The Rams have so many injuries right now, the list gets its own post. The Rams were too banged up on Wednesday to even do a proper practice. They just did a walkthrough. Even in Steve Spagnuolo's injury-plagued regime I can't remember such a thing happening.
Questionable
* Aaron Donald, shoulder. The biggest injury to worry about since he's been the defense's best player this year. Was limited on Friday, which was his first practice of the week.
* Jo-Lonn Dunbar, toe
* Janoris Jenkins, knee. Injured against Seattle. Sat out the Kansas City game and has not practiced this week. I wouldn't count on him.
* Rodney McLeod, knee. Injured against Kansas City. Was limited Friday.
Probable
* Tim Barnes, shoulder
* Kenny Britt, hip
* Cody Davis, concussion. Injured against Kansas City. Has passed the league protocol.
* William Hayes, foot
* Trumaine Johnson, knee. Johnson will play against the 49ers, I assume as the starter.
* Lamarcus Joyner, hip
* Marcus Roberson, ankle
* Scott Wells, elbow. I'll start with the optimistic o-line news: there's a chance the Rams' line will be pretty intact Sunday.
* Rodger Saffold, shoulder. As for the pessimistic news, I want to start by giving the injury-plagued Saffold all the credit in the world for being willing to pay through pain. But it's widely believed he is going to need shoulder surgery after the season, assuming it holds up for another two months. In other words, the Raiders weren't crazy, just sloppy, when they signed him this spring and then said they weren't keeping him because he failed a physical. The Rams then pooh-poohed that and signed him to a big deal. More top dollar from this regime for damaged goods.
Out for season
* Jake Long, ACL. Like Bradford, Long re-tore the ACL that put him out last season, and the new injury was almost exactly ten months after the old injury. The Rams are being defended as not having rushed Long or Bradford back. Didn't an ACL use to be a one-year recovery? In any event, that'll do it for Long as a Ram. He's not a talent bust like Drew Bennett, he's an injury bust, but his signing rivals Bennett's as one of the worst free agent signings in the St. Louis era. Long is way too juicy a cap target to even think about bringing back for 2015, and he has an obvious replacement on hand in Robinson, so the Rams will let him go and not look back. Long would represent cheap veteran insurance for the second half of the 2015 season, and a lot of guys will be injured by then, so I expect he'll finish his rehab while with another team.
* Brian Quick, shoulder. When he went to the ground after his only catch Sunday, he separated his shoulder and tore his rotator cuff. Rotator cuff? St. Louis really is a baseball town. This is the injury that mainly tells us the football gods hate the Rams. By all appearances, Quick is on his way as a quality NFL receiver. This injury has the crappiest timing I can imagine. The WR corps I see right now needs beefing up if Quick can't be relied on 100% next year. Kenny Britt needs to start showing up, Brian Schottenheimer needs to figure out how the hell to get the ball to Tavon Austin and it's time for Stedman Bailey to flash that preseason form.
The Rams reportedly made 18 roster moves this week to adjust for all the injuries. I'm obviously behind on transactions anyway; that will also be getting its own post.
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