Rams Head Coach Jim Haslett
December 18, 2008
(Opening Remarks)
“I’ll give you an injury update, Donnie (Jones) and Josh (Brown) will kick tomorrow. They didn’t do much. Donnie’s still sick from the flu, but he’ll be ok. We put Gary Stills on IR today, he’s going to have surgery tomorrow on his knee and Larry Grant will be active this week. Then, we signed (DT) Antwon Burton from Kansas City’s practice squad, so that’s the update.”
(On if they signed a wide receiver today)
“Yeah, practice squad guy, Travis Brown.”
(On if Derek Stanley’s on IR)
“Yeah, Stanley’s going on IR also. Stanley and Gary.”
(On who left the practice squad)
“We’re going to bring up David Roach from the practice squad.”
(On if he just told David Roach that he was going to be on the 53-man roster)
“I just told him he needs to go get his deal done; go sign it.”
(On what LB Patrick Willis can do on defense)
“Well, he’s a great football player. He’s got great range, he’s powerful, he’s big, very instinctive, good nose for the football, good cover skills. He’s one of the premier linebackers for a young kid in the league. Good football player; kind of runs their defense.”
(On what happened with Gary Stills injury)
“It’s just worse. We thought that with last week resting him and playing Sunday, at about the second half he was tiring out. Then he came in on a crutch the other day, so we thought it might be time to get it cleaned out. He’s got a bunch of pieces floating around in his knee, so he’s going to have it done tomorrow. This gives us a chance to see Larry Grant in action too, so it will give us another young guy on the field.”
(On if Larry Grant is excited about being active on Sunday)
“Yeah, you probably need to talk to him and see if you can get anything out of him. He doesn’t say much. He’s a good kid.”