Rams Botch Myles Garrett Injury Timeline, Lose Star Edge Rusher for Six Weeks

The Los Angeles Rams just lost their most terrifying defensive weapon until November. According to Ian Rapoport, star edge rusher Myles Garrett is facing a six-week recovery timeline following knee surgery, and the team plans to be extremely cautious bringing him back.

This is the kind of injury management that makes you want to audit a medical staff. Garrett was dealing with knee soreness back in August during training camp, but the team kept him off the injury report for the opener.

"Ian Rapoport reported the 6-week timeline and noted the team will be cautious."

Instead of getting this cleanup procedure done when they had him for months, the Rams flew him all the way to Australia for Week 1 against the San Francisco 49ers. He played, looked nowhere near 100 percent, and now he is heading to Injured Reserve to miss a massive chunk of the season.

That is not just bad luck. That is an entirely avoidable mess that now leaves a massive hole on the defensive line.

From a betting perspective, this completely shifts how you have to evaluate Los Angeles going forward. You cannot just subtract a generational pass rusher from a defense and expect the weekly spreads or season win totals to stay intact. Opposing quarterbacks suddenly have a lot more time to throw, and that changes the math on every single game.

The Rams managed to cruise past the New York Giants 28-6 without him, but the schedule does not wait around for anyone to heal.

Los Angeles heads to Denver next to face the Broncos. We will find out very quickly if this defense can survive a month and a half without their anchor, or if this delayed surgery just punted their early-season momentum into the sun.