The injury bug is beginning to bite down on the seemingly always-healthy Los Angeles Rams.

After losing Morgan Fox to a torn ACL in spring workouts, three key players have been sidelined with injuries, two of which are cause for concern in Los Angeles. Lamarcus Joyner (Achilles), Matt Longacre (biceps) and Gerald Everett (shoulder) have all suffered injuries in the past week, which is bad news for the Rams.

Everett has shoulder sprain, which is better than a torn labrum or something more significant. However, he’s wearing a splint on his shoulder as the Rams will be very careful with their second-year tight end.

“So with Gerald, he’s got a shoulder sprain. You guys see him out here where he had a little splint. We’re going to be smart with him. So, he’ll probably be doing rehab and different things like that for at least the next week or so,” McVay said after practice Saturday.

Everett will “still be out” when the Rams travel to Baltimore on Sunday for a series of joint practices with the Ravens. He won’t be making the flight east as he remains in California to rehab the injury.

“It’s tough because, really, sometimes depending upon if it’s the labrum area, then how does it end up if it comes out based on some of the structural stability of that shoulder? … We had a couple guys last year that played throughout the season with Kayvon and Nickell were both playing with kind of with some shoulder straps,” McVay said. “But, especially because of how physical that tight end position is when you’re locking out, making contact at the point of attack, in the run game, in protection, different things like that – it’s a concern.

“Fortunately, it’s not something right now that we felt like had to get fixed, but until you really go through that process you never know how it’s truly going to respond.”

That certainly doesn’t sound great for Everett, but it likely could’ve been much worse. As for Longacre, his biceps injury is also a concern. McVay is worried that it may be worse than initially thought, which would be a huge blow for the Rams.

“Matt Longacre, he got a little bit of a bicep tweak. Again, want to be smart with Matt,” McVay said. “We were a little concerned that it might be worse than what it was, but he’s a guy – he’s going to stay back and continue to rehab with our training staff as well when we go to Baltimore.”

Longacre, who suffered a back injury at the end of last season, is projected to be one of the starting outside linebackers in Week 1. He and Samson Ebukam have established themselves as the best options on the edge, but this injury could change things.

If Longacre is forced to miss significant time, Justin Lawler or Trevon Young could see increased reps at outside linebacker.

On the bright side, Joyner’s injury is viewed more as soreness than anything serious. He’s expected to make the flight to Baltimore on Sunday and will be ready to practice against the Ravens.

“Then as far as with Lamarcus, his Achilles is just sore. We’re being smart with him, but we expect him to be ready to go and practice against Baltimore,” McVay said.

Hopefully Everett and Longacre can recover relatively quickly, otherwise the Rams will have to replace two key players.