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    CBS post Avery makes early return

    From CBS:

    Donnie Avery, WR STL
    News: St. Louis Rams wide receiver Donnie Avery had been expected to miss up to the first two weeks of the season with a left foot stress fracture, but was back on the practice field Tuesday. "Like I tell my teammates, you know, I run fast but I heal faster," Avery joked after the workout at Rams Park, where he appeared on his way to a quick recovery. Avery was hurt during an Aug. 7 night scrimmage when a defensive back landed on his foot. After doing some individual drills Monday, Avery jumped into the team drills Tuesday.
    Analysis: Avery became the Rams' No. 1 receiver after Torry Holt left through free agency. He burst on the scene last year after being bothered early by a hip injury. His speed forced defenses to account for him, and he had 53 catches for 674 yards and three touchdowns. On Tuesday, it looked like Avery didn't miss a step. In working with the reserves during a red zone drill, Avery made a great catch in the corner of the end zone by leaping and stretching his arms to haul in the ball and then getting his feet down in bounds. "Yeah, my hands still work," Avery said. "My feet still work."
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      Re: CBS post Avery makes early return

      E X C E L L E N T! As long as he and his coaches are absolutely sure that he is, in effect, healing before expected.

      Thanks DD for the good news!

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        • #3
          Re: CBS post Avery makes early return

          "It's a miracle!"
          LA RAMMER

          It's Jim not Chris
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HNgqQVHI_8

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            • #4
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              Great news for the offense. This shows what kind of character he is.

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                • #5
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                  You know Spags won't let him go if he's not ready. When I see him on the field, the coaches know he's ready and Donnie knows he's ready.

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                    • #6
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                      That's great news! We need him back, I just hope he's 100% when he returns.

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                        • #7
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                          Great way of putting it Moose. It's the preseason, both the trainers and the coaches wouldn't let him out there unless they were sure he was ready.

                          DA's also right, he might be fast but his healing is even faster! I wonder if he laughed when he was told he might miss the start of the regular season? He got over a 4-6 week injury in 3 weeks, that's just awesome! Now just don't re-injure it!
                          I believe!:ram:

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                            • #8
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                              Avery's 'run fast, but heal faster' is a classic line.

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                                • #9
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                                  Watching Robinson play may have helped him heal faster too.
                                  Aim high Willis, Aim High!
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                                    • #10
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                                      Originally posted by rammiser
                                      Watching Robinson play may have helped him heal faster too.
                                      You have a good point, I think your right.

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                                        • #11
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                                          Originally posted by rammiser
                                          Watching Robinson play may have helped him heal faster too.
                                          That's fuuny.

                                          From what I've read, Avery has not been cleared to play just yet and is not expected to play against Cincy. Avery himself has said he'll play in the season opener, guaranteed.

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                                            • #12
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                                              Even if he's fit, I wouldn't play him until the season opener for sure... If they do then they're stoooopid!

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                                                • #13
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                                                  Yeah, I wouldn't expect him to play at all tonight, though I'll be watching his facebook page just in case he spills the beans. If Bulger was playing and he could get some reps in with him, I would say they might let himtest the foot out, but with what seems to be another sub par offensive line and Boller in as opposed to Bulger, it wouldn't make sense to risk further injury. They'll keep him shelved until the opener for certain.
                                                  I believe!:ram:

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                                                    • 01d 0rd3r
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                                                      Like most teams in the NFL, attrition begins to take its toll on rosters around the league the deeper into the season you get. That’s certainly held true in the case of the Rams and nowhere is that more evident than at the receiver position.

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                                                      But none of those players have been around or have the rapport with the quarterbacks like Avery and all of those receivers are quick to turn to Avery with questions.

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                                                    • RamWraith
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                                                      Thursday, September 25, 2008

                                                      By Nick Wagoner

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                                                      Watching as fellow rookie wideouts around the league make a first impression – good or bad – in the first three games, Donnie Avery couldn’t help but wonder when his time would come.



                                                      For every big play or boneheaded play made by Philadelphia ’s DeSean Jackson, Avery made note and hoped for his time to arrive.

                                                      After three games of patiently working through a knee injury and working in limited duty, the time is now.



                                                      Coach Scott Linehan named Avery the starter at the ‘Z’ receiver position on Wednesday and Avery will get his first career NFL start on Sunday against Buffalo.



                                                      “I’m very excited,” Avery said. “I finally get to go out there and just have fun from the start. I don’t have to wait on the sidelines to get my opportunity.”



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                                                      With that in mind, they are turning to Avery to inject that youth and speed into the offense.



                                                      “That’s what everybody expects when they get drafted,” Avery said. “They want to get out on the field and start. That’s my goal. It’s sad to say people had to get hurt for me to get up there but that’s how it goes.”



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                                                    • r8rh8rmike
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                                                      The ball seemed to hang in the air forever and a day and for every tick that went by before it landed, an entire stadium and two sidelines full of football players held their breath as though the simple act of breathing would somehow alter the ball’s final destination.

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                                                      It’s been almost a year since Avery made that play and a lot has changed since then. So much, in fact, that Avery has essentially put one of the first big plays of his young NFL career out of his mind.

                                                      “That was last year,” Avery said. “Now, we have got to make some 2009 memories.”

                                                      When Avery made that catch last season, he was viewed as a speedster with plenty of potential but he wasn’t considered one of the team’s top targets. When the Rams return to the scene of the crime at FedEx Field in Washington D.C. on Sunday, Avery will come widely regarded as one of, if not the, team’s top receiving option.

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                                                      “I’m going to tell you what, he’s one of the harder working guys we’ve got, one of the hardest working guys,” Spagnuolo said. “He is always doing that, whether it’s special teams, whether it’s running a route, whether it’s doing extra conditioning when he was hurt…I have got a lot of respect for him. I think he’s exactly what you need on your team.”

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                                                      But a familiar and occasionally maligned name from the recent past, Donnie Avery, still could fill that bill.

                                                      Avery says he's "a good 92-93 percent" recovered from surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. The injury, which occurred in the Rams' Aug. 26 preseason game in New England, cost him the entire 2010 season.

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                                                      "Just trying to get back up to speed," he said. "Because you know with injuries like this, a lot of guys, they lose their quick-twitch muscles."

                                                      And Avery has had more quick-twitch than all but a select few human beings. His speed has been his greatest asset.

                                                      "Last week, I clocked a 4.34," Avery said after Wednesday's player-organized Rams practice at Lindenwood University.

                                                      That's nearly one-tenth of a second off Avery's personal best in the 40-yard dash — 4.27 seconds — but still a sizzling time. Since he's not 100 percent healthy, the NFL lockout actually has been a positive for Avery.

                                                      "It's been a great thing for me," Avery laughed. "I didn't want to miss OTAs, but the lockout is postponing them so it's given me more time to be healthy."

                                                      In normal times, the Rams would be in the third week of the spring practices, also known as organized team activities, and Avery might have been tempted to rush back into action. But with the lockout he has been able to ease back in, minimizing the possibility of setbacks.

                                                      He was part of the Houston workouts prior to the draft that involved Sam Bradford and many of the team's receivers, and is taking part in the Lindenwood sessions. But these workouts are shorter and more relaxed than minicamps, and Avery can go at his own pace.

                                                      Besides working to get his knee right, Avery has changed his diet.

                                                      "I slimmed down a little bit," Avery said. "I got up to 203 (pounds) but I didn't feel comfortable with it. So right now I'm like 190, 191. It's like 3.8 percent body fat. For dinner (Tuesday) night, I had 4.2 ounces of fish, 2.2 cups of brown rice, and a cup of green beans. So it's training right, eating a lot of proteins, and just working on my speed."

                                                      With a new offensive coordinator in Josh McDaniels and a new scheme, the Rams drafted two wide receivers last month in Austin Pettis and Greg Salas. But Avery said he didn't have much of a reaction either way when the picks were made.
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                                                      -05-26-2011, 11:53 AM
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