The Los Angeles Rams play against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field for the first Sunday Night Football game of the regular season in a long-awaited rematch. These two teams last met in the Super Wild Card round in Matthew Stafford’s first road game in Detroit since being traded. The Lions defeated the Rams 24-23 to advance to the Divisional round. The Lions are favored by 4.5, and the over/under is 53.5 points in this game.
NFL rules allow teams to suit up 48 players for game day. Each team typically has three to seven players inactive, depending on their roster size, and whether they made any practice-squad elevations, as noted by Pro Football Network.
“Per NFL rules, teams can only have 48 players dressed for game action, with exceptions for quarterback and offensive line. At quarterback, some teams can list one as inactive and designate him as the “third quarterback” or “emergency quarterback,” which means he can play if every quarterback ahead of him gets injured.
“A team usually has between three and seven inactives per game. It just depends on the roster size and practice-squad elevations.”
Without further ado, here are the inactive lists for the Rams and Lions.
Los Angeles Rams inactives
- RB: Cody Schrader
- T: Rob Havenstein
- DE: Brennan Jackson
- DE: Desjuan Johnson
- LB: Elias Neal
Detroit Lions inactives
- OL: Giovanni Manu
- OL: Colby Sorsdal
- DL: D.J. Reader
- LB: James Houston
- S: Loren Strickland
- S: Ifeatu Melifonwu
