INJURY REPORT
Four injured players _ defensive tackle Alex Carrington (knee), wide receiver Damian Williams (hamstring), defensive back back Lamarcus Joyner (groin) and cornerback Marcus Roberson _ have already been ruled out of Sunday's game.
Tight ends Cory Harkey (quadriceps) and Jared Cook (back) are questionable. So is long snapper Jake McQuaide, who sat out Friday's workout with a back issue.
Linebackers James Laurinaitis (foot), Will Herring (foot), Daren Bates (groin) are probable. Guard Davin Joseph is also probable.
On Offense:
Having your main hole opener starting FB Harkey & your starting TE hurting is not an easy thing for Lance Kendricks to overcome. I saw the flying helmet hit with the Denver player attached to it right to the middle of the back with Jared Cook going out of bounds it was a hard blow. Great time for TE Alex Bayer to get some triple action as a deep snapper, TE & Maybe some H-Back too. Alex Bayer has wonderful hands in the passing game. He has yet to line up on the field in our offense during regular season. During pre-season he caught 10 passes for 135 yds @ 13.5 yds a catch.
As far as what was Davin Joseph's issues this past week were????where he missed some practice...Fisher may have scheduled him some
Pink Spa room time to
calm him down & some hair removal performed ...cuz he was as mean as a ole Grizzled bear with a tooth ache last week against the Broncos.
On Defense:
DT Alex Carrington just means more action for Ethan Westbrooks. Even though Ethan has had no where near the on field time as Alex Carrington has Ethan he has 5 x the tackles....I prefer Ethan anyway. When Chris Long returns I think Alex Carrington is a prime candidate to send packing....I have seen nothing that would want me to see anymore of him as a Ram.
Having Bates available to back up JL who has a nagging foot injury would be comforting. With our starting Joyner, Nickel still out & CB Roberson out leaving us again with only 3 CB's
sure makes FS/Nickel Rodney McLeod that much more valuable to this team. On CB Roberson .....had a injury history as a Gator. Roberson only started 4 games last season as a Senior due to injury. Even with good coverage skills it may have been the very big reason Roberson went UNdrafted.