Wednesday injury report:
Out: Cortland Finnegan (hamstring), William Hayes (knee), Trumaine Johnson (sick), Rodger Saffold (knee).
Limited: Brandon McGee (thigh), Will Witherspoon (hamstring).
Recent transactions:
- The Rams re-signed linebacker Jo-Lonn Dunbar, who will start Sunday against the Jagwires. Dunbar, of course, is coming off a 4-week PED suspension.
- Tackle Max Starks was waived to make room for Dunbar on the roster. Starks was originally signed after Rodger Saffold's injury in week 2.
- Quinton Pointer cleared waivers and was placed on the practice squad at the time Starks was signed.
- Offensive lineman Mike Person was also signed after week 2. Person was on Seattle's roster for the second half of last season but only saw a few plays' worth of action in a jumbo tight end role. He's 6'4" 299 and was a 2011 7th-round pick of the 49ers. He was a NCAA Division II All-America LT for the University of Montana. Assistant secondary coach / Jeff Fisher's son Brandon played at Montana. Weird coincidence, huh? Note to Stan Kroenke: next head coach you hire, make sure he has a kid who went to Alabama.
- Person took the main roster spot that opened up when safety Matt Daniels went on season-long IR. Daniels suffered a broken ankle on a kickoff return against the Falcons.
- T.J. McDonald was placed on the injured reserve/return list after breaking his leg in the 49ers game.
- Cody Davis was promoted from the practice squad to replace McDonald.
- Emory Blake and Eric Stevens have been bouncing on and off the practice squad back and forth all season. After Davis was promoted, Blake replaced Stevens and Darren Woodard was added back on.
- Former Ram UDFA tackle Braden Brown was suspended by the league Monday. Brown started training camp on injured reserve due to a back injury and was waived injured two weeks ago. There's no indication what the suspension is for or if his release was related to it.
The current practice squad: Blake, Mason Brodine, Sammy Brown, Sean Hooey, Pointer, Jonathan Stewart, Justin Veltung and Woodard. Stewart started the regular season on the main roster and went to the practice squad when Isaiah Pead was activated after week 1.
That should catch us up on Rams' transactions so far this season.
Seriously?
The Rams are 12-point favorites Sunday over the Jagwires. I don't know how anyone could watch the Rams these past two games and favor them by 12 points over anybody. I wouldn't favor them by 12 over half the SEC, let alone any NFL team. Maybe even a couple of Big 10 teams. I'm aware that the Jagwires have been even more brutal all season than the Rams have been the past two games. I'm also aware they'll have by far the best RB (Jones-Drew) on the field Sunday and the two best WRs, though Cecil Shorts has been limited in practice and Justin Blackmon will be playing his first game of the season.Vegas has much more confidence in the Rams' ability to close the deal than I do.
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