth, not fifth, straight win in the series. All the more reason to bring the sucker to an end next Sunday. The Rams opened as 1-point favorites and are favored now by 1.5 to 2.5 by various lines. I am not making a pick this week as I feel extremely unlucky.

* Ex-Rams news: Hall Davis, remember him? was called up from the practice squad by the Titans. NFL.com says he played Sunday against Houston but did not credit him with any tackles.
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