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Week 2 in the NFL was filled with news and games that will affect the landscape of the league for the present and the long-term future. The benching of Bryce Young caught major headlines this week, but this week’s Four Verts column starts with a quality team that may have already had their season ended due to pure bad luck.
Rams just got dominated by the injury bug
Every year, some team just gets swarmed with injuries that derail their season before it can really get going. This year, that team is the Los Angeles Rams. If their injuries weren’t documented, it would be difficult to believe that a team could pile up this many huge blows to their health before the end of September — and just about all of them are on offense.
Star wide receivers Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua, as well as starting offensive linemen Jonah Jackson, Steve Avila and Joe Noteboom, are all set to miss extended time, which is bad news for a Rams team currently 0-2 as the NFC West is shaping up to be one of the toughest divisions in football.
The offense that was supposed to be one of the most electric, well-rounded units this year is all but decimated. Matthew Stafford, the right side of their offensive line and their top running backs are really the only pieces that remain that had people excited. Kupp, Nacua, Jackson, Avila and Noteboom are set to miss several weeks to months as they rehabilitate their current injuries. Unless Stafford and the coaching staff can come up with something improbable, this is probably it for the Rams’ season.
Their biggest hope toward staying afloat as they deal with these injuries is a young defense growing up with haste. That’s a little tough to envision after they let the Lions march down the field in overtime in Week 1 before getting blasted by the Cardinals in Week 2. This is a task that this group isn’t ready for, which is fine. They’re incredibly young on the frontlines and time will be needed before they can be counted on week in and week…
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Publish date : 2024-09-18 14:38:50
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