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Robert Woods was a surprise scratch from Sunday night’s game against the Bears, being announced as one of the team’s seven inactives just 90 minutes before kickoff. He had to tend to a personal matter and wasn’t at the Coliseum, which created some cause for concern.
Sean McVay didn’t find out about Woods’ situation until a few hours before the game started, which made Sunday’s win even more impressive.
After the game, McVay didn’t have much of an update on Woods, saying he had to talk to the wide receiver before commenting on when he might be back with the team. On Monday, it was much of the same from McVay in terms of Woods’ status, but he did say there’s no concern about Woods’ wellbeing.
“No, we feel good. He’s in a good place,” McVay said. “We feel good about where the situation is at and his wellbeing, and that’s very, very important to us.”
McVay added that Woods is obviously still handling the personal matter and that the team will have “a little bit more of an update on that later on in the week.” Right now, they’re remaining quiet on the situation out of respect for Woods and his family.
The Rams do have an extra day to prepare this week with the Ravens coming to town for a Monday night matchup. If Woods can’t play, the Rams should at least have one of their other starting wide receivers back with Brandin Cooks (concussion) expected to play.
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