8 winners and 4 losers in the Rams Week 14 win over the Bills

Winner 6: RB Blake Corum

Despite the fact that rookie running back Blake Corum has carried the football just 45 times this season, his workload has been on the rise of late. He has rushed 22 times in the last four games, and 16 times in the last two games. Over that time, he has averaged 4.64 yards per carry in the past four games, and 4.75 yards per carry in the past two games. So if the Rams coaching staff wanted to test and review how he handles a heavier workload, the results are quite promising

I can't lie. I hoped that the Rams would carve out a much larger role for Corum before this. And I continue to hope that the powers that be will find reason to clip some carries from Kyren Williams and assign them to Blake Corum. It can't work? Tell that to the Detroit Lions, who seamlessly toggle between running backs David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs. Gibbs has carried the football 178 times for 1,016 yards and 10 touchdowns. Montgomery has 180 carries for 771 yards and 12 touchdowns.

For the Rams, Kyren Williams has 251 rushes for 1,103 yards and 12 touchdowns. Rookie RB Blake Corum has just 45 carries for 182 yards and 0 touchdowns. But he has 16 carries for 76 yards in his last two games, so there is hope that he is trending toward a much larger role in this offense.

I don't buy into the presumption that Blake Corum is not ready for a larger role. He showed up in Week 13 by carrying the football 19 yards in his first two carries against the New Orleans Saints. And as he proved again and again by running for the Michigan Wolverines, Corum gets stronger as the game progresses. The Rams knew that when they drafted him. So why isn't he getting more work?

I'm suspicious of the Rams efforts in 2020 to set up a 'running back by committee,' approach in 2020. The Rams rushed for 2,018 yards that season, only bested by the 2023 total of 2,045. But the Rams had to fill the void in five games due to Kyren WIlliams absence. This year, Williams YPC has dropped from 5.0 yards per carry to 4.0 yards per carry. Corum can help in that area. Hopefully, he gets a chance.