WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. – Rams head coach Sean McVay on Tuesday said he will not rule Davante Adams (hamstring) or anyone else yet for Thursday night's game against the Seahawks at Lumen Field in Seattle (5:15 p.m. PT, Amazon Prime Video).
McVay indicated they would take the decisions on Adams and defensive end Braden Fiske (ankle) – both of whom will not practice Tuesday – up to gametime.
"The two guys that will be DNPs, we're going to give them every chance that they've got – (that) would be Davante with the hamstring, and Fiske came out of the game with a little bit of soreness in his ankle, kind of got banged up," McVay said. "So we'll take it a day at a time with those guys, and because of the (walkthrough) – it'll just be a practice projection. So they'll both be DNPs, but we'll take it all the way up to game time to see where they're at."
McVay did, however, say that even though tight end Tyler Higbee and offensive lineman Rob Havenstein are now eligible to come off of IR, they will not return this week given the short turnaround between games and how that impacts preparation.
"We'll see where they're at once we get past this one," McVay said. "... These guys, they're just so steady and they're so consistent. I mean, it's why they have such respect from their teammates. And nobody wants to be out there more than those guys do, but they're still impacting and influence in this team in a tremendous way. I think you look at the way that the tight ends are, the way that some of the guys up front have played. I mean, it's a tremendous credit to the leadership that comes from both those guys that have been here long before I was even fortunate enough to get here in '17, and so these are legacy guys. These are guys that impact and influence positive change with people they're around in situations they're a part of, and I know they want to be out there, but even if they're not, they're still doing a tremendous job of impacting this team in a positive way because of who they are and how they lead and communicate to their teammates, but especially the guys that are playing their positions."
