RamView, 7/26: first two days of camp in the books

Days 1 and 2 of Rams training camp have come and gone with little incident. RamView's report of this year's first practice is up at ramview.com. Looks like I'm going to tomorrow evening's (5:30) practice as well but I'm still not definite on that. Sunday's practice will be the team's first practice in full pads, but it won't be open to the public. Kind of a shame, that. Sounds like we'll have perfect weather all weekend.

* Current injury list:
- Sammy Brown missed practice Friday due to a calf injury.
- UDFA TE Philip Lutzenkirchen has missed both days of camp so far due to an ankle injury but is expected to be able to practice Saturday.
- UDFA OT Braden Brown is going to be released with an injury settlement due to back problems. With the Rok Watkins cut, that leaves the Rams a couple of linemen short and a roster count of 88. Wonder what kind of shape Wayne Hunter's in these days.
- Also: Jermelle Cudjo, foot; Matt Daniels, knee; Barrett Jones, foot; Lance Kendricks, knee.

* Defense has ruled at camp so far, but here's who's had a good first two days on both sides of the ball...
- Quinton Pointer, two interceptions today and has looked good on special teams.
- Andrew Helmick, continues to catch everything in sight.
- The draft class in general. Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey are living up to their draft day hype thus far. Alec Ogletree has looked fantastic, especially in pass coverage. T.J. McDonald and Brandon McGee are also off to good starts.

* Position battles:
- First-team LG is going to be a time-share early on. Shelley Smith worked with the ones today, Chris Williams the twos.
- Austin Davis got some work in with the twos Friday after spending all of Thursday with the third string.

* Not so good:
- Zac Stacy fumbled yesterday and dropped a pass in the end zone in red zone drills today.
- Brian Quick didn't get very good reviews for his work Friday. Still not using the size the good Lord gave him to win out against smaller defenders. Frustrating if that continues.
- UDFA Tim Jenkins can't even get ahead of the punter on the depth chart at QB. Reports were that Johnny Hekker was actually running some 11-on-11 reps on Friday. Emergency QB?

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