Injuries back in the picture for the Rams

by Ryan Van Bibber on Dec 6, 2010 10:43 AM CST in 2010 St. Louis Rams season

The St. Louis Rams suffered some potentially costly injuries in their win over Arizona, including LB Na'il DIggs and CB Ron Bartell.

Ok, we've used every cliche in the book to describe the physical battle the St. Louis Rams fought in their win over the Cardinals yesterday. The downside to winning a game like that is the price a team pays with injuries, and the Rams suffered a few that could impact their race for the playoffs.

After using four players this season to to and answer their need at weakside linebacker, the Rams now have to find an answer on the strong side. Na'il Diggs suffered a shoulder injury late in yesterday's game, and head coach Steve Spagnuolo said he could be out of action for a time. The most logical answer is to bring back David Vobora, who started at WLB yesterday, to the strong side, where he started with solid results last season. Vobora is a good run defender, but did nothing to answer the question at WLB yesterday so moving him back to the strong side makes the most sense for the Rams at this point.

LB Chris Chamberlain, a special teams ace and the Rams' nickel linebacker, injured his hand, but played through it yesterday.

Easily the most worrisome injury for the Rams is Ron Bartell's shoulder. He tried to get back in the action against Arizona, but left again after just one snap. Kevin Dockery, Justin King and Quincy Butler really stepped up with Bartell out of action, but Drew Brees and the Saints aren't exactly the Cardinals.

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Oi vey

This is of great concern. The Saints rely mostly on their passing game. We already lacked at CB, this is really stretching it.

Also, Craig Dahl has had two ACL injuries. I really hope this is just soreness and nothing too serious. He makes clutch tackles and yesterday’s INT was awesome. I hope he can play next week.

by Rams07 on Dec 6, 2010 2:43 PM CST via mobile reply actions

Will Rams draft 2 OLB's within the first 4 rounds next draft?

I’d say:

Pick #1 = impact olb OR impact DE or WR
Pick #2 = same as above
Pick #3 = db, de or olb
Pick #4 = same as above

this is without looking at any players yet, just needs.

by jlcdb70 on Dec 6, 2010 3:13 PM CST reply actions

the only way

the Rams win in New orleans is if the Saints turn the ball over 5 or more times. If we get a couple defensive TDs and SJ runs for over 150 yards. I would love to see a victory against the Saints but I just don’t think we have enough to pull it off. We have been getting better but unless we get some extremely lucky breaks I just don’t see it happening. But again, if we beat the Seahags and 49ers I think we’ll come out on top.

by johnny scuba on Dec 6, 2010 3:16 PM CST reply actions