Uh oh, St. Louis Rams FB Mike Karney out with ankle injury

by Ryan Van Bibber on Aug 5, 2009 2:26 PM CDT in 2009 Training Camp

St. Louis Rams FB Mike Karney, an important part of the plan to make RB Steven Jackson the centerpiece of the offense, sat out practice again today with a ankle injury.

An x-ray confirmed that the injury is similar to one he's dealt with before. Spagnuolo was optimistic that Karney will be back on the field soon enough. Let's hope the coach is right. Last season, Karney missed 4 games because of his ankle.

G John Greco twisted his ankle today and sat out. A couple other notes of interest from practice today include Chris Draft working with the first team as the SLB. We're not even a week into camp, so the battle for that job is far from over.

In kick returning news, WR Tim Carter jumped into the mix today, and the official Rams site reports that Ronald Curry is getting a look. I don't believe Curry will still be getting a look as camp moves along. Carter's an interesting name, and I'll be anxious to hear reports on how he does. The official site says that Kenneth Darby "has been getting the first look." Hmm, the Rams are really smitten with Darby right now. Just last week, he was said to be the primary backup for Steven Jackson.

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Man I really hope Karney comes back from his injury. He’s essential to S-Jax this year.

The name's Rams, St. Louis Rams.

by Bond_007x on Aug 5, 2009 2:32 PM CDT reply actions

Did anyone see him go down???

Anybody out there reading this who was at the practice when it happened might be able to tell us more… like did he walk off the field under his on power? Or was he being helped? Did he stay on the sidelines or did he go to the showers?

I’m just a concerned fan wondering.

Go Rams!

"We can't run. We can't pass. We can't stop the run. We can't stop the pass. We can't kick. Other than that, we're just not a very good football team right now." --- Bruce Coslett, New York Jets Head Coach circa 1990s

by Nbr1RamFan on Aug 5, 2009 2:51 PM CDT reply actions