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Rams activate Cody Davis from IR
Posted by Charean Williams on December 30, 2017
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The Rams made it official Friday, activating safety
Cody Davis from injured reserve and placing outside linebacker
Matt Longacre on injured reserve.
Davis appeared in six games for the Rams, making 19 tackles, an interception and three pass breakups. He injured his quadriceps against the Jaguars, and the Rams placed him on injured reserve November 3 after the injury lingered.
Davis will work into the secondary in Los Angeles’ sub-packages and will resume his role as a core special teams player.
“Excited and happy for all of the success that this team has gotten accomplished,” Davis said, via the team’s website. “But sitting on the sidelines, you’re just itching to get back out there, so it feels great to be out practicing with my teammates.”
Longacre has a back injury that kept him out of the Rams’ 27-23 victory over Tennessee on Sunday. He played in 14 games this season.
The third-year pro made 23 tackles and 5.5 sacks, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble.
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“He’s looked good this week,” McVay said. “Expect to get him out there and looking forward to having Cody back.”
Davis was cleared for practice in Week 16 after being placed on injured reserve in early November. Prior to suffering a quad injury, the Texas Tech product had been an important contributor on both defense and special teams — recording an interception, two pass breakups, and 22 total tackles.
And after more than a month away, the safety was admittedly ready to get back on field at the Coliseum.
“I’m super excited and I just thank God for getting me through this process — recovered and back on the field with my teammates,” Davis said. “Looking forward to contributing wherever I can.”
Though the recovery process was not always easy for the safety — as he was unable to share directly in the club’s late-season success — Davis did express his excitement at getting to rejoin his teammates as the team heads into the postseason.
“It’s been tough,” Davis said. “Super excited for the team for getting a division championship, but I am itching to get back out there. It gets kind of lonely in the treatment room so to be back with the team and in the flow of things feels great. Hopefully will have some fresh legs, new excitement, and new energy out there.”
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Several notable 49ers players could be playing their last game with team
Sunday could be the last appearance in a 49ers uniform for guys like Carlos Hyde, Eric Reid and Tank Carradine.
By James Brady
On Sunday, the
San Francisco 49ers will play what will hopefully be an entertaining game against the
Los Angeles Rams. It will be the last football featuring this team and it will also be the start of what should be an exciting, but crucial offseason.
A lot of things will need to go right for the 49ers to be the team they want to be in 2017. A lot of decisions will need to be made — who will stay, who will go, who will be drafted, etc. — if the 49ers are to improve. There are so many questions but, truthfully, few answers right now.
All we do know is that Sunday’s game could be the last time we’ll be seeing several notable 49ers players dressed in that uniform. There are some big-name free agents hitting the market, and not a single one of them, outside of
Jimmy Garoppolo, is guaranteed to be in San Francisco next season.
Running back
Carlos Hyde is the biggest one not named Garoppolo. He’s had a so-so season, but ultimately, his run blocking has been suspect. A pumped up Hyde who might be willing to take less to stick with a 49ers team on the rise could be awesome. Or, he could go elsewhere, where most believe he’ll find success.
Safety Eric Reid would be the next player worth mentioning. Reid was moved to linebacker after both
Jimmie Ward and
Jaquiski Tartt stood out at safety. Then he was moved back to safety after those two went down, with
Adrian Colbert taking over the other spot. Now where does Reid fit? The 49ers have four players they consider starting safeties, so Reid might be on his way out.
Center Daniel Kilgore has been with the 49ers for a long time, and he’s set to hit the open market as well. Kilgore has definitely declined, but he’s been a fixture for awhile.
Tank Carradine,
Dontae Johnson and
Aaron Lynch will also be hitting the open market, and all three of them are likely to be gone.
I feel the worst about Lynch because I think he’s the most talented pass rusher on the team, but he doesn’t seem to be much of a scheme fit. Carradine finally started to look like he belonged this season, but it’s impossible to gauge how the coaching staff sees his future. Then there is Johnson, who has regressed big times in the last few weeks, enough to find himself out of a job next year.
The 49ers wouldn’t necessarily be a hugely worse team if they lost all those players, but what would be a whole lot of change to deal with in a single offseason.
