Rams update, 10/12

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* Thursday's injury report:
Out: Danny Amendola (collarbone); Mario Haggan (thigh); William Hayes (back); Rodger Saffold (knee). Amendola's and Haggan's injuries are from the Arizona game. Hayes injured his back in practice Wednesday.

Matt Conrath, Matt Daniels, Brit Miller and Eugene Sims were all full participants in Thursday's practice. Quintin Mikell didn't miss any practice time this week despite getting concussed in the Arizona game. He will start against Miami.



Going back to Arizona for a second, Ryan Williams' season was ended Thursday night by that devastating hit from Darian Stewart. Tore up his shoulder.

Here's a belated link to the wrapup for that Arizona game: Report
Positives: domination by the defense with nine sacks.
Negatives: Amendola injured and offense sputtered most of the night.

The Rams are 3 1/2-point underdogs to the Dolphins. Reggie Bush has been limited in practice due to a knee injury from about 3 weeks ago.

* Johnny Hekker became the second straight Ram to win the NFL's Special Teams Player of the Week award. He averaged a team-record 56.9 yards per punt against the Big Dead. Patrick Peterson's going to win this award the next time the teams meet if they don't do a more thorough job kicking away from him, though.

* Transactions: a little musical chairs on the practice squad: Chase Beeler was re-signed, replacing Mason Brodine, but by the end of the day Thursday, Brodine was back, replacing Beeler. The Rams also tried out former Oklahoma DE Jimmy Wilkerson, a long-time RamView favorite who can get after the passer but has knees roughly as healthy as Joe Namath's.

Also, and this happened very quietly, Brody Eldridge's suspension has ended. It would seem that a move to either keep or cut him has to happen pretty quickly. Nothing yet, though.

In transactions involving ex-Rams, Thaddeus Lewis is available again. He has been cut by the Browns, who filched him off waivers last summer as the Rams were attempting to move him to their practice squad.
Also:
- The Colts cut Justin King and added Gentleman Kris Adams back to their practice squad.
- Daniel Muir signed with the Jets.
- Anthony Hargrove's suspension by the league was reduced to two games.
- Bryan Mattison was cut and then re-signed by the Chiefs.

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