After practice, rookie cornerback Trae Waynes spent some extra time on the field with defensive backs coach Jerry Gray.
The Rams (4-3) are 3-0 against the NFC West for the first time since 2004, and they're above .500 this late in the season for the first time since 2006. The St. Louis defense hasn't allowed a touchdown the last two games, permitting just four field goals.
Chicago traded pass rusher Jared Allen to Carolina after he was largely ineffective the past two years. That along with the presence of Lamarr Houston, Willie Young, Pernell McPhee and Sam Acho at outside linebacker made Allen expendable.
Hodgson said the 25-year-old Hernandez has an ability to compartmentalize things and lock out the negative.
The New York Giants defensive coordinator is trying to find out how much the two-time Pro Bowl defensive end will be able to do after losing a finger in a July 4 fireworks accident.
STREAKING RAIDERS: A week after snapping an 11-game road losing streak and a 16-game skid in the Eastern time zone by winning in Cleveland, Oakland is looking to end another drought. The Raiders haven't won three straight since beating San Diego, Minnesota and Chicago in succession in November 2011.
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