Bill Plaschke: The answer is simple: Rams must sit ailing Todd Gurley until the playoffs
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - It was a gorgeous practice. It was a troubling practice.
A warm mid-afternoon sun glistened off the surrounding hills of Thousand Oaks on Thursday and bathed the Los Angeles Rams in the light of the impending playoffs.
But if you looked closely enough, you saw the shadow.
It darkened an offensive workout that contained a stranger in the backfield. It cooled an energy that had once been the NFL's most intense. It stretched from here into the first weeks of January.
It wasn't the shadow of a presence, but an absence. It was Todd Gurley. He wasn't there. He didn't come to
