Rams report, 8/6

* Congratulations one more time to Marshall Faulk and the family of Les Richter on tonight's Pro Football Hall of Fame inductions. Knew we were in for a long speech when Marshall took time to thank his agent's wife, but he's more than earned the podium time.

* Injury outbreak. This is the time of training camp when injuries start mounting, and the Rams haven't dodged that bullet. The most serious injury is Jerome Murphy's broken ankle, which will keep the CB out up to 10 weeks. He'd miss the first five regular-season games at that rate. An unfortunate, um, break for Murphy, whose play stood to benefit a lot from his second training camp.

Injuries that sound minor in nature for: Jermelle Cudjo (back), Fendi Onobun (groin), Fred Robbins (knee) and Greg Salas (knee). Dominique Curry is going to have pins inserted into his broken hand.

More troubling are the concussions the Rams have been hit with the last couple of days. Eugene Sims was held out of Friday's practice due to one; David Vobora and Michael Hoomanawanui were held out today due to suspected concussions. I wonder if they collided. It's also discouraging to hear the oft-injured Hoomanawanui already being hurt this early in training camp. Let's hope that trend turns around for him.

* Transactions. Not a lot of details yet, but the Rams have re-signed Adam Goldberg, who was in practice today. With Harvey Dahl signing and Jacob Bell returning, looks like Goldberg's in line for the offensive line “sixth man” role. The Rams also signed Houston offensive lineman Roy Watts, a rookie free agent. They cut LB David Nixon and rookie free agent DL Teryl White to make room on the roster.

ESPN.com also has the Rams signing tackle Quinn Ojinnaka, and activating Brit Miller from the PUP list. Ojinnaka played for the Patriots last year. The Falcons drafted him in 2006, so, Billy Devaney connection. He's a 6'5", 295 career backup.

Starting to think I should just quit writing rookie free agent profiles at this point. Word's out now that Tyler Donahue and Bryant Browning have been cut, probably to balance the Ojinnaka and Miller moves.

* Two warnings about my attempt to cover tomorrow morning's scrimmage (11:00, Lindenwood University): I'm not a morning person, and I'll be trying out a new camera. The report that comes out later tomorrow could very well be pictorially challenged.

Photo: ESPN

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