101 … Wagoner on whether Jake Long is done

Rams in holding pattern on other injuries
By Nick Wagoner

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EARTH CITY, Mo. — St. Louis Rams coach Jeff Fisher watched helplessly as five starters departed his team’s preseason game against the Cleveland Browns with injuries. He said at the time he’d never been a part of anything like it.

Much to his chagrin, Fisher got to see something else he hadn’t seen before in Sunday’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, when he watched as six key players — left tackle Jake Long, receiver Brian Quick, guard Rodger Saffold, center Scott Wells and safeties Rodney McLeod and Cody Davis — depart with various ailments that did not return. Defensive end Williams Hayes was also spotted leaving the locker room on crutches.

“No, it’s not happened to me before,” Fisher said. “It was highly unusual, just losing the number of players that we did in the game.”

Fisher offered updates on the status of Long and Quick, both of whom were lost for the season with knee and shoulder injuries, respectively. But from the sound of things, none of the other issues were serious enough to offer an update.

The Rams spent Monday doing additional tests on the rest of the players, including a deeper inspection of Saffold’s shoulder and Wells’ elbow. Fisher did acknowledge that Davis would go through the concussion protocol after suffering that injury in Sunday’s game.

Otherwise, all Fisher would allow is that the Rams will have some players missing practice this week as they prepare for this weekend’s trip to San Francisco.

“We’re going to have a number of players that will not be available for practice in the middle of the week, so we’ll just go kind of day-to-day with them,” Fisher said.

The Rams also will make some roster adjustments this week, as they will have to replace Long and Quick on the active roster and might have to tweak the practice squad in order to have enough bodies at certain positions for practice.

On a better injury note, Fisher said cornerbacks Trumaine Johnson and Janoris Jenkins might be able to return this week.

“There’s a chance, yeah,” Fisher said. “(Johnson) made progress last week. Matter of fact, in the pregame, well before pregame he had a really good workout with (secondary) coach (Chuck) Cecil. So, there’s a chance he could come on back. I think Janoris has a chance as well.”