* Clayton to IR. Mark Clayton gave it a game effort but his legs just weren't ready to return to the full-time wear-and-tear of the NFL season. He had a lot of knee pain at Wednesday's practice and was limited. It's been determined since that he needs to have both knees scoped. His season's over. Nick Miller was re-signed to the main roster to replace Clayton.
* Offensive line shuffle. With no depth left on their offensive line but practice squad players, the Rams are re-shuffling the offensive line so they can get their best players on the field. The new-look line: Adam Goldberg at left tackle, Jacob Bell at left guard, Tony Wragge at center, Jason Brown at right guard, Harvey Dahl at right tackle.
My first question - why wasn't something like this done last week instead of leaving complete scrub Kevin Hughes out there? Brown was active.Why not bring him off the bench and kick Bell outside? Very little shuffling needed there. Steve Loney couldn't think of that when the Rams needed something to bail them out of the fire? Another reason Loney needs to go.
I like the new alignment much better than leaving Sam Bradford at the mercies of practice squadders like Hughes or new acquisition Thomas Welch. Dahl has tackle experience, Goldberg has left tackle experience. Brown's a lot stronger weak link, if you will, than a total scrub, and who knows, maybe a couple of weeks on the bench will bring new urgency to his game.
* Full injury report (Wednesday):
Limited: Danario Alexander (hamstring), Lance Kendricks (concussion), Justin King (knee/ankle), Chris Long (ankle), Austin Pettis (knee), Cadillac Williams (calf)
Not practicing: Justin Bannan (shoulder), Josh Hull (hamstring), Mark LeVoir (pectoral), Jason Smith (concussion). James Laurinaitis also did not practice, but the good news is that the MRI on his injured foot did not show any serious damage.
* Blame Bud Light, not me, but ha, ha, if I'm stuck watching the Cardinals-Rams dog on Sunday, so should everyone around here on TV, and y'all are, now that Bud Light and the Rams have bought up enough tickets to qualify the game for sellout status. KTVI, noon, Sunday. Enjoy.
* Tryouts: The Rams had defensive tackle Kade Weston and cornerback Morgan Trent in for tryouts Tuesday but did not sign either player.
* Cuts: The Rams waived RB Eddie Wide from IR Tuesday, which I assume means he's healthy enough to play but the team didn't have an opening for him.
* Alumni report: Kris Adams had a tryout with Seattle.
Phil Trautwein was added to New Orleans' PS.
* Statistic of the week: Steve Spagnuolo needs one win to tie Scott Linehan for career coaching wins. Also Josh McDaniels.
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