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Sarah Barshop, ESPN Staff WriterNov 27, 2024, 06:13 PM ET
- Sarah Barshop covers the Los Angeles Rams for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2016 to cover the Green Bay Packers for ESPN Milwaukee. She then moved to Houston to cover the Texans. She came to ESPN after working as a writer and editor for Sports Illustrated. You can follow her on Twitter @sarahbarshop.
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams will not suspend wide receiver Demarcus Robinson for Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Saints after he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, coach Sean McVay said Wednesday.
Robinson was arrested at approximately 5:13 a.m. Monday morning in Woodland Hills, California, after he was observed driving more than 100 mph on US-101 northbound. The arrest came hours after he caught a touchdown in the Rams’ loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night.
McVay said Wednesday the team is going to “let the legal process take place” and let the league go through its disciplinary process, as well.
McVay said he thinks Robinson understands “the severity of this and how lucky we were that nobody was injured.” McVay also said he believes Robinson is “remorseful.”
“I think it was a bad decision he made,” McVay said. “I don’t think that makes him a bad person. And I do believe this is something that with the words that he said, our guys will learn from it and hopefully nobody’s ever going to repeat something like this.”
Robinson addressed the Rams in a team meeting, McVay said.
“I did appreciate his ability to acknowledge it to the team while also not minimizing or undermining the severity of what could have been,” McVay said. “And I do trust that he’s going to learn from it and I think it’ll be a good learning opportunity for our old football team. And that’s how we move forward.”
Robinson is in his eighth NFL season and second in Los Angeles. He has 26 catches for 384 yards and six touchdowns this season.
