Jackson's dreads on "maternity leave"

[evil disco man]

By Jim Thomas

Something didn't look right about Steven Jackson in Friday's preseason game at Kansas City. It was unnerving to suburban housewives, and there were questions about it on Tuesday's Rams Chat on Stltoday.com

OK, where were the dreads?

Jackson's trademark dreadlocks were nowhere to be found during the Rams' 14-10 Governor's Cup victory over the Chiefs. In fact, you had to look closely to find any hair at all sticking out from Jackson's helmet.

"I can't believe we're talking about this," Jackson chuckled. "But the person that helps maintain my hair, she just had a baby. So I needed to tie it down to buy her some time to get back."

Once "maternity leave" is over, Jackson said his usual look will return.

"This is just temporary," he said, adding with a laugh, "Now we have a lot pressure on her to get back."