Quentin Lake will miss the Rams while Duke Shelley is on injured reserve.Browns
This week, the Los Angeles Rams placed depth cornerback and special team member Duke Shelley on injured reserve, further depleting an already weak position group going forward. Quentin Lake, who has played a significant defensive role in the nickel, is also anticipated to miss his second consecutive game.
Sean McVay seems unconcerned about the injuries because of how well Los Angeles’ reserves performed:
“I would say probably not this week,” McVay said. “But again, we’re going to see how he does. I was really pleased with the way that Russ Yeast and Decobie Durant played in his absence. John Johnson is playing a lot of snaps and doing a heck of a job at safety. I thought he and (Jordan) Fuller were excellent yesterday. We’ll take it a day at a time, I’m not ready to quite rule him out. But I think that would be tough for him to make it back for this game.”
In his most recent game against the Seattle Seahawks, Lake had a season-high eight tackles. This season, he has 33 tackles and three passes defensed. John Johnson played 62 defensive snaps, a season high, in the Eagles’ victory over the Cardinals on Sunday. Tre’Vius Tomlinson played 24, Cobie Durant played 32, and Russ Yeast played 45 snaps. For Tomlinson, it was a career-high amount of snaps.
Although Shelley had only played 76 defensive plays this season, she had 190 special team snaps, which matched her with Christian Rozeboom for fourth most on the club.
With a potential wild card slot up for grabs, the Rams may now make a matching move on the 53-man roster before facing the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. Los Angeles is tied for the same amount of defeats as the Minnesota Vikings, who are 6-6. Right now, the Vikings are ranked seven seeds. The Rams might move up in the current playoff standings with a victory.