In a bit of a surprise, Larry Grant was at weakside linebacker with the St. Louis Rams first-team defense in Saturday's practice. Bobby Carpenter had manned that spot during most of the spring workouts.

"Larry will roll in there, and Bobby will," coach Steve Spagnuolo explained. "Larry also jumps over to (strongside) linebacker. In this league, those outside linebackers have to be pretty versatile. They’ve got to be able to play both sides."

With Jason Smith (toe) sitting out, Adam Goldberg was at tight tackle and rookie Rodger Saffold lined up at left tackle. Hank Fraley was at right guard with the "ones."