Sam Bradford's promising preseason has been short-circuited.
The Rams' starting quarterback left Saturday night's 聽over the Cleveland Browns after injuring his left knee on a first-quarter incompletion. Bradford was on a play that saw veteran left tackle Jake Long beaten off the edge.
Bradford crouched on the field in pain before limping off toward the locker room with a pair of team trainers.聽The fifth-year signal-caller finished the game having聽completed 4 of 9 passes for 77 yards.
Rams coach Jeff Fisher was "very optimistic" after the game, saying "it appeared just to be a hyperextension."
A Rams source tells NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport that the first tests on Bradford's knee聽聽and Bradford underwent an MRI on Sunday. He's undergoing , and Fisher is expected to update Bradford's status during a 6:30 p.m. ET news conference.
on that same knee, Bradford against the Packers before marching the Rams down the field against the Browns on the team's opening drive. After Bradford exited, Shaun Hill stepped in to lead St. Louis to a field goal.
Bradford started just seven games last year before suffering a against the Carolina Panthers in . Losing him again would equal a devastating blow for this middling St. Louis offense.
It's been an ugly night all around for the Rams.
Starting offensive lineman Rodger Saffold left the game later in the first quarter with an apparent . In the second quarter, cornerback Trumaine Johnson and defensive tackle Michael Brockers also got hurt. While Brockers walked off under his own power, Johnson needed to be after colliding with a teammate.
UPDATE: A team source tells Rapoport that a battery of tests reveal Bradford tore his ACL and .
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