Brian Quick Injury Update: Rookie WR Expected To Practice This Week

St. Louis Rams rookie wide receiver Brian Quick left Saturday night's preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs with a back injury, but is expected to practice this week, according to Rams' head coach Jeff Fisher (via Nick Wagoner).

Quick, an Appalachian State product who was taken with the first pick of the second round in the 2012 NFL Draft, caught three passes for 20 yards before exiting in the fourth quarter of the Rams' 31-17 victory over the Chiefs. Although he has mostly been practicing and playing with the Rams' second-team offense, he has received glowing reviews from camp and appears to be a part of St. Louis's future plans.

The Rams, who have had a relatively injury-free camp to this point, will resume preseason play on Saturday, Aug. 25 on the road vs. the Dallas Cowboys.

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Brian Quick Injury Update: Early St. Louis Rams Comments Suggest Back Spasms Aren't Serious

The St. Louis Rams nearly managed to make their 31-17 win over the Kansas City Chiefs into a bad thing on Saturday night, when rookie wide receiver Brian Quick suffered a back injury in the third quarter. Quick, their second pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, is The Upside Guy in their long-despised wide receiving corps; he's big and fast and has tools out Justin Blackmon's wazoo. If he were out for a long time, the Rams wouldn't be much worse, necessarily, since he's also raw (as Justin Blackmon's wazoo after all those tools came out), but they'd be less exciting. And you'd have to see Brandon Gibson more, for better or worse.

Luckily—or unluckily, for people still holding out hope that Danario Alexander will make the roster—Quick's problem doesn't appear to be serious. (Here's Turf Show Times's rapid update.) He'd actually had a pretty solid game up to that point, working with Kellen Clemens and Austin Davis and catching three balls for 20 yards.

So: Quick might not be a worldbeater right away, but you'll get to dream on him for the rest of the preseason. More from the Rams' win over the Chiefs:

• Steven Jackson had a great game you should be excited about.
• And maybe you could even risk getting excited about Sam Bradford again.

Brian Quick Injury: St. Louis Rams Rookie Leaves Win Vs. Chiefs WIth Back Injury

The St. Louis Rams won vs. the Kansas City Chiefs, but that high score could be offset by a Brian Quick injury; the rookie wide receiver hit the locker room with a back issue in the third quarter.