Exclusive | Trent McDuffie breaks silence on injury, says Rams have rediscovered swagger

Trent McDuffie spent Sunday watching from the sidelines as the Rams finally began looking like the Super Bowl contenders everyone expected them to be.Now the All-Pro cornerback wants back in on the action.After missing the last two games with a groin injury suffered in practice two weeks ago, McDuffie returned to the field on Wednesday and told the California Post in an exclusive interview that he’s feeling better and ready to suit up against the Chargers if the medical staff gives him the green light.“If I’m cleared, man, I’m ready to go,” McDuffie said with a smile.McDuffie revealed that he felt tightness and a slight tug in his groin, an injury that required patience rather than pushing through the pain and risking a more significant setback.“For me, it was just tightness.I felt a little tug, a little groin strain,” McDuffie said.

“It was one of those injuries you’ve got to be careful with.You push it too much, you can kind of make it worse.”McDuffie attempted to return last Friday ahead of the Rams’ Week 7 showdown with the Raiders, but the team’s medical staff decided another week of recovery was the smarter approach.“I told them last week, ‘I’m going to give you every single second I’ve got to try to make the game,'” McDuffie said.

“They just thought taking an extra week would be smart, so that’s what we did.”The decision appears to have paid off.McDuffie was a limited participant Wednesday, but his excitement about returning to the practice field was impossible to hide.“Man, biggest smile on my face while I was out there, back on the football field,” he said.Before the season began, McDuffie told The Post that the biggest threat to the Rams’ championship aspirations wasn’t the Seahawks, 49ers or anybody else on their schedule. It was themselves. Through the first six weeks of the season, McDuffie’s proclamation proved to be right, as the Rams scuffled to a 2-4 start, finding new creative ways to beat thems...