The Los Angeles Rams may have quite the boost to their offense when the regular season officially kicks off on September 10th as superstar wideout Cooper Kupp says that he feels he will be ready to play in Week 1 action against the Seattle Seahawks, according to ESPN.
Kupp had been sidelined by a hamstring injury he sustained back on August 1st but has since returned to practices with the team this week.
“Yeah, I feel like I am,” Kupp said Thursday following the Rams joint practice with the Denver Broncos.
Kupp said that the repetitions in practice this week have been invaluable in the process of getting him ready to play in the season opener.
“I definitely felt the first two days coming back here earlier this week, just felt like you’re rushing things,” Kupp said. “You feel like your hands and feet aren’t working together. … It might be seeing the patterns of the defense, might be just feeling like you’re behind the snap mentally which is just never a place you want to be. You want to be able to be ahead of that thing so you can play fast.
“But man, just the importance it showed me of just repetition and being able to be out there and see things live and going through those reps and feeling them out from day one to two to three to four now, the game just slows down progressively. So that’s why I’m saying like going out there Week 1 would be tough not having that opportunity to see those reps and have those reps and that kind of stuff in your back pocket and be able see those patterns. So, [I] feel good about what kind of path we’re on now.”
Despite the progress, fans shouldn’t expect to see Kupp in the Rams preseason finale against the Broncos on Saturday.
“I don’t plan on playing on Saturday,” he said. “If it was a game, yeah. Game one, I’m playing.”
