Sean McVay Shares Troubling Rams Injury News on Monday

Colby Parkinson is in concussion protocol. Parkinson has been dealing with various issues this season. McVay feels confident that Parkinson's status will improve. It's unknown if he will play this week.

Both Speights' and Parkinson's injuries come from the 49ers game.

Tyler Higbee and Rob Havenstein

Both players missed Thursday night's contest against the 49ers. Higbee and Havenstein are making good progress towards a return but no solid news has been made reportable.

Steve Avila

Steve Avila was benched last week as he works his way back from an ankle injury despite practicing. On Monday, McVay stated Avila was good to play and would get the start if he takes care of buisness in practice. All signs from the facility point to Avila getting the start. Avila hasn't done anything wrong, it's more about making sure he's prepared for the contest. Standard stuff.

McVay on Avila last Friday

McVay went into the reasons Avila didn't start on offense last Friday.

“Yeah, it was really hard just because of the Thursday game," stated McVay. "Steve was working himself back in. Even though a hundred percent Steve, we still felt like that was going to be better. Not a hundred percent Steve was going to be better to have him up in a backup role if something were to happen."

"The rapport, the continuity that Justin has been able to establish with [Offensive Lineman] Alaric [Jackson] and with [Offensive Lineman] Coleman [Shelton], we just felt like we wanted to be able to allow Steve the opportunity to get a full week's worth of practice feeling like he was really had that ankle secure and sturdy for himself and we were really able to evaluate him fully. That’s going to be the expectation for our preparation with Baltimore, but he's going to earn that spot back by the way he practices.”