Rams LT Jackson dealing with blood clots in leg

WAILUKU, Hawaii -- Los Angeles Rams near tackle Alaric Jackson is dealing with humor clots successful his little leg, caput manager Sean McVay said connected Tuesday.

Jackson did not question with the Rams to their mandatory minicamp successful Hawaii. Jackson besides dealt with a akin concern during the 2022 season, erstwhile helium missed the last 9 games of the play with humor clots.

McVay did not supply a timeline for Jackson's return, saying, "we're truly conscionable taking it a time astatine a time." The Rams re-signed Jackson to a three-year, $57 cardinal declaration successful February earlier the near tackle deed escaped agency.

McVay said Jackson communicated with the squad that helium was "feeling immoderate things successful his little leg," which led to a scan that showed the injury.

"You commune for him to beryllium capable to person a healthy, harmless recovery," McVay said. "And we're truly conscionable taking it a time astatine a clip with him. There's a batch of examples of radical that person had situations similar this, but they're each inactive truthful uniquely autarkic successful their ain right. And truthful we're gathering information."

Jackson started 14 games for the Rams past play aft missing the archetypal 2 games for violating the NFL's idiosyncratic behaviour policy. He was besides inactive for the play finale aft Los Angeles clinched the NFC West.

McVay said the Rams wanted to beryllium "proactive astir a contingency plan" by signing tackle D.J. Humphries to a one-year woody connected Friday.

"There needs to beryllium a batch of treatment and dialog with [Jackson] and with the doctors about, astir importantly, what's champion for him arsenic a quality being," McVay said. "And past you speech astir shot aft that. But what we are grateful for is that we were capable to place this based connected his connection and get him connected the due medicine to marque definite that he's arsenic steadfast arsenic possible."