Defending Superbowl Champion The Los Angeles Rams was in the middle of the group in health scores this season. With the highest ranking being 12th and dropping to 26th, they were fluctuating due to players like Joe Noteboom, Van Jefferson and Matthew Stafford injury report. Their latest hit is an ankle sprain caused by an All-Pro receiver Cooper Kupp last weekend.
Kupp was injured getting off the field while attempting a reception on Sunday when he was rolled in by an Arizona Cardinals defender. Rams coach Sean McVay has confirmed that Kupp will need surgery and continue IR. This will be a ligation procedure that uses strong stitches to immobilize the ankle but still allows some movement and anatomically works like the capsular ligament in a healthy ankle.
This type of surgery requires a recovery time of 4-6 weeks. Given the force exerted on a player’s ankle is such an impact when rotating, jumping and cutting, this could be tilted towards the 5-6 week term back.
With that, we move on to this week’s game preview featuring Kupp’s Rams against the Saints (Sunday on FOX at 1pm ET).
The St Join as the home team in a 3-match winning team clash. The Saints have struggled this season both in terms of team performance and health. They treat the wound for James Winston, Michael Thomas, Jarvis Landry and Alvin Kamara very early, while their defense also suffered some scattered injuries. Overall, the Saints have been stationed in the bottom half of the health rankings all season – as the NFL’s most successful team in the BUS rankings, and have never surpassed 23rd.
As injury reports come out this week and information is revealed, be sure to check @NFLonFOX and @SportsDocMatt on Twitter for the latest BUS scores on Sunday morning and go to ThePredictors.com for more injury information on all your favorite teams.
When we were looking for some clarity on the team’s health, we turned to Dr. Matt Provencher for the weekly Banged Up Score (BUS) rankings.
The healthiest teams ranked by BUS Score:
first. Jacksonville Jaguar: BUS – 87.6
2. Philadelphia Eagles: BUS – 83.9
3. Chicago bear: BUS – 83.9
4. Minnesota Vikings: BUS – 83.3
5. Chief of Kansas City: BUS – 80.1
The least fit teams ranked by BUS Score:
first. Los Angeles charger: BUS – 50.6
2. Arizona Cardinals: BUS – 57.7
3. Saint New Orleans: BUS – 59.1
4. Dancer broncos: BUS – 59.7
5. Tennessee Giants: BUS – 60.1
We continue we have some changes in the rankings. The Eagles fell from the lead and then suffered their first loss of the season as they dropped down the rankings. commandwho jumped from 20 to 12.
Meanwhile, the Saints fell to the top 5 again after climbing out of there earlier. Before their loss on Sunday, Receipt also dropped from healthy 6th to 10th due to Josh Allen’s injured elbow. The Rams was slowly but steadily declining health and ranked 24th before Kupp was injured last weekend.
Renowned chiropractor Dr. Matt Provencher and his company, ThePredictors.com, which provides data-driven injury insights to football fans. In this first role as Athlete Injury and Performance Analyst for FOX Sports’ digital platforms, Provencher provides critical predictive health and recovery information for players. on post-traumatic performance, the impact of weather, field conditions, etc.
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