2 Rams Kams shine and other hidden crowd-pleasers from joint practice

Rookie RB Blake Corum has afterburners

The LA Rams may not have dominated at their first joint practice session, scheduled against the Los Angeles Chargers, but this was never about dominating. So what was this about? For openers, there is the primary objective of learning, and getting great looks of new stunts, elite players, and a host of never-seen-that before.

One of the variables that is not addressed from the play-calling standpoint. It was clear that the Los Angeles Chargers defense was all about pinning their ears back, sending their edge rushers, and trying to tackle the quarterbacks at every opportunity. Since this was a joint practice, the Rams offense was content to go with a vanilla-look offense to test the pass-blocking prowess of their inexperienced (well, somewhat inexperienced) offensive tackles.

The Rams had plenty of running plays in the playbook to counter the pass-rush-happy Chargers edge rushers. While the team did not dial up a rush-heavy offense, a strategy that would have slowed down the pass rushers, the team did dial in some running plays. When that happened, rookie running back Blake Corum kicked in the afterburners and reminded his former Michigan head coach why he was the bread-and-butter running back in the Wolverines' offense:

Corum did fumble a screen pass in his first joint practice session facing a new NFL opponent. But he did manage to put up some very impressive runs for big gains. He is more than an elusive runner or a downhill runner. He can run between the tackles with authority, while also breaking it outside and churning out huge gains.

RB Kyren Williams may start the season as the featured running back. But for the life of me, I cannot see Corum settling for a change of pace role in this offense. He is that good, folks.