7 reasons why Rams should not rush into an extension for RB Kyren Williams

V - What about explosive plays?

The Rams offense wants to be more explosive, score more, and climb the ladder of offensive effiriciency. While Kyren Williams was a solid contributor in terms of overall yardage and touchdowns, Williams regressed in 2024 to a player who put up big numbers due to huge volume. And that is not a good trend.

Kyren Williams mustered only two runs of 20+ yards from the line of scrimmage in 2024. Worse yet, no other rusher on the Rams roster (the team carried four running backs all season long) was able to put up even one long run. That's a huge problem, as the lack of explosion from the RB room is a design flaw.

The team was so eager to clone Kyren Williams on the roster, that the team ended up with four running backs who all fit the smallish, elusive, and a bit slow (in terms of RB speed) profile mastered by Williams. The challenge becomes the lack of variety in the way the Rams run. The team does not threaten defenses with speedy runners. The team does not have any rusher who can be confused with a power running back role, a runner who can move the pile or muscle into the end zone from three yards away.

IV - Too soon to Cooper Kupp trade news is just a bad look

There are many reasons for the team to part ways with veteran wide receiver Cooper Kupp. We will almost certainly never learn the extent and true reasons for the team to part ways with their past All-Pro and MVP receiver in 2025. But I suspect that the team's view of infusing more explosive plays into this offense requires creating opportunities for new and varying players. Kupp has been so outstandingly successful in this offense that the team has used his profile as the template for new additions.

As a result, the team was stuck in a rut in terms of the type of player added to the team at the wide receiver position.

And yet, the Rams flourished for some time by adapting that strategy. The thing is, how much time needs to lapse before the Rams pivot to large paydays to players remaining on the roster? I don't have the answer. But I do foresee some problems if the team cuts a huge check to Kyren Williams too quickly after releasing Kupp. The comparisons are inevitable: How could the Rams release Cooper Kupp, but turn around and make Kyren Williams so rich so quickly?