The Los Angeles Rams bounced again with a 28-22 win over the New England Patriots in Week 11 to get again to .500 on the season.
The workforce was with out Rob Havenstein for the second consecutive sport after he injured his ankle in a victory in opposition to the Seattle Seahawks earlier this month.
Warren McClendon began in Havenstein’s place at proper sort out as a result of ordinary backup Joe Noteboom additionally coping with an ankle damage of his personal.
Rams head coach Sean McVay mentioned Havenstein is making progress and will return for the workforce’s sport in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday Evening Soccer in Week 12, by way of Stu Jackson of TheRams.com:
“We’ll take it a day at a time,” McVay mentioned. “He’s a type of guys, like we’ve talked about with a few of these veterans, he actually understands his physique, however I do know he’s chomping on the bit to get again on the market, and he’s going to do all the things in his energy to try this. We simply need to be sure that he’s able to go, however he’s trending in that being a risk.”
The Rams doubtlessly getting Havenstein again for an necessary matchup with the Eagles could be an enormous increase and go a great distance towards retaining the momentum going.
The 32-year-old is the chief of the offensive line and has appeared in seven of the workforce’s 10 video games this 12 months. He beforehand missed the season opener in opposition to the Detroit Lions because of an ankle damage as nicely.
If Havenstein is ready to play on Sunday, the Rams’ offensive line could be at full energy for the primary time this season. Steve Avila was not too long ago reinstated from injured reserve, becoming a member of Alaric Jackson and Kevin Dotson as key holdovers from final 12 months.
Jonah Jackson, one of many Rams’ largest signings of the offseason, was benched in favor of retaining Beaux Limmer within the beginning lineup at middle.
Rams’ Sean McVay offers sport balls to former Patriots
After their much-needed win on Sunday, McVay handed out sport balls to the likes of Matthew Stafford, Braden Fiske, Kamren Kinchens and others who hung out with the Patriots.
Among the many latter was Rams backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, who spent the primary three seasons of his profession in New England and at one level seemed to be the inheritor obvious to Tom Brady.
Rams senior offensive assistant Jerry Schuplinski, offensive line coach Ryan Wendell and tight ends coach/cross sport coordinator Nick Caley additionally acquired sport balls for his or her earlier stints with the Patriots.
