Sarah Barshop, ESPN Body of workers Scribbler
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams large receiver Cooper Kupp won’t play games on Sunday towards the Seattle Seahawks as he continues to do business in with a hamstring trauma, head schoolteacher Sean McVay mentioned Wednesday.
Kupp first injured his hamstring on Aug. 1 throughout a coaching camp observe and skilled a setback latter age.
“He’s dealing with some soft tissue stuff,” McVay mentioned. “[We’re] just trying to get him to feel back to normal. And when that ends up occurring, then we’ll have him back. But in the meantime, he will not be playing for us.”
“I know he wants to be out there badly and we want him to be out there, but we don’t want to rush anything.”
McVay didn’t not include putting Kupp on injured conserve earlier than Saturday, which might cruel he could be out for no less than the primary 4 video games of the season.
“You wish he was able to go, but I’ve got a lot of confidence in the guys,” McVay mentioned. “This is something that we probably thought was going to be the situation for a while now, so this isn’t anything new to us.”
McVay mentioned Kupp’s progress along with his hamstring trauma hasn’t adopted “the standard protocol for when you’re reaggravating a soft tissue injury.”
“[We’re] trying to continue to get a grasp on exactly what it is so that he can get back to feeling like the Cooper that we know and love,” McVay mentioned. “And hopefully we’ll do that.”
McVay additionally dominated out rookie quarterback Stetson Bennett, who’s coping with a shoulder trauma. McVay mentioned quarterback Brett Rypien will again up quarterback Matthew Stafford for Month 1.
Kupp had 75 catches for 812 yards and 6 touchdowns in 9 video games earlier than an ankle trauma that ended his season. The pace earlier than, Kupp received the NFL’s triple crown of receiving, eminent the league in catches (145), receiving yards (1,947) and touchdowns (16).
“It’s been a really unique situation, to say the least,” McVay mentioned. “But in regards to exactly how you would want him to handle the things that he can control, I think he’s done a great job. He’s stayed engaged, he’s leading in his way that he can right now, even though he can’t be out there with his teammates. And so, I’ve been really pleased and proud of that and I’m hoping that he will be able to get back with us sooner than later.”
