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Sarah Barshop
LOS ANGELES — Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford didn’t observe Monday after being anticipated to participate in particular person drills in his return to observe from an aggravated disk in his again.
Monday’s observe was anticipated to be the subsequent step in Stafford’s return from again soreness after he threw 68 passes on the Rams’ observe facility Saturday morning. On Sunday, coach Sean McVay mentioned he anticipated Stafford to take part in particular person drills the subsequent day with the plan to “take it a day at a time” from there.
On Monday, McVay mentioned whereas Stafford had “an ideal exercise” and “felt good” Saturday, he “did not really feel adequate” to throw Monday. The Rams “did not assume [practicing] was the appropriate factor to do primarily based on how he wakened feeling immediately,” McVay mentioned.
As a substitute, Stafford was in avenue garments throughout observe whereas strolling right into a “restorative and rejuvenation” chamber parked subsequent to the Rams’ observe area. McVay mentioned the chamber is to assist with restoration, however is “sort of regular for any of our gamers” and “wasn’t something particularly associated to [Stafford’s] again.”
Shortly after observe started, Matthew Stafford walked into this Ammortal chamber, which helps with “restoration and rejuvenation.” Stafford is not going to observe immediately. pic.twitter.com/FtWUAvXxxC
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Final week, McVay emphasised that whereas the Rams are being cautious with Stafford’s again, he can be out there to play if it was the common season. McVay mentioned Monday that the Rams will proceed to be “versatile and fluid” with Stafford’s return from his again harm and reiterated that the workforce plans to “take it a day at a time” going ahead.
“I do assume it is necessary to have the ability to get some work in, however not on the expense of following the plan that we have talked about,” McVay mentioned.
When requested whether or not surgical procedure has been dominated out for Stafford, McVay mentioned, “That hasn’t been a dialog that we have had.”
“I have never gone down that highway but by way of these kinds of conversations,” McVay mentioned. “There’s been quite a lot of conversations about what’s the perfect methodology of how we wish to method it. That hasn’t been one thing that comes up.”