{"id":412079,"date":"2026-01-17T02:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T02:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/412079\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T02:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T02:40:08","slug":"offensive-lineman-kevin-dotson-tight-end-terrance-ferguson-cornerback-josh-wallace-and-wide-receiver-jordan-whittington-good-to-go-for-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/412079\/","title":{"rendered":"Offensive lineman Kevin Dotson, tight end Terrance Ferguson, cornerback Josh Wallace and wide receiver Jordan Whittington good to go for Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. \u2013 Rams offensive lineman <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.therams.com\/team\/players-roster\/kevin-dotson\/\" title=\"Kevin Dotson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Dotson<\/a> carries no game status designation for Sunday night&#8217;s divisional round playoff game against the Bears at Soldier Field (3:30 p.m. PT, NBC\/Peacock), making him good to go for the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters Friday morning before practice, head coach Sean McVay said Dotson will start.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It means a lot (to have him back),&#8221; McVay said. &#8220;And I think what&#8217;s great is, like we&#8217;ve talked about, Justin Dedich has done an amazing job. I think there&#8217;s been a lot of guys that, when they&#8217;ve been asked to step up, they&#8217;ve delivered. And been really proud of the depth of the group that we have, and then to be able to get a physical player, his energy, his swag, his presence is excellent for us. And so do feel a lot of confidence in Justin, but the expectation and the anticipation is Kevin&#8217;s going to be ready to go and start.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tight end <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.therams.com\/team\/players-roster\/terrance-ferguson\/\" title=\"Terrance Ferguson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terrance Ferguson<\/a>, cornerback <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.therams.com\/team\/players-roster\/josh-wallace\/\" title=\"Josh Wallace\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Wallace<\/a> and wide receiver <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.therams.com\/team\/players-roster\/jordan-whittington\/\" title=\"Jordan Whittington\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Whittington<\/a> also carry no game status designation, clearing the way for them to play Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, McVay expects quarterback <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.therams.com\/team\/players-roster\/jimmy-garoppolo\/\" title=\"Jimmy Garoppolo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Garoppolo<\/a> (back) and defensive end <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.therams.com\/team\/players-roster\/desjuan-johnson\/\" title=\"Desjuan Johnson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Desjuan Johnson<\/a> (illness) to play even though both are listed questionable.<\/p>\n<p>For the Bears, defensive back Nick McCloud (groin) has been ruled out, while wide receiver Rome Odunze (foot) and linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin (back) are listed as questionable.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the injury reports for both teams.<\/p>\n<p>*The Rams held a walkthrough Wednesday, participation for that day is an estimation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. \u2013 Rams offensive lineman Kevin Dotson carries no game status designation for Sunday night&#8217;s divisional&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[117077,197692,399,176298,58293,197691,197688,197687,1833,4052,197689,186498,99,68058,197690],"class_list":["post-412079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-darious-williams","tag-desjuan-johnson","tag-football","tag-injury-report-cedars-sinai","tag-jimmy-garoppolo","tag-josh-wallace","tag-kevin-dotson","tag-los-angeles-rams-at-chicago-bears-2025-post-2","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-playoffs","tag-poona-ford","tag-quentin-lake","tag-sports","tag-terrance-ferguson","tag-xavier-smith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}