Rams-Green Bay mini-preview

The Rams host the Packers in the preseason home opener tomorrow night at 7:00. The game will again air locally on KTVI. The times for NFL Network replays: 3 p.m. Sunday and 3 p.m. next Wednesday. (All times Central.)

Starters will probably not see much more time than they did in Cleveland. Sam Bradford played just over a quarter in last year's second preseason game. Kellen Clemens will QB the second string and Austin Davis will lead the scrubs. Shelley Smith will get the start at LG.

Updated injury information:
Sammy Brown out, calf
Jermelle Cudjo out, foot
Matt Giordano out, calf
Sean Hooey out, ankle
Lance Kendricks out, knee
Rodger Saffold out, shoulder
Eugene Sims out, family
Jabara Williams out, hamstring - Williams has been out since August 1st. I accidentally left him off of recent reports. (Not the web's worst Rams blog for nothing.)

Cudjo and Kendricks were taken off the PUP list earlier this week but still won't play Saturday night. Sims appears to be the only person on the list with any chance of playing against the Packers, but he was out of town at last word.

Zac Stacy and Terrance Ganaway were both limited in practice Thursday, an upgrade for Ganaway, but seemingly a downgrade for Stacy. I would call both questionable for Saturday's game.

The Packers, who are looking for their first score this preseason, will be without, among others, starting RB DeJuan Harris, WR Jordy Nelson and CB Tramon Williams. Randall Cobb has a bicep injury and is also unlikely to play, so maybe no 90-yard return TDs this week, huh? They appear to be leaning on 4th-round pick David Bakhtiari as their starting left tackle. Anything to say about that, Robert Quinn? Eddie Lacy is expected to get his first NFL action. Mike McCarthy expects to rotate in all four of his QBs, including Vince Young. This sounds like a critical outing for Graham Harrell, who was terrible last week and has been terrible every time I've seen him in preseason. Reporters covering the Packers have made note that Clay Matthews is hardly ever beating anyone in practice, but say that's ok, he's just practicing technique.

All things considered, I'm expecting the home team to have a pretty good night. It sounds like the Rams are even ahead of the Packers at this point in camp, for what that's worth. Look for the RamView recap Sunday afternoon, and as we get better information about the Rams' injuries, I'll update right here.

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