It was just a fluke play, but it ended up costing Rams cornerback E.J. Gaines his 2015 season.
During the first weekend of training camp in August, Gaines, a University of Missouri product, went down with a foot injury that resulted in season-ending surgery.
“Just a freak accident,” the second-year pro said early this week at Rams Park in his first public comments since suffering the injury. “Kenny Britt stepped on me during one-on-one drills early in camp. Honestly, I didn’t think much of it at the time. I was walking on it, I actually walked off the field that day.