Steven Jackson Injury: Jackson Not Expected to Play

by Ryan Van Bibber on Sep 19, 2011 7:26 AM CDT in 2011 NFL regular season

ST. LOUIS, MO - SEPTEMBER 11: Steven Jackson #39 of the St. Louis Rams runs for a touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles at the Edward Jones Dome on September 11, 2011 in St. Louis, Missouri. The Eagles defeated the Rams 31-15. (Photo by Jeff Curry/Getty Images)

St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson is most likely going to sit out tonight, according to the Post Dispatch, for the Rams Monday night game against the New York Giants. Jackson did not practice this week. Over the weekend, head coach Steve Spagnuolo said that Jackson would be evaluated on Monday before the game.

Cadillac Williams will handle the bulk of the running work, with Jerious Norwood coming in for spot duty. New addition Quinn Porter is expected to see some work as a returner, with Danny Amendola also out.

The Rams are seven point underdogs to a Giants team dealing with its own lengthy injury list. Defensive end Justin Tuck and wide receiver Hakeem Nicks are both questionable for tonight's game.

New York allowed Tim Hightower to run for 72 yards and a touchdown on 25 carries last week in a loss to Washington. More than anything, though, the Rams offensive line is closely watching tape of that game in order to allow Sam Bradford the same kind of success that Rex Grossman had, passing for 2 touchdowns and more than 300 yards. Grossman was sacked 4 times.

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During a commercial on SNF, for tonights game

It said ‘Sam Bradford and the Rams take on…..,’ and it showed Sam (clearly) and Cadillac. I thought it was odd seeing him as the ‘Rams’ portion of that statement. Oddly enough, comfortable with it…….tonight, he validates why we scooped him up

by DCRamFan on Sep 19, 2011 7:37 AM CDT reply actions

and that's part of the decision

having a solid backup, finally, allows them not to risk further injury to SJ

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by Ryan Van Bibber on Sep 19, 2011 8:01 AM CDT up reply actions

and #39 will be his biggest fan tonight

Caddy is going to have a big game….I can’t wait to be on here tomorrow morning talking about how integral he was in our first F’N WIN!

by DCRamFan on Sep 19, 2011 8:16 AM CDT up reply actions

Not overly concerned about missing S-Jax tonight...

Now, our WR and CB situation? Hmm, not that confident to be honest. We need at least one guy – just one – from each group to step up to the plate, otherwise we could be looking at a real long season ahead…

by JoolzMF on Sep 19, 2011 8:29 AM CDT via iPhone app reply actions

Justin King

will step up and surprise us with good play!

by Fullerton Rams Fan on Sep 19, 2011 8:55 AM CDT up reply actions

msw may step up tonight to make up for last sunday

after watching the game the Eagles played against the Falcon’s I feel confident at least msw can become free. The Falcons receivers were covered pretty well and barely got free and that is including Julio Jones granted he did make a great catch but prior to that he was covered most of the game.

by Freewheeler2 on Sep 19, 2011 8:45 AM CDT reply actions