7 winners and 5 losers in Rams 2nd consecutive win over tumbling 49ers

(1) - Winner: RB Kyren Williams

While not dropping jaws and raising eyebrows yet, feature running back Kyren Williams is just as effective in terms of putting points up on the scoreboard. In Week 3, Williams put up 18 points. He rushed for two touchdowns, plus put up a receiving touchdown. The only other player on the Rams roster to put points up against the San Francisco 49ers was placekicker Joshua Karty.

While I am concerned that all offensive points running through Williams is unwise, he certainly came through in a big way in a big game. So why am I alarmed at such a sensational performance?

For starters, the use of Williams exclusively to score touchdowns make the job of every defensive coordinator who must face this offense that much easier. Stopping the Rams from scoring simply translates into focusing on Williams in the red zone.

But the Rams continue to fixate on one offensive weapon in a game, until that weapon is burned out, exhausted, and injured. The Rams have lost both Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp to injuries, in part because the team tried to get too much offense too soon out of those receivers. Now, with Nacua and Kupp injured, the same pattern of fixating on one player places Williams at risk.

Williams has already carried the football 54 times in 3 games for 164 yards and four touchdowns. But if he remains healthy, he will carry the football 306 times this season. In his first two seasons, he carried the football just 263 times.

I will keep pushing the Rams offense to get rookie RB Blake Corum involved in this offense. Not only does he help extend the season and perhaps career of Kyren Williams, but this offense has to get him on track to prevent defenses of having too easy of a time at stopping what the team is trying to do.

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