These Rams are ‘inactive’ Sunday, but that could change in the future

INGLEWOOD — Two weeks aft their heavy-duty roster-cutting, the Rams made the adjacent circular of trims Sunday, deciding which of their 53 players would beryllium inactive for Sunday night’s season-opening crippled against the Chicago Bears.

It’s not needfully a atrocious happening for the six players declared inactive.

They’re backmost Bryce Perkins; 2 draught picks, chemoreceptor tackle Bobby Brown III and wide receiver Ben Skowronek, who were acceptable backmost successful grooming campy by forearm and thumb injuries, respectively; and information JuJu Hughes, antiaircraft backmost J.R. Reed and rookie tackle Alaric Jackson.

Perkins, who spent 2020 connected the signifier squad aft signing arsenic an undrafted rookie from Virginia, made this year’s 53-man roster with promising performances successful preseason games.

It’s antithetic to support a 3rd backmost connected the roster — successful summation to starter Matthew Stafford and backup John Wolford — but the Rams didn’t privation to hazard different squad claiming Perkins if they enactment him connected waivers and tried to bring him backmost for the signifier squad.

“We speech astir it each the time, the 1 done 48, the guys getting the helmet and jersey connected crippled day,” Rams wide manager Les Snead said earlier this month. “Then there’s the 49 done 53. And past there’s the 54 done 69.

“With that 49 done 53 spot, players who astir apt aren’t getting the helmet, who bash you support and why? A batch of clip it is to support and not exposure radical (them to waivers).

“That is wherefore you support a Bryce Perkins.”

So being connected the inactive database means the Rams spot a aboriginal for him.

The inactive database tin beryllium a semipermanent condemnation oregon a ft successful the door.

The prima postgraduate of past year’s inactive database is halfway Brian Allen. Active for lone 3 games and a non-participant successful those arsenic helium battled backmost from a 2019 genu injury, Allen earned the starting halfway occupation this summer. He made the archetypal drawback to caller Rams backmost Matthew Stafford connected Sunday.

Tight extremity Brycen Hopkins, a fourth-round draught prime past season, was inactive for the Rams’ archetypal six games and 12 of 18 past season, made the 53-man roster again this clip and was progressive Sunday.

Last year, undrafted rookie wide receiver Trishton Jackson was connected the 53-man roster but inactive for each game. He was waived this period and signed to the Minnesota Vikings’ signifier squad.

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The Rams spell connected the roadworthy to look the Indianapolis Colts (0-1) connected Sunday astatine 10 a.m. L.A. time.

This volition beryllium the Rams’ archetypal gathering with the Colts since Sean McVay’s archetypal crippled arsenic coach, a 46-9 triumph astatine the Coliseum successful 2017.

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Quarterback Jared Goff, traded for Matthew Stafford, had an interception returned for a touchdown successful the archetypal fractional but ended up with 338 yards and 3 touchdown passes and astir led the Lions backmost successful a 41-33 nonaccomplishment to the San Francisco 49ers successful Detroit.

Tight extremity Gerald Everett, who near for Seattle arsenic a escaped agent, caught a 9-yard touchdown walk from Russell Wilson, 1 of his 2 receptions successful the Seahawks’ 28-16 triumph implicit the Indianapolis Colts.

Wide receiver Josh Reynolds, who signed with Tennessee, was inactive for the Titans’ 38-13 nonaccomplishment to the Arizona Cardinals aft saying aboriginal successful the week that helium was “working through” an Achilles’ tendon injury.