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Rams won’t suspend Demarcus Robinson after DUI arrest, will play Saints this week (Video)
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Rams won’t suspend Demarcus Robinson after DUI arrest, will play Saints this week (Video)

Demarcus Robinson will be on the field with the Los Angeles Rams this weekend, regardless his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence.

Rams head coach Sean McVay said Wednesday that the team will not suspend Robinson and will instead “let the legal process play out.” He said he believed Robinson was “remorseful” after the incident, which happened just hours after the team 37-20 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles at SoFi Stadium the night before.

Robinson was pulled around 5:15 a.m. Monday after officers said they saw him driving more than 100 miles per hour on a Los Angeles-area freeway. They then “observed objective signs and symptoms of alcohol impairment,” and he was arrested on suspicion of DUI. He was cited and then released.

“I think it was a bad decision he made,” McVay said, via ESPN. “I don’t think that makes him a bad person. And I think that’s something that, with the words that he said, our guys will learn from that and hopefully no one will ever do something like that again.”

Robinson is in his second season with the Rams. He had two catches and a touchdown in Sunday night’s loss. He has 384 yards and a career-high six touchdowns on 26 catches this season. The 30-year-old signed a one-year, $4 million deal to return to the Rams last offseason.

McVay said Robinson addressed the incident with the Rams in a team meeting earlier in the week.

“I appreciated his ability to admit that to the team without downplaying or undermining the seriousness of what it could have been,” McVay said. “And I’m confident he’ll learn from it and I think it’ll be a good learning opportunity for our old football team. And that’s how we move forward.”

The Rams will face the New Orleans Saints in Louisiana on Sunday (4:05 p.m. ET, Fox). They will enter this contest with a 5-6 record after losing two of their last three, dropping them to third place in the NFC West.