PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : RAMS : Miller Groggy; Chandler Likely Starter

Eight days after suffering a concussion at New Orleans, quarterback Chris Miller still complains of headaches and “isn’t clear about everything.”

But Miller wouldn’t rule himself out from starting Sunday against Denver, and Coach Chuck Knox wouldn’t commit to starting Miller or Chris Chandler.

Chandler appears to have the inside track on the starting job, with Tommy Maddox backing him up. Chandler took most of the snaps in practice Monday.

“I would say right now that Chandler is the starter because he is getting all the work,” Knox said. “I don’t know what the situation would be Wednesday. Our doctors are monitoring Miller’s progress, and we’ll go from there.”

Miller plans to throw in informal workouts today and return to practice Wednesday.

“I’m sure I could play,” he said. “It’ll be the doctor’s call to see how I react to practice and putting a helmet on. I’m just going day-to-day right now. I rode the exercise bike hard and I just feel my equilibrium is a little out of whack.”

Miller got the concussion when the back of his head hit the turf when he was tackled by New Orleans’ Ernest Dixon in the first quarter. He didn’t know he had a concussion and played the rest of the first half, throwing a touchdown pass to Isaac Bruce.

He complained of dizziness at halftime, and was replaced by Chandler at the start of the second half. Miller said he doesn’t remember any of the second half of the game. A CAT scan and MRI exam showed no brain damage, but team doctors held Miller out of workouts during the bye week for precautionary reasons.

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Steve Novak, general counsel with the Rams for the past six seasons, will leave the team at the end of the week to become counsel for Fox network. . . . Right tackle Darryl Ashmore, who returned last week from a knee injury, worked at right guard, backing up starter Leo Goeas. Rookie Wayne Gandy continued to work with the first string at right tackle, with veteran Jackie Slater, back from a torn triceps muscle, as the backup. . . . Wide receiver Richard Buchanan re-pulled a hamstring muscle during punt protection drills. Defensive end Robert Young (knee) expects to return to practice Wednesday.