The Los Angeles Rams open the 2019 regular season by traveling to face the Carolina Panthers in Week 1. Before the action starts though, the Rams will have to identify seven members of their 53-man roster to denote as inactive today.
It’s not a simple task.
The coaching staff has to identify applicable offensive and defensive depth, special teams roles, gameplan relevance and fitness all as part of the decision making process. The hope thereafter is that no injuries befall a unit to a degree that a member of the inactives is in street clothes when they might need to be called upon.