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Rams In-season Report
« on: Sep 3rd, 2008, 3:48am » |
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Just gettin' a "Rams In-season Report" thread going for 2008 with this accidentally misplaced post by our team correspondent (incidentally, correspondents, if you happen to write a report and the "In-season Report" thread for your team has not yet been started, go ahead and start one yourselves)...
on Sep 2nd, 2008, 8:22pm, rickgpin wrote:
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Re: Rams In-season Report
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The Rick, you're local, man... What are things really like down there? It seems like the wheels are really coming off. Jackson speaks out; Bulger wants to play no more under a Linehan-led Rams. What's up??? Here is the latest off "The REAL Feed":
Jackson criticizes Rams' benching of QB Bulger
ESPN: NFL (26.09.2008 15:25)
the 0-3 Rams, who are trying to hold themselves together while preparing to face the unbeaten Buffalo Bills on Sunday in St. Louis.
Holt tries to put distractions aside
SI.com: NFL (26.09.2008 16:34)
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Re: Rams In-season Report
« Reply #24 on: Nov 9th, 2008, 8:29am » |
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A surprise starter in St Louis. Former Alabama RB Kenneth Darby will get the start with injuries to Travis Minor and Antonio Pittman. Darby will split carries with Samkon Gado. I like Darby as a player. I watched him in the preseason two years ago at Tampa and he was a beast. I really hope he does well.....after being a 7th round draft pick.
Jackson out, Darby in for Rams
November 7th, 2008 @ 1:47pm
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Three weeks ago, Kenneth Darby was part of the Atlanta practice squad. On Sunday, he'll be an NFL starter.
St. Louis Rams coach Jim Haslett on Friday made Darby the starter for the game against the Jets in New York. Steven Jackson will sit as he continues to recover from a quad injury suffered in a game on Oct. 19 against Dallas.
Darby has two carries for 9 yards in his NFL career, but believe he's prepared as St. Louis (2-6) tries to snap a two-game losing streak.
"I'm ready for it," Darby said. "I've been preparing all week for it. "I know I'm ready. This is a great opportunity for me and I want to take full advantage of it. This opportunity I'm getting this Sunday is very rare for most guys, especially guys of my caliber."
Jackson was unable to practice Friday, a day after Haslett said if he couldn't work out he wouldn't play against the Jets (5-3).
"He didn't practice so he won't go this week," Haslett said.
Samkon Gado, signed by the Rams on Tuesday, will be Darby's backup. Gado was working as an assistant in the emergency room at Providence Hospital in Columbia, S.C., and had been out of the league since not being tendered a contract as a restricted free agent by the Miami Dolphins in the offseason.
Antonio Pittman, bothered by a hamstring, practiced Friday and will be available. Another backup running back, Travis Minor, is still dealing with a concussion and will not play.
The Rams signed Darby off the Falcons' practice squad Oct. 15. He was a seventh-round draft choice in 2007 by Tampa Bay and played in one game for the Buccaneers, when he also had two receptions for 16 yards. He has had 12 practices with the Rams.
Jackson said he will help Darby and Gado all he can.
"The offense is really complicated and it is going to take all the other 10 guys helping the young guys out," Jackson said.
It's a tall task. The Jets' defense, anchored by tackle Kris Jenkins, ranks fourth in rushing defense, allowing 76 yards per game.
Gado said he is glad to have the chance after bouncing around the league since 2005 with Kansas City, Green Bay, Houston and Miami. He said he was training six times a week in case a team called.
"This is the nature of the beast and you have to be ready when your number is called," he said.
Linebacker Chris Chamberlain missed practice Friday with the flu. DE Eric Moore (spine) is out for Sunday.
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Thanks a bunch! 
injured players remain questionable heading into Week 9... according to "The REAL Feed": 
of weeks right up until the bitter end with regards to Jackson's status... according to "The REAL Feed": 
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