The Los Angeles Rams introduced that they’ve signed working again SaRodorick Thompson Jr.
Thompson was initially signed as an undrafted free agent out of Texas Tech by the New Orleans Saints final yr. He then wound up on the Seattle Seahawks, the place he spent a majority of the 2023 common season, showing in a single recreation earlier than being launched on Dec. 8.
In his time at Texas Tech, Thompson posted 540 carries for two,664 speeding yards and 40 touchdowns from 2018-2022.
The Rams’ working again room is already fairly deep with Kyren Williams, Blake Corum, Ronnie Rivers, Boston Scott and Zach Evans, so it’s unclear why they felt the necessity to usher in one other one. Maybe somebody is coping with an undisclosed damage and will likely be compelled to overlook a while.
Regardless, Thompson faces an uphill battle to make the Rams’ roster and received’t have a lot time to impress the teaching employees with just one preseason recreation to go. The Rams have sometimes stored 4 working backs on their roster, which implies somebody like Evans is even in peril of getting slicing on the finish of camp.
Operating again depth isn’t one thing a group can have an excessive amount of of although given what number of accidents sometimes occur on the place all through the course of a season. So even when Thompson doesn’t make the 53-man roster, maybe the Rams will have the ability to signal him to the apply squad as a way to preserve that depth within the group in case they want him later within the season.
As was the case final yr although, Williams is predicted to be the group’s workhorse within the backfield. The Rams drafted Corum within the third spherical although so clearly are very excessive on what he can add to their working again room.
Rams waive cornerback Jerry Jacobs with damage settlement
In a separate roster transfer, the Rams additionally introduced that they’ve waived cornerback Jerry Jacobs with an damage settlement. It’s unclear what damage Jacobs is coping with however his keep within the group was a brief one after being signed just a few weeks in the past so as to add depth to the secondary whereas others had been coping with accidents of their very own.
