Rams’ Robinson to play Sunday after DUI arrest
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams won’t droop huge receiver Demarcus Robinson for Sunday’s recreation towards the New Orleans Saints after he was arrested on suspicion of driving beneath the affect, coach Sean McVay stated Wednesday.
Robinson was arrested at roughly 5:13 a.m. Monday in Woodland Hills, California, after he was noticed driving greater than 100 mph on U.S. 101 northbound. The arrest got here hours after he caught a landing within the Rams’ loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night time.
McVay stated Wednesday that the workforce will “let the authorized course of happen” and let the league undergo its disciplinary course of as nicely.
Robinson, talking after Wednesday’s apply, stated he has not heard from the NFL and doesn’t have a timeline for when the authorized course of will play out. He met with McVay and the Rams entrance workplace Monday afternoon.
McVay stated he thinks Robinson understands “the severity of this and the way fortunate we have been that no person was injured.” The coach additionally stated he believes Robinson is “remorseful.”
“I believe it was a nasty choice he made. I do not assume that makes him a nasty particular person. And I do consider that is one thing that with the phrases that he stated, our guys will study from it, and hopefully no person’s ever going to repeat one thing like this.”
Robinson addressed the Rams in a workforce assembly, McVay stated.
“I did respect his skill to acknowledge it to the workforce whereas additionally not minimizing or undermining the severity of what might have been,” McVay stated. “And I do belief that he will study from it and I believe it will be a very good studying alternative for our previous soccer workforce. And that is how we transfer ahead.”
When requested what he took away from his dialog with McVay, Robinson stated it was the identical factor he informed the workforce in that assembly: “It is a unhealthy look.”
“I do not need to carry that kind of sunshine or any kind of unfavorable vitality in direction of the workforce,” Robinson stated. “… I simply informed him I sincerely apologize to him and the workforce and this entire group for even placing myself and the group in a predicament like that.”
He stated he hopes his teammates can study from his mistake with out having to undergo one thing comparable themselves.
“It is nothing anyone need to undergo, I am positive, nevertheless it’s all a life lesson that all of us can study from. And I undoubtedly will take … accountability. And I’ve already discovered from it. I’ve already gone via numerous stuff to attempt to overcome it. So truthfully, I simply don’t need anyone else in our group or the blokes in our rooms to undergo something like this.”
Robinson is in his eighth NFL season and second in Los Angeles. He has 26 catches for 384 yards and 6 touchdowns this season.
