LOS ANGELES — Rams cornerback Decobie Durant is expected to play in Sunday’s season opener against the Detroit Lions after fully participating in practice Friday, head coach Sean McVay said. Durant had been limited in the Rams’ last four practices.

Durant’s availability is a big break for the Rams after the team had to put starting cornerback Darious Williams on injured reserve on Thursday with his own hamstring injury.

McVay had been confident about Williams’ recovery as recently as Wednesday before practice, but he said Friday that Williams felt another pull in his hamstring Wednesday and wasn’t able to open up and run fully in practice. After an MRI, the decision was made to put him on injured reserve.

“You’re kind of feeling it and sometimes you’re saying, ‘OK, am I breaking up scar tissue or is there still something there?’ And the MRI revealed there’s still something there,” McVay said. “Felt like giving him that month of time was important to not put an unnecessary deadline on getting him back.”

McVay said the Rams hope Williams will be back after the four weeks, but, “I wouldn’t have anticipated us to be having this conversation based off of where we were at.”

There’s a possibility the Rams add a cornerback to the roster, McVay said, but it’s not an imminent decision.

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Right tackle Rob Havenstein was slated to be limited Friday, and the Rams will use that practice to determine whether the veteran is ready to play against the Lions.

Havenstein hasn’t practiced in full since his ankle injury in early August as Warren McClendon Jr. has filled in at right tackle in his place. But the Rams feel comfortable with the idea of him jumping into action Sunday if he’s physically ready, McVay said.

“I think it’s a unique circumstance because he’s so experienced,” McVay said. “It wouldn’t be a situation that you would even look into if it wasn’t from an experienced player.”