From OutKick · Armando Salguero · · 1m 30s
Rams lose Myles Garrett for at least four games
The Super Bowl favorites just put their prize signing on injured reserve after an 0-1 start.
In brief
The Super Bowl favorites just put their prize signing on injured reserve after an 0-1 start. A trim, not a full repair, is why four weeks is the floor and not a fantasy, but the Rams still have to survive a brutal four-game stretch without their best pass rusher. Originally reported by OutKick.
A great offseason, a bad start
The Rams built the roster everyone wanted and then opened the season in a hole. Garrett's knee surgery is the ugliest part of it.
Garrett heads to injured reserve
Los Angeles is placing the 2025 Defensive Player of the Year on IR, a source confirmed to OutKick. He is the signing the whole defense was built around.
“the Rams will be placing their signature offseason acquisition and 2025 Defensive Player of the Year on injured reserve”
The knee was never right
Garrett missed heavy practice time in training camp with the same knee problem. The minimum absence is four games.
Four brutal weeks ahead
He misses the Giants, Broncos, Eagles and Bills. A slow recovery or a messier surgery pushes that number higher.
Why four weeks holds
The surgery is scheduled as an arthroscopy, a trim rather than a full repair. If the MRI read is right, the timetable should stick.
“an arthroscopy initially meant to perform a trim rather than a full-blown repair”
Now they need Donald
Aaron Donald sat out Week 1 against the 49ers because his ramp-up from a two-year retirement was not finished. The Rams still want caution, but they need him on the field sooner.
What to remember
A trim, not a full repair, is why four weeks is the floor and not a fantasy, but the Rams still have to survive a brutal four-game stretch without their best pass rusher.
