The Rams used a first-round pick on Todd Gurley this year and drafted Tre Mason in the third round in 2014, but they may be starting Benny Cunningham in the season opener against the Seahawks.
Mason hurt his hamstring in the first half of Saturday’s game against the Colts and didn’t return to the field. Coach Jeff Fisher said Sunday that Mason won’t play in Thursday night’s preseason finale and that he’s questionable for Week One.
Gurley is returning from a torn ACL and started team drills last week, but hasn’t played in the preseason and Fisher said the team plans to “bring him along slow” when asked about Gurley’s status for the game against Seattle. Pushing to get either of them back for September 13 at the risk of losing them for some of the 15 to come would go against the patience they’ve shown with Gurley since he joined the club.
Cunningham ran 66 times for 246 yards and caught 45 passes in 16 games for St. Louis last season.