{"id":790183,"date":"2026-07-28T22:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/790183\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T22:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:52:09","slug":"rams-justin-dedich-out-with-a-hand-accident-around-the-fourth-of-july-sean-mcvay-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/790183\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams&#8217; Justin Dedich out with \u201ca hand accident around the Fourth of July,&#8221; Sean McVay says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the Rams announced that guard Justin Dedich would open training camp on the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/rams-place-g-justin-dedich-on-nfi-list-db-alzillion-hamilton-on-pup-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">non-football injury list<\/a>, they did not reveal the nature of that injury. Today they explained it.<\/p>\n<p>Rams head coach Sean McVay said Justin Dedich \u201chad a hand accident around the Fourth of July, and so that\u2019s kind of what\u2019s keeping him out for now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McVay didn\u2019t specifically mention fireworks, but that\u2019s the obvious conclusion people will draw from a July 4 hand accident.<\/p>\n<p>During Fourth of July weekend in 2015, two different NFL players lost fingers in fireworks accidents. Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul\u2019s injury caused him to miss half that season, although he had a long career after that, including being a Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion in Tampa Bay in 2020. Buccaneers cornerback C.J. Wilson also suffered a serious hand injury at Fourth of July 2015 and never played again.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s been no word on the severity of Dedich\u2019s injury.<\/p>\n<p>Dedich signed with the Rams as an undrafted rookie out of USC in 2024 and has played in 29 games for them, with nine starts.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/report-justin-dedich-will-return-soon-fourth-of-july-injury-was-not-fireworks-related\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dedich\u2019s injury was reportedly not fireworks-related, and he is expected to return soon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When the Rams announced that guard Justin Dedich would open training camp on the non-football injury list, they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":790184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-790183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790183","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=790183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}