PRO FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : RAMS : Lang to Miss 2-3 Months

Running back David Lang will be sidelined two to three months because of a knee injury suffered in a non-contact drill.

Lang underwent arthroscopic surgery Sunday morning to repair damaged cartilage and chipped bone in his right knee.

“It’s a shame,” Coach Chuck Knox said. “This was probably our best-conditioned athlete, a guy who worked the hardest in the off-season and who was ready to come out here and have a great season for us.”

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Cleveland Gary, the team’s starting tailback last season, remains unsigned.

Knox has always expressed an interest in having Gary return, although the front office gave Gary’s agent permission to seek a trade.

Will the injury to Lang change the team’s position on Gary? “It doesn’t change anything,” Knox said. “The situation stays the same. We’re still talking with his guy (agent); we’re still trying to make a deal. . . . I’ve said what our posture is from day one. We want him back here. He’s a Ram.”