Now, Robinson Says That Everett Is Ready to Play, but Not as a Starter

By CHRIS DUFRESNE

Nov. 13, 1986 12 AM PT

For rookie Ram quarterback, Jim Everett, the waiting has been the hardest part.

But all that changed Wednesday, when Coach John Robinson announced that Everett will play either this Sunday against New England or the following week at home against the New Orleans Saints.

Everett is not expected to start and how much he will play is a secret.

“I want people to say, ‘Oops, he’s in the game,’ and then, ‘Oops he’s out of the game,’ ” Robinson said, apparently having changed his mind about playing Everett only in a lopsided game.

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Chris Dufresne

Chris Dufresne was the Los Angeles Times’ national college football/basketball columnist from 1995 to 2015. He also covered skiing at the Winter Olympics and wrote extensively on most sports. He is a multiple national award winner and was named 2011 California Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Assn. A Los Angeles native, he started at The Times in 1976 as a truck loader and literally worked his way up (two floors to be exact).

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