


The Rams won’t have Cooper Kupp in the lineup Sunday.
Los Angeles head coach Sean McVay has ruled out the wide receiver for the team’s Week 1 game Sunday at Seattle, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Schefter also reports that McVay said the Rams haven’t ruled out placing Kupp on injured reserve because of his ongoing hamstring injury.
Kupp struggled during training camp with hamstring problems and was in Minnesota last weekend visiting “a noted body specialist to further understand his hamstring issue,” NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported.
Health problems are nothing new for the 30-year-old Kupp, who missed the final eight games of the 2022 season with a high-ankle sprain.
However, the year before that Kupp won the triple crown of receiving, leading the league in receptions (145), receiving yards (1,947) and touchdown receptions (16).
Kupp capped his historic 2021 campaign by earning Super Bowl LVI MVP honors as the Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals, 23-20.
He pulled down eight receptions for 92 yards and a pair of touchdowns, including the game-winner with 1:25 left in the fourth quarter.
But Kupp will be a spectator Sunday when the Rams visit the Seahawks for an NFC West showdown — and potentially longer.