Aaron Donald, injured Los Angeles Rams need to get healthy in a hurry

Jared Goff, Aaron Donald, Cooper Kupp, and John Wolford are banged up right now.

The Rams are headed to the second round of the playoffs, but they might be facing some tough sledding in the games to come. As impressive as their performance against the Seahawks was, they didn’t quite make it out of the game unscathed. 

Right now, three of the Rams’ highest-paid starters are hurt. During the win against Seattle, Aaron Donald hurt his ribs and Cooper Kupp suffered a non-contact leg injury late in the game. Jared Goff was originally sitting on the bench behind John Wolford as he recovered from thumb surgery that happened two weeks ago, but Wolford was hurt with a concussion during the game.

This is creating quite the predicament for the Rams. The team and their doctors will figure out what’s going to happen to Wolford, Goff, Donald, and Kupp over the coming days. In the meantime, the Rams have to be sweating a bit with their current injury situation. The Rams defense is undoubtedly championship caliber and it would be unfortunate to have a string of bad luck to derail their postseason hopes.

In his early return from thumb surgery, Goff completed just nine of his 19 pass attempts for 155 yards and a touchdown. It’s going to be tough to sustain wins in the playoffs with that kind of production.

Next up, the Rams will be playing either the Packers, Buccaneers, or Washington Football Team (let’s be real, they’ll most likely be playing the Packers). Obviously, they would like to be at full strength for those games. If they can get healthy, or at least to a spot where these guys are on the field, the Rams have the talent to go deep into the playoffs. 

If Wolford and Goff both can’t go, then Blake Bortles will get some playing time in the postseason. Bortles did have a nice little stretch during the Jaguars’ run to the 2017 AFC Championship game, but that’s not something to rely on.