Terrell Lewis hasn’t played since Week 11 due to injury, missing the last three games. The rookie experienced some swelling in his knee after the Rams’ win over the Bucs and needed to have it drained, thus sidelining him for a few weeks.
He didn’t have an injury designation going into last week’s game against the Patriots, but he was still inactive – which would technically make him a healthy scratch. Leading up to Sunday’s matchup with the Jets, his status is still up in the air.
Though he wasn’t on the injury report to open the week Wednesday, meaning he was a full participant with no restrictions, he’s not certain to play against New York. Sean McVay likes the progress Lewis has made but won’t commit to him suiting up Sunday.
“He’s doing good. We expect him to be back to full participation,” McVay said. “What that means as far as for his status for the game is to be determined. We have a lot of depth at that spot, so we’ll see how the week goes, but that’s a good thing for us.”
The Rams have gotten excellent play out of Leonard Floyd and Justin Hollins recently, lessening the urgency and need for Lewis to return. Not to mention, they just added Derek Rivers a couple of weeks ago and got Ogbonnia Okoronkwo back, strengthening the depth at edge rusher.
The Rams have no need to rush Lewis back if there’s still some concern, especially against the Jets in Week 15.
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