Allen Day To Day: MCL Sprain

[Merlin]

What a relief:

McVay: Brian Allen day-to-day with MCL sprain, not being immediately ruled out for Cardinals game

Rams head coach Sean McVay provides the latest on the injury status of offensive lineman Brian Allen as the team transitions into Week 14 against the Cardinals.

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McVay: Brian Allen day-to-day with MCL sprain, not being immediately ruled out for Cardinals game​

Dec 06, 2021 at 04:56 PM

Stu Jackson
Staff Writer

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Rams head coach Sean McVay on Monday said offensive lineman Brian Allen is day-to-day after suffering an MCL sprain in his right knee in Sunday's win over the Jaguars.

"We'll just kind of take it a day at a time with him," McVay said during a video conference Monday. "Definitely, that's good news." McVay said they are not immediately ruling out Allen for Monday Night Football against the Cardinals, but that they would be "smart" with him this week.

Allen was injured on the Rams' first offensive snap against the Jaguars and did not return to the game. He was replaced by Coleman Shelton, whom McVay praised for his steadiness, command and communication in Sunday's game. "Hopefully we'll be able to get Brian back, but I certainly have a whole lot confidence in Coleman if he's got to go this week," McVay said.

McVay also said Robert Rochell "got a little bit of a rib deal" on the punt he downed inside the 1-yard line against Jaguars. "He's going to be sore," McVay said. "We'll see how he manages the pain throughout the course of the week, but I would expect him not to practice early on."

 

[XXXIVwin]

Impressions of Coleman Shelton? Anyone?

Bueller?

 

[TexasRam]

Impressions of Coleman Shelton? Anyone?

Bueller?

I re-watched the game focusing specifically on Shelton. Besides that one play where he got beat on the run block where his man tackled our RB in the backfield, I thought he played a really solid game. He showed more quickness then I remembered in preseason. He was really good in all phases and looked like a season vet. In preseason there were numerous breakdowns but I didn't see any of that vs the Jags. Not screwing up the snap even once and handling the calls was spot on. That seems rare for a backup center.

As we have seen with Allen, consistency is they key. These lineman can have a few solid games then really struggle in other games. Allen for example has had some highly rated games but got eaten alive vs Simmons of TENN and struggled vs vs Hicks when not getting help. Sometimes its the competition. Sometimes we find out they struggle with speed or power. So we will see. So far solid job.

Kromer does a great job giving these centers help either from another guard or from the TE/RB in the backfield. Often Edwards and sometimes Corbett are doing the heavy one-on-one lifting knowing Allen and now Shelton are not exactly top tier centers. So everything is relatively speaking. I've seen some people mention re-signing Allen over someone like Corbs or Edwards. Uhh no. Those guards are very high level guards. If they get beat it's usually in the context of one-on-one matchups and its honestly rare, compared to the help our centers constantly are given.

 

[den-the-coach]

Kromer does a great job giving these centers help either from another guard or from the TE/RB in the backfield.

Who?

 

[den-the-coach]

IMO, Shelton had a solid game. A few hiccups here and there, the snaps came back quick a few a tad high, but nothing Stafford could not handle. Seem to be communicating well and held up in pass protection. He stepped on Stafford foot once on a run play, but seem to apologies continuously for it. Whitworth was doing his coaching up on the sideline, which I loved.

Overall Shelton is taller then Allen at 6-4 and that seems accurate, which did give him some advantages on leverage in pass protection. Cardinals will be a tougher test, but Shelton answered the call and that is all you can ask.

 

[TexasRam]

Who?

Haha woops. Yea not the old dude. The new one. Mr. cranberry. Uh crabapple. Carb eater. Whatever.

 

[CGI_Ram]

Haha woops. Yea not the old dude. The new one. Mr. cranberry. Uh crabapple. Carb eater. Whatever.

Kevin Carburetor

 

[El Chapo Jr]

Good thing we have Creed Humphrey waiting in the wings.....oh yeah, nevermind lol

 

[snackdaddy]

Impressions of Coleman Shelton? Anyone?

Bueller?

 

[bubbaramfan]

Shelton big difference to Stafford. Allen snaps the ball right handed. Shelton snaps the ball left handed.

 

[Soul Surfer]

Impressions of Coleman Shelton? Anyone?

Bueller?

It is my impression that Bueller would suck at Center.

 

[Merlin]

Shelton big difference to Stafford. Allen snaps the ball right handed. Shelton snaps the ball left handed.

Good note there Bubba. And I'll add that it's common for backups to show well in limited snaps but where the cracks in their game start to show is as you go forward and defenses are gameplanning vs those weaknesses.

I'm real happy that he played well. But a bit concerned what it's going to look like if he has to go vs Arizona. They have an excellent DC who will challenge A gaps pre-snap and put heat on him, we can bank on that.

 

[Tano]

Could you imagine someone actually stating that in a court room.

 

[snackdaddy]

Could you imagine someone actually stating that in a court room.

I probably would. During jury selection for a trial with gang enhancements the judge asked me what I thought about gangs. I told him the only good gang member is a dead gang member. He thanked me for my time and quickly dismissed me.

 

[CGI_Ram]

I probably would. During jury selection for a trial with gang enhancements the judge asked me what I thought about gangs. I told him the only good gang member is a dead gang member. He thanked me for my time and quickly dismissed me.

One time I was in jury duty and one woman asked how long the trial could go as she was in a travelling ministry.

They let her go. I thought, damn that was a slick move.

I wasn't sharp enough to play those kind of angles and got selected.

 

[Mackeyser]

I'm that weirdo that would gladly do jury duty, but I can't.

With a seizure disorder and daily migraines, there's a high probability that I wouldn't be able to be on any jury as the wicked ass migraines can strike literally at any time.

Getting woken up by a real zinger is the strangest. It's like getting woken up BECAUSE of a hangover...