It seems increasingly unlikely that wide receiver Cooper Kupp will be ready for Week 1 in light of Saturday’s new injury update.
Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported Saturday that Kupp is visiting with a specialist in Minnesota to try to get to the root cause of his lingering hamstring issue. Kupp has suffered a pair of hamstring pulls during the preseason and wants to know if there is an underlying issue.
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On Thursday, coach Sean McVay characterized Kupp’s latest hamstring issue as a “setback” and characterized the wide receiver as day-to-day. Kupp suffered his initial hamstring injury at the beginning of August and suffered his setback a week after returning to practice.
The Rams still have a week to go before their season opener, but if Kupp is seeing a specialist at this stage, that might not bode well for his availability.
After an astonishing 2021 season, injuries limited Kupp to nine games in 2022. The Rams will not want a repeat of that, so getting him as healthy as possible now makes sense.
