Nov 4th 2008 1:39PM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: Rams, NFC West, Fantasy Football, NFL Injuries Steven Jackson is easily the best player the Rams have, when healthy. Of course, he’s not healthy at this point, as evidenced by his lackluster at best performance Sunday. Apparently he wasn’t as confident as he led everyone to believe leading up to the game. When the Rams’ offense trotted out for their first series of the day Sunday, Jackson was in the huddle. But before the Rams broke the huddle for their first play, Antonio Pittman had replaced Jackson. What happened?

With his strained right thigh muscle not 100 percent, Jackson said he wasn’t comfortable running the play once he heard the call.

“The play call was really more of an outside play, a cutback play,” (Jim) Haslett said. “He didn’t think he was ready for that play. … It kind of caught everybody off guard.” The entire backfield was in flux for the game, as Antonio Pittman and Travis Minor also suffered injuries. The Rams offense was handcuffed at that point. They had Jackson and Pittman fight through injuries, but they really couldn’t advance the ball via the ground as a team.Continue Reading