Rams report, 9/21

Time to catch up from Monday night, where the Rams lost, of course, 28-16 to the Giants. Let's see... they're 0-2, they can't score in the red zone, they're not that competitive with (supposedly) better teams; coach Linehan better start cracking the whip out at Rams Park.

What's that? Linehan's gone? You can tell?

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* Injury report: Tim Atchison, who was signed last week because of all the Rams' injuries at cornerback, is now out for next week himself due to a hamstring strain. I'll not re-earth last week's free-agent corner article here, I'll just say I'm looking for the Rams to finally sign Rod Hood after several flirtations.

Update: that must be one hell of a hamstring strain; Atchison is going to be put on injured reserve. The Rams are definitely going to have to add another corner to the roster through the week.

Steven Jackson (quad), Ben Leber (groin) and Cadillac Williams (hamstring) are all day-to-day.

Danny Amendola (elbow) and C.J. Ah You (wrist) are not likely to practice this week.

Greg Salas is experiencing a problem with his ribs, probably due to so many balls bouncing off of them. X-rays haven't turned up anything but he may have further tests.

* Worst play fake of the century: The Rams have filed a complaint with the league over the Giants defense faking injuries during Monday night's game to stop the clock. The Rams' no-huddle attack had the Giants completely off-balance. Things got very chaotic on their sideline as they kept trying to make substitutions and the Rams repeatedly caught them out of position. As long as the Rams weren't substituting players, the referees were under no obligation to hold up the game for the Giants defense.

So, with the Rams charging inside the Giants 10, defensive back Deon Grant took it upon himself to fake-swoon less convincingly than Meadowlark Lemon during a Globetrotters game and claim an injury in order to stop the game. Grant's effort wasn't even ORIGINAL; another Giant defender could be seen "swooning" at the same time and only stayed up because Grant went down. Despite melodrama thick enough to make even soccer fans laugh, Grant got his "injury" timeout, which allowed the Giants to get their goal line defense on the field. The Rams' drive stalled for a FG.

The most fake injury in NFL history cost the Rams four points Monday night, and yet Rotoworld says in an article today that the Rams' complaint won't get far because there's no way to prove Grant wasn't really injured. If they're right about that, then there's no way to ever prove anything. The moon landing was fake, the earth is flat, President Obama wasn't born in America and Jenny McCarthy causes autism.

If the league doesn't fine Grant for that stunt, then they really do hate the Rams.

* Line noise: Good news - the Ravens are only 3.5 point favorites over the Rams on Sunday. Over/under is 41.5. I say good news, because I, the World's Worst Gambler, figured Baltimore would be favored by at least a TD, and I'd be all over the Ravens with that line. If I weren't the World's Worst Gambler. Bodes well for the Rams, who I'd thought would have been good enough to cover either of their first two games, but didn't even come close.

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