Terrell Burgess out for remainder of 2020 season with broken ankle

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McVay: Terrell Burgess out for remainder of 2020 season with broken ankle

Rams safety Terrell Burgess will miss the remainder of his rookie season after sustaining a broken ankle against the Bears in Week 7, head coach Sean McVay told reporters Tuesday.

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McVay: Terrell Burgess out for remainder of 2020 season with broken ankle

Rookie safety Terrell Burgess will miss the rest of the 2020 season after sustaining a broken ankle against the Bears, Rams head coach Sean McVay told reporters during a video conference Monday night. Burgess is scheduled to undergo surgery on Wednesday.

"It's a shame, because he was doing so well in really both phases, defense and special teams," McVay said during a video conference Tuesday evening. "But he's got a really bright future."

A third-round pick out of the University of Utah in this year's draft, Burgess suffered the injury early in the fourth quarter after tackling Bears running back David Montgomery and was carted off the field. He had tallied three combined tackles on defense and another two on special teams in the contest prior to the injury. Overall, he posted eight combined tackles and one pass breakup in seven games this year.

McVay said what they do with that open roster spot as a result of Burgess' injury is "kind of to be determined based on how the week unfolds."

"And then you still have the availability of being able to bring somebody up on your practice squad, even if it's just for a game, depending on the approach that we want to take against the Dolphins," McVay said.

Updating the status of another rookie safety, McVay said Jordan Fuller "is doing really well" and that the plan is still for him to return from short-term injured reserve after the Rams' Week 9 bye.

"To be able to get Jordan back will be a good boost for us, especially with what happened to Terrell last night," McVay said.

McVay also said the team plans to activate defensive lineman A'Shawn Robinson to the 53-man roster this week. McVay is also hopeful tight end Tyler Higbee's hand "turns the corner" and he's able to play this week against the Dolphins.

 

[So Ram]

The good news to me is Scott gets a shot at FS. He needs the experience &The Rams will improve with his play.

SAD SAD though. He got his leg caught & rolled. Burgess has great instincts

 

[Corbin]

Fml...

I feel bad for him and for the loss of what he brings to the D.

Next man up.. guess Rapp and Johnson from here on out.

 

[kurtfaulk]

Fml...

I feel bad for him and for the loss of what he brings to the D.

Next man up.. guess Rapp and Johnson from here on out.

fuller is coming back after the bye.

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[fearsomefour]

He was playing well and is a very good tackler.

 

[ottoman89]

Seems like we can't catch a break at S this year.

He was playing well too.

 

[oldnotdead]

What a really tough break (no pun intended). He was showing a lot of promise. That said Scott played well last Monday. Losing two safeties would cripple most teams. But the Rams have very good depth at that position and at CB as well.

 

[TK42-RAM]

Such a shame - he was playing well too. Felt sick watching the replay back just got all caught up. Wishing him a speedy recovery -- hopefully he'll have a great 2021!

 

[Memento]

That totally sucks. He was playing so well before the injury, made a couple of key stops and breakups.

Hope he comes back next year with a vengeance.

 

[Merlin]

Fuckin sucks man. Best of luck to him in recovery.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

Its good to be prepared with depth. I'll never forget the DB debacle under Spagnoulo.

Hopefully this broken ankle is an easily healed type of injury that won't affect Terrell as mobility. I haven't seen any details but anytime a person has a broken bone near a joint there is risk of reduced range of motion and arthritis. Hopefully it was well enough above the joint.

I had a torn tendon last fall. The first repair went well until it came apart a week after surgery. During the second repair the surgeon put a temporary pin in my toe to immobilize it. He said he didn't do that the first time because it causes arthritis. So just one tiny pin that was removed six weeks later and a year later I'm feeling the arthritic affects of it. We had a few days of rain and that toe hurt to put pressure on it.