Rams' Injury Issues: Updates from Coach Sean McVay

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00:00Eric, first of all, let's start off with this Rams training camp and and by the way, we'll

00:10go from Rams to Chargers, by the way, but the Rams practice with the Chargers this past

00:16weekend.

00:17Puka Nakua got hurt, although I'll play for you.

00:19In fact, why don't we just play it for Eric right now, Alex?

00:22Here's what Sean McVay, the coach of the Rams, said about Puka Nakua.

00:26And then when we come back, I want to I want to double down on this.

00:28Go ahead and play that, Alex.

00:29And you know, it's just going to be week to week with him, nothing serious, nothing

00:33structurally.

00:34He'll be in good shape and he'll recover and we'll be ready to go.

00:37No threat of anything for Detroit.

00:39OK, so Sean McVay seems very positive about Puka Nakua.

00:43I'm not 100 percent sure I buy all of that.

00:47But in addition to losing Puka Nakua, at least for now, three starting offensive linemen

00:53for the Rams are down and they went out and they signed three guys yesterday.

00:58One guy played for the Patriots last year.

01:00He's, you know, career backup player, six or seven year veteran at a UCLA.

01:04Two guys came from just having played in the UFL.

01:08Right.

01:09And according to the reports, it's not just because of the starting offensive linemen

01:12that are out, but even the Rams backup offensive lineman got beat up by the Chargers this past

01:18weekend.

01:19What can you tell us about the Rams situation?

01:21Well, as you said, they got three guys out on their starting offensive line.

01:26Kevin Stein, left tackle, he has an ankle injury, Jonah Jackson, who they gave a lot

01:30of money to.

01:31I think it's a shoulder for Jonah.

01:33And then Alaric Jackson, I believe, is dealing with a lower leg injury.

01:37He's their left tackle.

01:38So that is more concerning to me than Puka being out for a little bit, because when you

01:44have a 36 year old quarterback, that protection up front is going to be paramount in order

01:48to keep Stafford on the field.

01:50And it's one of the reasons they made the investment, both in Jonah Jackson and Kevin

01:54Johnson, their right guard, who they picked up from Pittsburgh last year and played really

01:58well for them.

02:00And so when you go and sign three guys like they did, I think it's more in terms of just

02:04being able to practice because you have those off those starters out, you need to be able

02:09to go out and get reps with the twos and threes.

02:12And so I think it's just more of being a practice for McVay.

02:16But longer term, you are concerned about those injuries to those starters, particularly Jackson,

02:22because he's coming off of an injury for last year.

02:25And so that's going to be something that I'm keeping an eye on.

02:29I am going to go watch their joint practice against the Cowboys on Thursday.

02:34And so, again, that'll be something I'll watch out for both the offensive line and then who's

02:38giving the reps for Puka now that he's not playing.

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