The Los Angeles Rams use scrimmages, and not preseason games, to get their starters meaningful reps in a more controlled manner. It's the view of the team's coaching staff that it helps to mitigate injuries. And so, the team has developed a series of joint practice/scrimmage sessions to afford quality reps to starting players. But when a team bows out of those events, it leaves the Rams in a pinch.
The Rams had scheduled a joint practice/scrimmage with the Los Angeles Chargers for Wednesday. Unfortunately, the Chargers are unable to honor that agreement, as they indicated their team is simply too banged up to make it worthwhile.