IRVINE, Calif. -- Rams cornerback E.J. Gaines knows it could be a lot worse.Such as last year when he injured his foot during the first week of training camp, had surgery and missed the season.Or during offseason workouts, when he stood impatiently on the sideline in uniform but still not cleared to practice.So this is definite progress with the Rams opening their 2016 camp at UC Irvine and Gaines finally cleared to play.I was just cleared last week, Gaines said. Im pretty much 100 percent. The coaching staff is taking it slow with me, but for the most part Ive pretty much been out here for all the snaps.Not all the snaps he would normally take. The Rams are being careful to ease him back, continuing to build his foot and leg strength as he regains any timing lost to an offseason on the sideline.Weve been increasing his reps, Rams coach Jeff Fisher said. We just have to see how he tolerates that.At Wednesdays practice, the Rams suspected he was feeling the effects of early training camp and shut him down for the last part of the afternoon. They are being careful with his return.The Rams need him to stay healthy.Gaines, 23, started 15 games as a rookie in 2014 when Trumaine Johnson was injured. He went into camp last season in a competition with Johnson to start. Johnson won when Gaines was injured. The Rams used their franchise tag on Johnson ($13.9 million) to secure him.Meanwhile, the other starting corner, Janoris Jenkins, signed as a free agent with the New Giants for five years and $62 million ($29 million guaranteed).The Rams need another starting corner. If Gaines is the logical replacement, he still has to prove himself fully healed and ready to go.Thats no problem, Gaines said. Ive always played with a chip on my shoulder. I think this is just another year I get a chance to go out there and showcase my talent.The 5-foot-10 Gaines came to camp listed behind Lamarcus Joyner and Coty Sensabaugh at right corner, but defensive backs are being rotated throughout practice. Sensabaugh got most of the snaps with the starters on Wednesday.Coach keeps saying there really are no starters and backups right now, Gaines said. Everybody is pretty much rotating to keep it competitive. I think thats the best for everybody.The first preseason game is Aug. 13. The Rams opener isnt until Sept. 12 in San Francisco. Gaines figures thats plenty of time to prove hes healthy and earn playing time.Hes coming on and making progress, Fisher said. Hes worked hard, came back and hasnt missed a snap. Were not giving him the snaps for a week or so that he would normally get, but he gives us the opportunity to have him be in a position to win that job back and compete there.Sensabaugh is a fifth-year pro signed in the offseason as a free agent. He started 15 games last season for the Tennessee Titans. The 5-foot-8 Joyner is in his third year with the Rams. He started six games last season.Now the Rams look to see exactly where Gaines is in his comeback.Im pretty much in good shape and ready to go, he said. They gave me a long time to rehab and get my strength back in my legs. It hasnt been an issue for me to this point.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/AP-NFL Tanzel Smart Jersey . -- James Young couldnt wait to apply those tweaks to his jump shot, and the first one he made against UT Arlington told him it could be a good night. 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PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison feels the teams current defensive woes can be cured.Adding a former first-round pick into the mix can only help.Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said second-year linebacker Bud Dupree is in the plans for Sundays game at Cleveland. Dupree, the teams 2015 first-rounder, has spent the season on short-term injured reserve, working his way back from an injured groin. But he practiced the previous two weeks and could make his season debut Sunday.Any time you can implement a first-round talent like Bud, its always going to be a boost to the positional group and the defense overall, said Steelers linebacker Arthur Moats. From another standpoint, were all competing against each other, so to add another person that you know is going to be productive, it just makes you want to play that much harder.The Steelers placed Dupree on injured reserve during the first week of September after he underwent surgery to repair a groin injury. Dupree, who didnt play in the preseason, was designated to return and began practicing last week. Tomlin will decide whether to activate Dupree to the 53-man roster for Sundays game, which would give the Steelers a five-man rotation at outside linebacker.Everybodys interested in Bud coming back, as am I, but at the same time, we have to work with the guys who are going to play on Sunday and try to win a football game, defensive coordinator Keith Butler said. Thats primary.That has been difficult lately for the Steelers, who have lost their last four games, sliding to 4-5 overall. The defense has allowed an average of 28 points and 134 yards rushing in those losses.You want to try and stop the run, Harrison said. You dont want a team to be able to do two things well, because thats a two-headed monster and its harder to stop that. We want to try and stop the run and pressure the quarterback when we get the opportunities.The Steelers have experienced trouble pressuuring the quarterback, too, with 13 sacks in nine games.dddddddddddd Thats tied for last in the league, one season after the Steelers ranked third with 48 sacks. The run defense could be the culprit, giving the opposition third-and-short opportunities.Were not putting them into situations where they have to lean towards the pass, Harrison said. If theyre in third and manageable, it gives them an opportunity to go with (the run or pass) and you cant pin your ears back and take off after the quarterback.Harrison, the 2008 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, has made a career of getting to the quarterback. The 38-year-old Harrison, who could start at right outside linebacker Sunday, has 76 + sacks as a Steeler, a half-sack from the team record of 77 held by Jason Gildon.Harrison thought he set the record last week against Dallas, but the sack was given to Stephon Tuitt, a decision upheld after a review from the league. Harrison doesnt mind. He is more concerned with getting the Steelers back on track this week against Cleveland.Thats just the way it is, Harrison said. You just have to move on and go to the next week.Game notes WR Antonio Brown defended his decision to run out of bounds rather than lateral on the final play last Sunday against Dallas, noting it wasnt a lateral play and defenders surrounded him. They had seven guys in the end zone and four guys around me. In that scenario, you guys tell me, what would you do? Brown said. . DE Cameron Heyward (pectoral), WR Darrius Heyward-Bey (foot), S Shamarko Thomas (groin), WR Markus Wheaton (shoulder), and RB DeAngelo Williams were all ruled out for Sunday against Cleveland, while S Jordan Dangerfield (groin) and TE Xavier Grimble (quadriceps) were listed as questionable.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL