(all times EST):7 p.m.The Rams held a one-hour
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players and coaches. You almost get away from it a couple of days. It's good
just to sharpen yourself up, making sure we're tightening all the screws on the
game plan. I thought the players did a nice job just getting a little bit of a
lather. It was really a big emphasis on above the neck, and then tomorrow and
Friday will be good to kind of finalize the week."The Rams' routine is a
walkthrough on Wednesdays. They got back to work with no helmets — other than
those with the coach-to-player communication system — and no hitting while going
at half speed.Since Week 4, the Rams have held lighter practices on
Wednesdays."Really where I got it from was just learning from our training staff
as far as a sports-science approach, just being smart with our
players
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how our team is feeling, for us this year was after Week 4, we ended up
tailoring our Wednesdays back. Guys have handled it really well. I think it's
been good from a performance standpoint. We're able to get a lot of reps, but we
don't get as much physical work as you'd like, but that's why the Thursdays and
the Fridays are so important to us."Safety Blake Countess (foot) remained out
while kicker Greg Zuerlein (left foot) was limited. Those were the only two
players listed on the team's injury report."Greg Zuerlein kicked a little bit,
and he's on track
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listed as questionable on the team's status report Friday, did some work with
the trainer on the side at the start of practice."Feel good, feel really good
(injury-wise)," McVay said. "I think Blake will be OK with his foot and same
thing with Greg. Really that's all you can ask for this time of year to be as
healthy as we are." The New England Patriots were back on the practice fields
today for a walkthrough session. “We got a lot out of the walk-through today and
were able to run more plays at a slower tempo,” head coach Bill Belichick told
pool reporter Jenny Vrentas about the one-hour
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plays.”The session itself was apparently a good one for the team, but
participation was not perfect: for the first time since the week leading up to
the divisional round, the Patriots did not have all players available as a look
at today’s injury report shows. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Rams had perfect
participation for the first time all week.Did not participateAfter being a full
participant yesterday, Dont’a Hightower missed today’s session due to an
undisclosed illness. “We’ll evaluate him tomorrow,” Belichick said about the
28-year old and his longer-term outlook. Hightower is a core defender for the
Patriots and serves as the team’s defensive signal caller
Authentic Jarrett Stidham Jersey , so him missing the session is obviously not ideal. However, the most important thing is to get him ready to go on Sunday
and if a walkthrough off helps doing that, so be it.Limited participationAs
noted above, the Rams had perfect participation for the first time all week:
special teamer Blake Countess, dealing with a foot injury, returned. Meanwhile,
kicker Greg Zuerlein remains limited in his workload but is expected to be
full-go on Sunday.Full participation“If something happens tomorrow
Jarrett Stidham Jersey Boys , that will be a different story, but I’d say he looks alright,” said Belichick about defensive tackle Malcom Brown, who
returned to full practice participation today. Brown was limited yesterday but
it looks as if he will be good to go. His availability at the media session
earlier today also was an indicator for that.The Patriots will be back at
practice tomorrow and run a full session as opposed to a walkthrough.
