# Rams' defensive line injuries

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On October 19, 2026, the Rams learned Devontae Adams had a ruptured hamstring, Poona Ford would miss the season and Kobe Turner went on injured reserve. Adams' injury is a ruptured semitendinosis; he has since had surgery, with a six-to-ten-week absence reported and a return targeted near the Week 11 bye. The discussion turns on whether Los Angeles can absorb the cluster injuries on its defensive line, and what a loss to the Raiders would mean for its playoff hopes.

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## Segments

- [First Take](https://boilpoints.com/u/firsttake), 2026-10-20, 13:43 to 17:20: **Adds the Adams injury specifics and return hope**. Reacts to the Adams hamstring rupture and debates whether the Rams' Super Bowl hopes are done. Adds the injury specifics - a ruptured semitendinosis, a repair procedure - and Jeremy Fowler's report that Adams hopes to return near the Week 11 bye. New angle: Adams has a ruptured semitendinosis, will have a procedure, and hopes to return near the Week 11 bye.
- [First Take](https://boilpoints.com/u/firsttake), 2026-10-20, 17:20 to 22:21: **Blames McVay for the Rams collapse**. Stephen A. blames Sean McVay for the Rams' collapse, citing the 28-hour flight to Melbourne and repeated apologies, and the panel debates whether McVay can turn it around. The injury list and the must-win next four games are recapped, not advanced.
- [The Herd with Colin Cowherd](https://boilpoints.com/u/theherdwithcolincowherd), 2026-10-20, 24:00 to 27:40: **Debates whether the Rams can survive their injuries**. Opens the Rams' injury file: Adams out six to ten weeks with a ruptured hamstring, Ford done for the season, Turner to IR, Garrett not practicing. Debates whether a 3-4 Rams team can survive, with McIntyre saying a Raiders loss ends their playoff hopes. New angle: Devontae Adams is out six to ten weeks, Poona Ford for the season and Kobe Turner on IR.
- [First Things First](https://boilpoints.com/u/firstthingsfirst), 2026-10-21, 53:19 to 1:09:55: **Adds Adams's hamstring surgery**. Runs the Rams through the committee's tiers and adds one detail to the injury cluster: Adams has had surgery on the ruptured hamstring. The rest is a recap of the 2-4 record and the mounting injuries already on the record. New angle: Devontae Adams had surgery on his ruptured hamstring.
- [The Rich Eisen Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thericheisenshow), 2026-10-22, 13:55 to 16:04: **Reports Adams targeting a return after the bye**. Fowler, sourced to someone close to Adams, says the hamstring procedure is a small one and Adams is targeting a return after the Week 11 bye. Adds that Garrett is working back but won't fix the offense, and that rival teams see the Rams as slow. New angle: Adams is set for a small hamstring procedure and hopes to return after the Week 11 bye.
- [PTI](https://boilpoints.com/u/pti), 2026-10-22, 12:27 to 15:04: **Questions the Rams' playoff chances**. Booger McFarland's take on the Rams as a beat-up team that lacks playmaking and has had bad special teams for two years. He repeats the Adams injury with a different timeline and questions their playoff chances, staying inside the injury-and-special-teams framing already on the record.
- [The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL](https://boilpoints.com/u/theathleticfootballshowashowaboutthenfl), 2026-10-23, 56:32 to 1:08:20: **Widens the Rams injuries into a depth argument**. Recaps the Rams' injury cluster - Adams out six to ten weeks, Turner to IR, Ford done for the year - and widens it into a roster-depth argument about the tackle and receiver rooms and the Max Clare pick. Stays inside the injury math already on the record.
- [The Herd with Colin Cowherd](https://boilpoints.com/u/theherdwithcolincowherd), 2026-10-23, 36:37 to 42:30: **Argues the Rams should not pay Nacua**. Recaps the Rams' injury cluster and 2-4 start, then argues the roster is old and top-heavy and that Los Angeles should not pay Puka Nacua. Stays inside the injury-and-roster read already on the record, adding only opinion.
- [The Rich Eisen Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thericheisenshow), 2026-10-27, 23:33 to 25:37: **Describes the Rams' next-man-up mindset**. Blake Corum, in a player interview, describes the Rams' next-man-up approach amid the Adams, Garrett and Turner injuries and credits Stafford's leadership. Reaction and mindset inside the building, with no new development on the injuries themselves.