The Facts: Gurley won't play a snap this preseason. Don't expect to see him on the field in Week 1, either. NFL Network's Ian Rapoport wrote in a dispatch from Rams camp on Tuesday that the team expects their first-round pick to miss the "first couple games" of the regular season.
Diehards Line:
Gurley is viewed as 90 percent recovered from his torn ACL, but the area around the repaired ligament isn't far enough along for the team to feel confident about a full return to action. That said, the Rams aren't despondent about this. Rapoport wrote Tuesday that "team personnel can barely contain themselves" about the potential of Gurley. ... Stay tuned. We'll continue to watch his progress closely.