INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Matthew Stafford missed nearly a month of the Rams ' training camp with an aggravated disk in his back, and Alaric Jackson only joined practice this week after being sidelined for the whole summer with blood clots.

The quarterback and his left tackle are healthy for the regular season, but they'll get no warmup before facing the Houston Texans and their potentially dominant defense Sunday.

If Stafford hadn't already seen and done just about everything in his 17-year career, he might seem a bit more stressed about the high degree of difficulty under which he'll take his first snaps of the season. While Houston pass rushers Will Anderson and Danielle Hunter are elite, the Texans also finished second in the league in interceptions last year.

"I've got a ton of respe

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