And you know, guys were great about it because they understand exactly why. You know, uh, better safety, no swag with those things on, but hey, we’ll be safe and smart. “You know what? (Equipment manager) Brenden Burger had a couple of those and then the heightened sense of urgency based on what happened the other day. LA Rams HC Sean McVay talks about those mattress-looking helmet caps in this video starting at the 0:20 mark.ĮSPN’s Lindsey Thiry asked the question about the use of protective caps on helmets, which prompted this reply: Deploy bubble-wrapped, err, foam-wrapped helmets known as Guardian Caps. So, now the team does something prophylactic for the phalanges. And then a great big sigh of relief ensued.
The alarm was fairly palpable in the LA Rams organization until the x-rays came back negative on Matthew Stafford’s surgically repaired thumb after he banged it on the top of a defensive linesman’s helmet earlier the week in practice. You may recall that we reported on those helmet caps long before the LA Rams took notice, the ones that look like cut-up mattress foam blocks glued on top of their Ridells. That news came from the big cheese himself, head coach Sean McVay, in a Rams Training camp press conference. “You kind of look at it as a positive thing, making sure that you’re engaged all the time in practice and making sure you can help this offense mentally and if you see anything out there that you can critique on to your position or else, you do that.All it took was a little “heightened sense of urgency” (in the form of a banged-up thumb of their new quarterback Matthew Stafford) and the LA Rams were quick to earmark Guardian cap protective practice helmets for both their offensive line and defensive line players. “Unfortunately this happened, but it’s not a setback,” he said. Until last Wednesday, Floyd felt he was having a good camp. He doesn’t expect there to be a rehab process after the fingers are healed.Īs he waits to return to 100 percent health, Floyd said he’s been helping the younger receivers while keeping himself involved through the playbook on his iPad. Whatever feels most comfortable and whatever I feel comfortable with is probably what I’m going to do.”Īs soon as he’s cleared, Floyd will start doing cardio to rebuild his stamina and endurance so a transition back to the field won’t come with any kinks. “I’m going to try to do the best as I can to try not to wear anything. “Being a receiver you don’t want anything besides your gloves on your hands,” he said. He’s been wearing a type of brace on his left hand and has been squeezing Styrofoam to help strengthen his fingers.įloyd said he’ll try to avoid anything on his left hand whenever he returns to the field.
“As I was turning, my weight shifted to my hand and I didn’t roll over quick enough and I think it got caught in the grass.”įloyd didn’t have any details on what doctors did during surgery beyond putting his fingers into place, but he’s been feeling “good” since his surgery last Wednesday night. The injury took place when his hand got caught under the ball after a pass, Floyd said. “There’s a process to this, which I have been doing and I’m sticking to it,” he said. Michael Floyd said he's been helping Arizona's younger WRs as he tries to stay involved with the team. Speaking for the first time since his gruesome injury, Floyd deflected questions about a timetable for his return, just saying he’s taking it “day to day” and he hopes he doesn’t miss any games. “It was just shocking to see once I took my glove off and realized what was under there,” he said. Some of his teammates thought the injury was “gnarly” after seeing a photo of it. When Cardinals receiver Michael Floyd took his glove off his left hand last Wednesday following a bad fall, fingers were going left and right, there were missing parts, and “things not in the right place.”
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