Tavon Austin on Rams trading for Sammy Watkins: 'I understand'Alden Gonzalez
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- When the Los Angeles Rams traded for Sammy Watkins, it meant a significantly reduced role for Tavon Austin, the fifth-year receiver who signed a four-year, $42 million contract less than a year earlier.
Austin saw it as "competition."
"Brotherly competition," Austin said Monday. "That's how it is. And I haven't been here. Since the new coaches got here, I've only had four days in this offense. So I understand. It definitely don't mean that they don't still have plans for me. That's where I'm at with it right now. I'm going to take it day after day, and wherever I land [within the offense], I know myself. I know what I'm capable of, and I know the things I can do on the field will definitely help this team.”
Austin spent the spring recovering from wrist surgery and didn't participate in the Rams' offseason program. He was unrestricted by training camp, but then he injured his hamstring during the fourth practice and didn't return to the field with his teammates until Monday, 13 days before the regular-season opener. Austin only went through individual drills, but Rams coach Sean McVay said he might have been able to participate in the full practice if the team wasn't being so cautious.
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