Los Angeles Rams vs. Atlanta Falcons: Intermediate injury report has just one upgrade for LA

The Los Angeles Rams started held their second practice today for the wild card round of the playoffs against the Atlanta Falcons. It was the first contact practice after yesterday’s walkthrough session.

As such, it was a legitimate marker on health info from the injury report:

So, not much to work with overall. DB Blake Countess got upgraded, but LB Mark Barron, WR Michael Thomas, and Pro Bowl returner Pharoh Cooper were unchanged.

Rams Head Coach Sean McVay did allude to Cooper’s toughness in his media remarks yesterday, so perhaps we should have some confidence that he’ll be able to go, practice status notwithstanding.

Here’s ATL’s side:

Here’s what Dave Choate had to say about the report over at the Falcoholic, the SB Nation community for fans of the Falcons:

The good news, then, is that there is no indication that Devonta Freeman is going to miss the Rams game. He’s hurt, certainly, and the team is taking it easy with him in the run-up to the game. While we may see more Tevin Coleman this weekend again—he actually out-snapped Freeman last game—I’d expect Freeman to be active and running in his typical fearless way. The Falcons certainly need him.

Things are less certain for Andre Roberts, the Falcons’ polarizing return man. He finished the year as one of the league’s leading returners despite penalties wiping out several big returns, but he also had a nasty habit of taking the ball out of the end zone and getting taken down at the 15 yard line or so. If he can’t go, chances are good the Falcons will hand the keys over to somebody like Justin Hardy for the Rams game.

We’ll get the final injury report with game designations tomorrow. Stay tuned!