Turf Show Times
If you watched the Los Angeles Rams defeat the Tennessee Titans, then you likely saw Blake Corum outperforming newly extended Kyren Williams, though to be fair, Williams was still the primary back, and he ran hard to close out the game, but when the game was still within Tennessee’s grasp, the Rams used Corum as a change of pace, and it worked.
Williams ended up with 17 carries for 66 yards while Corum notched one touchdown and 44 yards on five carries. Would Sean McVay consider flipping their workload as the head coach in his post-game pressed acknowledged that Corum is an “explosive” player?
The head coach did compliment Corum immensely, but he didn’t anoint Corum as the starter going forward, instead choosing to say that the Rams have two running backs, and that getting them both involved was their plan for this contest. Though the coach did say he’d like to see more of that going forward, leaving the door open for Corum to get more work over the course of the season.
Said McVay:
“He was awesome. That was much more aligned, I mean, I thought Ron (Gould) did a great job, but we got two backs we feel really good about and a guy in Jarquez Hunter that’s only gonna get better, and so, and then, you know, you talk about a lot of good individual efforts by our rookies by some younger players, I was really pleased with Blake, thought the little gap run that he had on the second down and 10 where he got through the backside A-gap, you know, looked like he was gonna come out clean. He’s explosive…he’s a good football player, I have a lot of trust in hin, and then…we’ll continue to see that moving forward, so I thought that was good today…”
Fans of the team may want to see more work from Corum, but it’s up to McVay and his staff to pull the trigger on that. We’ve seen McVay make comments about wanting to get players involved, such as Tutu Atwell, but just because McVay says he wants to get a player more looks, doesn’t mean it will happen.
However, Atwell is in a different position because the Rams have Puka Nacua and Davante Adams, and it’s not likely fans will complain about seeing those players get the majority of the touches.
Whether it’s fair or not, it’s different with Williams because as good as Williams is, other running backs around the league would be an upgrade, and if the Rams do have an upgrade in Corum, then why wouldn’t the Rams go with the best player?
In a week-to-week league, the running back situation in L.A. is all the sudden worth monitoring, whether McVay wants to come out and say that or not.
