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znModeratorI’m piling up overlapping tweets because when you see it happen by the hour, the news breaks half a tweet at a time. Half will be okay but the next tweet changes the other half. Etc.
Gary Klein@LATimesklein
Puka Nacua (hip) will not practice and is doubtful for game against Giants, McVay said. This is different issue than preseason, McVay said.Nate Atkins@NateAtkins_
Puka Nacua won’t practice for a second straight day with a groin injury and is questionable for Monday night vs. the Giants. It’s a different injury than the psoas from camp.His direct backup, Jordan Whittington, is doubtful with a quad.
Kam Kinchens is out with the hamstring.
Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Other injury updates from Sean McVay:– ILB Omar Speights (hip) will be a full participant today
– S Kam Curl (ankle) and ILB Nate Landman (shoulder) will be limited
– WR Jordan Whittington (quad) will be listed as doubtful
– S Kam Kinchens (hamstring) won’t practice today and will be out for MNFRams Bros.@RamsBrothers
Saw that Puka is questionable, doubtful and will be a game-time decision all in the last hour.Hoping he’s able to go. Giants are down 3 starting DB’s
Rams News BR 🇧🇷@RamsNewsBR
Regarding the other players:– Omar Speights trained normally.
– Kam Curl and Nate Landman trained in a limited fashion.
– Kam Kinchens did not train and will be out for Monday’s game.znModeratorJosh Chambers@JoshChambers
Troy Aikman says Norv Turner saved his career by changing the culture around him“My first two years in Dallas, I was on that path. I was on the path of being a bust. We were the worst offense in football, really both years, my first and second year in the league.”
“Norv Turner then came in my third year with the same players, really. Pretty much the same offensive linemen, same skill players. Emmitt, Michael, Novacek. And our first year, we were a top-10 offense, and we went to the playoffs for the first time. Won 11 games.”
“And then the next two years with Norv, we were top five offensively and we won two Super Bowls. Even in today’s game, there’s not a lot of great offensive minds. And if you’re one of these quarterbacks who’s fortunate enough to play for one, you got a chance to be really successful.”
“Everyone points to Sam Darnold and what he’s gone through and where he’s been the last two years. And that’s a great example of it. He’s been around really great coaching. He’s excelled, and we’ve seen his talents come out. And that’s what happened to me.”
“There’s a reason why Norv Turner was my presenter when I went into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Michael and Emmitt, they both credit Norv Turner for turning their careers around.”
znModeratorfrom https://www.si.com/nfl/rams/onsi/rams-myles-garrett-injury-return-timeline
Past NFL Knee Surgeries Provide a Potential Timeline
In 2018, Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon had arthroscopic knee surgery to remove a small particle in his knee that was dislodged. Mixon missed just two weeks and wasn’t placed on injured reserve.
Another close comparison to Garrett’s case is Robert Quinn in 2022. Quinn had an in-season arthroscopic knee surgery and missed four games, returning in time for the Philadelphia Eagles’ playoff run. While it was back in 2011, Osi Umenyiora had arthroscopic knee surgery in mid-August during the offseason and still missed the first three games of the season.
znModeratorLos Angeles Rams PR@TheLARamsPR
Steve Avila registered the fourth-highest offensive grade (84.9) and second-highest run blocking grade (90.3) for all guards in Week 1 (min. 25 snaps played), according to
@PFF. He was one of two guards in the NFL to finish Week 1 with a run blocking grade above 90.0.znModeratorGary Klein@LATimesklein
Rams star receiver Puka Nacua did not practice. Per injury report he was out because of a hip injury.Rams News BR@RamsNewsBR
Injury Report this Friday. Puka Nacua (hip) and Jordan Whittington (quadriceps) did not participate in practice. Davante Adams has already returned to normal training sessions after his veteran rest day.Nate Atkins@NateAtkins_
FS Kam Kinchens (hamstring) was working out off to the side.Sarah Barshop@sarahbarshop
The Rams have signed S Tanner Ingle from the practice squad to the active roster and signed DT Jaxson Moi to the practice squad.Nate Atkins@NateAtkins_
The Rams defense is a bit banged up at the moment, but it should get a jolt on Monday night against the Giants.Aaron Donald plans to play.
For the first time in two years.
znModeratorNick Hamilton@NickHamilton213
QB Matthew Stafford & WR Davante Adams spoke w/ me about the challenges of facing the #BigBlue defenseStafford: “They have a good scheme and those guys attack. When you watch them play, even the first play of the game against the Cowboys, Abdul Carter just blowing up the back sift or whatever that was. You look at those plays and you go, ‘Man, these guys, they play with their hair on fire. They really get after it.’”
Adams: “Sometimes in a situation like what we have, we have a lot of good interior guys and guys up front to where on the back end, those guys may not have to work quite as hard and quite as long. You look at who they have up front and that’s where it starts on every team. They have some guys that can get to the quarterback and put some pressure on you in the run game and all those facets.”
znModeratorGregg Rosenthal and Jourdan Rodrigue preview EVERY Week 2 NFL game.
56:20 Giants at Rams on Monday Night Football
This is pretty good.
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znModeratorThey get to the Rams at about 56.25 in.
NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal
Gregg Rosenthal and Jourdan Rodrigue preview EVERY Week 2 NFL game.00:00 START
01:00 Bengals at Texans
07:50 Vikings at Bears
16:25 Saints at Ravens
23:00 Steelers at Patriots
30:20 Packers at Jets
37:20 Panthers at Falcons
43:50 Browns at Buccaneers
49:20 Eagles at Titans
56:20 Giants at Rams on Monday Night Football
01:04:30 Seahawks at Cardinals
01:10:50 Jaguars at Broncos
01:18:15 Raiders at Chargers
01:26:05 Colts at Chiefs on Monday Night Football
01:32:50 Commanders at Cowboys
01:39:34 Dolphins at 49ersznModeratorPro Football Rumors@pfrumors
Already without their starting center, the #Lions will also go without their right tackle and left guard on Thursday night against the #Bills…
Gee I wonder how that will work out.
He said, sarcastically, long after the game.
znModeratorLAFB Network@LAFBNetwork
Matthew Stafford has struggled against Raheem Morris-led defenses over the last two seasons: 2 touchdowns, 4 interceptions and 2 losses. Against every other team in that span, Stafford has 44 touchdowns, 5 interceptions and just 4 losses.September 17, 2026 at 9:15 pm in reply to: interviews & podcasts, 9/14 – ? … starting w/ McVay on 60 min… #166117znModeratorznModeratorJason La Canfora@JasonLaCanfora
Winning in NFL right now is defined by ability to create 25 yard plays and defend them. That’s what Sean McVay believes. Might be as correlated to winning as turnovers. Teams that went +3 or better in EPD were 6-1 Week 1znModeratorOK, I’m skeptical about that vid. That cant be true
Patriots’ video tactic for field goals was, and still is, legal
Mike Florio
Former NFL analytics coach Ryan Paganetti made a stir recently by pointing out that the Patriots have crafted an advantage for field-goal attempts via an optical illusion on the video board.
It was, and still is, perfectly legal.
Via Ben Volin of the Boston Globe, the NFL confirmed Monday that the tactic falls squarely within the rules.
Volin adds the text of the policy: “Video During Kicks — All video and ribbon boards must show either a static image (e.g., no flashing images, blinking effects, moving text/images, etc.) or an All-22 view (e.g., high sideline, high end zone, etc.) during field goal attempts and extra-point attempts. Any flashing, moving, or blinking text/images displayed on video boards or ribbon boards during field goal attempts and extra points are considered a violation of this policy. The prohibition will begin when the kicking team reaches the line of scrimmage and continues through the signal by the Game Officials following the kick.”
And while former Patriots rules and strategy savant Ernie Adams relishes the perception that it was another stroke of genius (“f nothing else,” Adams told Volin, “we are deep into other people’s heads many years later”), the truth (as we understand it) is that the idea emerged innocuously: Former Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski didn’t like seeing an image of himself on the board before he attempted a kick.
That led, eventually, to the realization that it could be turned into another edge, with the all-22 image putting four goalposts in the view of the opposing kicker, with nothing on the board when the Patriots kicked.
It worked out perfectly that the video boards are in the kickers’ field of vision, and it’s something that perhaps teams designing new stadiums may want to try to incorporate.
Unless and until the rule changes.
znModeratorDolphins might not make the playoffs
Just fwiw, Jarquez Hunter is on their practice squad.
Imagine how Hunter feels. He was traded–for a player the Rams let walk because they did not want to sign that player to an extension–to the worst team in the league.
It’s like you got detained for having expired plates, and then when you pay for registration and finally retrieve your car from the impound, on the way home you get pulled over for speeding
znModeratorColeman Shelton and Warren McClendon were among the top players in run block win rate on the interior offensive line and at tackle, respectively.
According to ESPN analytics, Shelton was graded as the second-highest center behind Tampa Bay’s Graham Barton and fourth overall among interior linemen, securing 24 wins out of 27 plays. McClendon also earned 25 wins out of 27 plays, ranking fourth among tackles.
znModeratorThe last time Aaron Donald faced the NY Giants:
– 5 Tackles
– 2 Sacks
– 2 TFL's
– 2 QB Hits https://t.co/ChmpHikkPc pic.twitter.com/IFtOjP724W— LAFB Network (@LAFBNetwork) September 16, 2026
znModeratorznModeratorRams News BR@RamsNewsBR
According to Ian Rapoport, Aaron Donald is expected to be on the field for the next MNF, against the Giants.znModeratorCameron DaSilva@camdasilva
Matthew Stafford watched the Giants beat the Cowboys on Sunday night and called them a “dangerous team” ahead of the Rams’ upcoming matchup on Monday nightznModeratorRams Bros.@RamsBrothers
One bad game against a coach who famously has our number and defensive coordinator who hung around him for 3+ years. And they’re ready to write off the MVP of the league.Stafford’s last INT against SF was in 2023 before the Australia game.
znModeratorNext Gen Stats@NextGenStats
The Broncos defense missed 28 tackles against the Chiefs, allowing 247 yards after missed tackles, the most yards allowed by any defense in a game since at least 2018.The Broncos had eight different defenders miss multiple tackles on the night.
September 14, 2026 at 9:47 pm in reply to: interviews & podcasts, 9/14 – ? … starting w/ McVay on 60 min… #166089znModeratorSean McVay Talks Byron Young’s Growth, Staying Present, Aaron Donald’s Leadership & More
Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay joins J.B. Long on The Coach McVay Show after the Rams’ Week 1 matchup against the San Francisco 49ers. Together, they discuss the impact of outside linebackers Byron Young, Josaiah Stewart & Desjuan Johnson, staying present in the face of adversity, defensive end Aaron Donald’s foundational leadership, and more.
01:07 Week 1 vs. the San Francisco 49ers
04:16 Aspirations vs. expectations
06:37 Update on Myles Garrett
09:31 Linebacker depth
10:46 Aaron Donald’s leadership
13:01 Lessons learned for Week 2
19:23 Backup quarterbackznModeratorIn Week 1 against the San Francisco 49ers, Stewart played 28 of 64 total defensive snaps. Garrett and Young were on the field for 40 and 47, respectively… In a small sample size, Stewart finished with the third-highest Pro Football Focus (PFF) grade on defense at 75.9.
Stu Jackson@StuJRams
With Josaiah Stewart potentially due for a bigger role in Myles Garrett’s absence, asked Sean McVay what he’s seen in Stewart since Stewart arrived in LA (2025 3rd round pick):“I’ve seen consistent growth. I thought he did a lot of good things the other day. I think he’s a complete player that can really be a positive contributor in both phases, defending the run, rushing the passer. He’ll be asked to step up, as will everybody in that group.”
znModeratorWhy surgery became Rams’ best option for star pass rusher Myles Garrett
Nate Atkins
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams will be without their best defensive player for the next month, and possibly longer.
Reigning Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett is undergoing surgery Monday on the knee he injured early in training camp and is headed to injured reserve. That will keep him out for at least the next four games, and coach Sean McVay isn’t willing to put a timetable on when his star edge rusher will return.
“I think it’s all contingent upon how did things go today,” McVay said. “You feel good about it, but I think it’d be unfair to him without having the totality of all the information to put any sort of timeline on it. We know that he’ll be available in four weeks potentially, and we’ll take that a day at a time.”
Garrett first started experiencing knee soreness on July 29, which led to a trip to the trainer’s room at Loyola Marymount University and delayed his first training camp news conference by more than an hour. He took two practices off before returning on a maintenance schedule that carried over until shortly after the team returned to its facility in Woodland Hills on Aug. 8.
“I’m allowed to get sore,” Garrett, 30, said at the time. “I’m a little old.”
Then, suddenly, he was barely practicing as joint sessions with the Dallas Cowboys and the New Orleans Saints began. McVay said after the Cowboys joint practice that Garrett estimated that he was at around 85 percent of his normal abilities at the time.
Garrett finally returned to practice Sept. 6 as the Rams transitioned into regular-season mode with a game on tap against the San Francisco 49ers in Melbourne, Australia. He practiced four out of five days that week, with full sessions on Wednesday and Thursday, and McVay described Garrett’s status as full-go.
But then the game arrived, and Garrett played 40 of the team’s 65 defensive snaps in addition to six plays between the punt and field goal block teams. Against the 49ers, Garrett rotated in and out at different times and couldn’t find any rhythm. He finished with zero sacks, zero tackles and zero quarterback hits.
The Rams blitzed on just 11.1 percent of plays, per TruMedia. They banked on Garrett and three rushers to get home, but they logged just two quarterback hits and zero sacks on 39 dropbacks from Brock Purdy in the 27-7 loss.
“This was the worst version of myself that I’ve put out there,” Garrett said after the game. “I’ve got to be better. I’ve got to find a way to recover and get back to the player I know that I can be and that I’ve shown I’ve been before. … When I was out there, I was a little bit more focused on myself and trying to stay healthy than what they were doing, and it showed. I wasn’t where I needed to be for my team.”
Asked about his goals for Week 2 against the New York Giants on “Monday Night Football,” Garrett could only talk about the knee.
“Getting healthy,” Garrett said. “That’s the main thing.”
That night, McVay and Garrett discussed his knee and decided they needed to explore another avenue. The time off in training camp didn’t give him the freshness they wanted, and the version he showed was a long way from the one who set the NFL’s all-time single-season sacks record with 23 last season for the Cleveland Browns.
“I thought we would take an approach where he’d be feeling good enough to go, contribute positive change and be the player that he’s capable of,” McVay said. “That wasn’t the case, and so the next right thing for us is to be able to get this thing fixed.”
The Rams opted against having Garrett undergo surgery after the initial injury scare, hoping a maintenance plan could get him to the regular season. If they had done so in early August, Garrett could be more than a month into recovery. That’s the amount of time he must now miss on IR that will keep him out of games against the Giants, Denver Broncos, Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills in arguably the toughest stretch of the Rams’ schedule. It will be the longest stretch of missed games in his career, as he had only missed five total in the previous nine seasons.
The Rams also opted not to have Garrett stay home for the trip to Australia, a decision they did make for Aaron Donald, who is healthy but ramping back into football shape after two years of retirement.
“The direction that we went with Myles and the direction we went with Aaron are totally separate situations and circumstances,” McVay said. “With Myles, it was more along the lines of we had been aware of this, thought it was something that he would be able to work through. Obviously being out there and playing in a real game, you learn, hey, maybe that’s not the case, so let’s change course with that, and then Aaron is more just getting him up to speed.”
Ultimately, the Rams did not see one week off as making the difference for Garrett’s knee, given that he’s had plenty of time off over the past month. Garrett did spend around 32 hours on the flight, though the team plane featured laydown beds for each player.
It creates an unfortunate blow to a defense that needs to rebound from a disappointing performance against the 49ers and a team that needs to dig out of a 0-1 hole. After all, the Rams traded Pro Bowl edge rusher Jared Verse to the Browns in order to acquire Garrett as an upgrade.
The Rams could receive a major reinforcement this week if Donald is ready to make his debut for the home opener at SoFi Stadium. McVay wasn’t ready to commit to a timeline for Donald.
“He’s going to continue to work his process, and we’ll see what that looks like,” McVay said.
Donald decided to return to the Rams, in part, because of Garrett. The blockbuster trade for Garrett came right before Donald embarked on what he called a 14-week journey to train and think like an NFL player again.
The potential was alluring, as Garrett and Donald combine for five Defensive Player of the Year awards and can create the first pass rusher tandem in NFL history with 100 career sacks and a 20-sack season for each.
The Rams hope that day can come in Week 6 against the Arizona Cardinals, if Garrett can recover from surgery by then.
In the meantime, they’ll hope Donald can provide some of the impact and attention Garrett demands from opposing offensive lines, and they’ll look to Pro Bowl edge rusher Byron Young as well as second-year outside linebacker Josaiah Stewart to provide their edge presence. Kobie Turner and Braden Fiske are also options to play the edge on run downs.
znModeratorl, I think it was ‘more’ reckless to let him play that game on a bad knee, than to take care of it with surgery a month ago
They did not know he had a “bad knee” that could not be played on, until he played.
That’s the nature of this kind of injury.
For years this is the team and medical staff that got us used to the idea that player x was being held out “to err on the side of caution.” They rested him for a month. If he felt pain before a game he would not have played. Then they just needed to find out if he COULD play…and playing him was the only way to find that out.
They did not know he needed surgery, until they found out.
Again. This is not structural knee damage to a tendon or ligament. It’s something more elusive and easier to fix. The dumber thing to do would be to lay him up with surgery if he didn’t need it. Playing him after a month’s rest was the only way to find out he needed it.
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znModeratorNate Atkins@NateAtkins_
Myles Garrett’s knee was a situation they’ve managed for weeks since the initial injury. Sean McVay said they hoped he could play through it and learned in the game that he wasn’t nearly himself.They did not consider leaving him in L.A. like they did with Aaron Donald.
znModeratorThat just seems a little weird to me. That they all waited until the first game to figure out Garrett couldnt play. Why wasn’t this evident in the practices with other teams?
It makes perfect sense. Whatever issue he had, they knew it was one that could heal. Which tells you right away what it could be–my guess is loose fragments in the knee’s fluid, which can cause pain and swelling. So it whatever it is, it is something that could heal–but just didn’t. They could only find out it didn’t by him playing.
The reason it was not evident in the pre-season is because the minute Garrett starting hurting, they kept him out of all scrimmages and practices. He was sidelined for a month.
This is not a team that’s reckless with issues of health and injury. Remember, they kept Donald out. So how is it they would be cautious with Donald but careless with Garrett? The obvious answer is that they were consistent–they did not recklessly expose Garrett out of medical stupidity, rather it really was the case that the only way to find out he couldn’t play was by playing him.
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znModeratorStu Jackson@StuJRams
Other injury updates from Sean McVay:S Kam Curl (ankle) “is good,” just had some ankle soreness
ILB Nate Landman “got his shoulder and his thumb.” Team will be smart with him this week, but expects him to be ready to go for MNF vs. Giants
TE Davis Allen returned to game
znModeratorSarah Barshop@sarahbarshop
Sean McVay said the thought was Myles Garrett’s injury. was “something that he would be able to work through.”“Obviously being out there and playing in a real game, you learn like, ‘Hey, maybe that’s not the case.’ So let’s change course with that.”
McVay on Myles Garrett’s injury: “Thought we would take an approach where he’d be feeling good enough to go contribute positive change and be the player that he’s capable of. That wasn’t the case. And so the next right thing for us is to be able to get this thing fixed.”
Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Sean McVay said he isn’t sure how long Myles Garrett will be out after knee surgery, partly because he didn’t want to put a timeline on it until he has all the information post-surgery. Garrett will miss at least the next four games on Injured Reserve. -
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