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Sarah Barshop
WAILUKU, Hawaii — Los Angeles Rams left sort out Alaric Jackson is coping with blood clots in his decrease leg, head coach Sean McVay stated Tuesday.
Jackson didn’t journey with the Rams to their obligatory minicamp in Hawaii. Jackson additionally handled an identical scenario through the 2022 season, when he sat out the ultimate 9 video games of the season due to blood clots.
McVay didn’t present a timeline for Jackson’s return, saying, “We’re actually simply taking it a day at a time.” The Rams re-signed Jackson to a three-year, $57 million contract in February earlier than the left sort out hit free company.
McVay stated Jackson communicated with the group that he was “feeling some issues in his decrease leg,” which led to a scan that confirmed the problem.
“You pray for him to have the ability to have a wholesome, protected restoration,” McVay stated. “And we’re actually simply taking it a day at a time with him. There’s a variety of examples of folks that have had conditions like this, however they’re all nonetheless so uniquely impartial in their very own proper. And so we’re gathering info.”
Jackson began 14 video games for the Rams final season after sitting out the primary two video games for violating the NFL’s private conduct coverage. He was additionally inactive for the season finale after Los Angeles clinched the NFC West.
McVay stated the Rams needed to be “proactive a couple of contingency plan” by signing sort out D.J. Humphries to a one-year deal Friday.
“There must be a variety of dialogue and dialogue with [Jackson] and with the docs about, most significantly, what’s greatest for him as a human being,” McVay stated. “And then you definately speak about soccer after that. However what we’re grateful for is that we had been in a position to establish this based mostly on his communication and get him on the suitable drugs to be sure that he is as wholesome as doable.”
