* Positives from Sunday: Sam Bradford not just outplaying RG3 but exceeding his rookie form; a million receptions for Danny Amendola; another pretty, long TD catch by Brandon Gibson; lightning off the bench from Daryl Richardson; offensive line holding together somehow; flawless special teams; excellent pass pressure in the clutch; Janoris Jenkins when he's very good; another pick for Cortland Finnegan.
* Negatives: more offensive line injuries; Janoris Jenkins when he's very bad; idiot reporters who think Steven Jackson is being benched when he's actually injured; Jeff Fisher's inconsistent trigger finger on challenges; the worst NFL officiating crew of all time. Bar none. Jerome Boger drunk working with 6 Elbonian goat herders would have called a better game.
* The Rams are 7-and-a-half point underdogs to a Chicago team that probably won't have Matt Forte and can't protect its quarterback, who's notably already berating his linemen on national TV.
* Injuries:
- Steven Jackson tweaked a groin muscle during the 2nd quarter Sunday. Nothing bad showed on the MRI; we'll see how things proceed on Wednesday.
- More offensive line madness. Rodger Saffold sprained an MCL returning a fumble and will be out at least 4 weeks. Wayne Hunter steps in at LT, though he missed part of Sunday's game with an injured ankle. Rokevious Watkins has been placed on injured reserve so the Rams could re-activate Austin Pettis. With a now-guaranteed season of inactivity, I'm predicting Watkins weighs 420 by next year's OTAs.
- Matt Daniels injured a hamstring covering a kick late in the game. Darian Stewart was inactive; no idea whether that was a healthy scratch. Or just chillin'. Michael Brockers and Matt Conrath remain out.
* Transactions:
Besides re-activating Pettis, the Rams have also re-added Quinton Pointer to the practice squad, where they had an opening after calling up Tim Barnes late last week.
* Ex-Rams watch:
- Danny Gorrer signs with the Seahawks.
- The Saints cut Jerome Murphy.
- Adam Carriker tore a quad early in Sunday's game and is out for the rest of the season.
- Ron Bartell's season is also over. He didn't even last one game with the Raiders, breaking a shoulder blade (ouch) in last Monday night's loss to San Diego.
- The Patriots have already cut Greg Salas, which is awesome, because it means the Rams are getting a future late-round draft pick from them for free.
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