Favorites, Empty Backfield and Looking Back
Green Pinstripes —
... weeks and gave the New England Patriots a run for their money before finally succumbing. But they just might not have the horses to give the Jets a game. To say the Rams are banged up at running back is an understatement. Steven Jackson is out with a quadriceps injury. Antonio Pittman is questionable with a strained hamstring and Travis Minor suffered a concussion last week against the Cards and is out. Who's left? Kenneth Darby, that's who. Darby was plucked from the Atlanta Falcons practice squad on Oct. 15 ...
WITH JACKSON OUT, DARBY TO START FOR RAMS
ProFootballTalk.com —
Rams running back Steven Jackson is out for Sunday’s game against the Jets with a thigh injury, and Jackson’s two backups, Antonio Pittman and Travis Minor, are both injured, too. So the Rams will turn to a player with all of two career carries to take Jackson’s place. That player, Kenneth Darby, has been with the Rams for less than a month, having been signed off the Falcons’ practice squad on October 14.“ It’s a blessing ,” Darby said. “This is an opportunity I’ve been waiting on, and I’m just going to take full advantage of it and do my best.” Darby, who played his college ...
