Training Camp Report, Los Angeles Rams

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Summary from the Final Week of Camp

Quarterbacks

Neither Matthew Stafford nor John Wolford took a preseason snap, illustrating their entrenched positions as the No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. Stafford didn’t need the game reps for Rams fans to be excited about the season ahead; the veteran had an excellent summer and looked reinvigorated at the helm of Sean McVay’s dynamic passing offense. Wolford has returned to practice after undergoing an emergency appendectomy early in camp, but the team knows what it has in the 25-year old. The Athletic's Jourdan Rodrigue thinks Bryce Perkins will be hard to cut (and place on the practice squad) because other teams will claim him off waivers. Expect the Rams to keep all three signal-callers on the active roster until after Week 1.

Running Backs

Darrell Henderson injured his finger early last week, which appeared to be the impetus for the Rams trading for Sony Michel. The Rams are familiar with Michel, having surrendered 94 yards to him on the ground in the 2019 Super Bowl. General Manager Les Snead described Michel as a player who “runs from north to south with force.” Coach McVay added acquiring Michel was “an opportunity to acquire a really good player who has had a lot of success…He offers a physical presence to our room. Really, we feel good about the running back situation, but some of the volatility of what Darrell has gone through even throughout the course of camp, wanted to make sure we got somebody else who has played in big-time games, who brings a physical presence to that room. … Darrell is still going to have a really big role, doesn’t really change the outlook for him, and then we’ll see how quickly we can get Sony up to speed.” Xavier Jones was placed on Injured Reserve after injuring his Achilles ceding the No. 3 job to Jake Funk.