Kyren & Corum lead the NFL.....

[Soul Surfer]

I thought they wanted Corum to get more touches to keep Kyren fresh. And what a surprise, it's worked. He went from 4.1 in 2024 to 4.8 this year, tripled his 20 yard+ runs and went from 5.4 per reception to 7.8. Corum went from 3.6 to 5.1 with the extra carries.

FWIW, the only RBs with more total TDs than Kyren the last 3 years (44) are Gibbs (49) and Henry (46).

The increase in numbers, in particular, are pretty damned amazing.
That's why it would be foolish to mess, (as in trade one of the two) with this combo of Williams and Corum.
They actually have the potential to improve on those numbers if we picked up a beast TE in the first couple of rounds.
Could you imagine if we managed to strengthen our 13 personnel package?

 

[El Chapo Jr]

Man we beat this dead horse every day. And in multiple threads.
These 2 RBs are one of the primary reasons our offense was rated NUMBER 1 in the NFL this year. The O scheme is a "pass to set up the run" type, and these guys are perfect for it. Sure they're not J.Taylor or D.Henry but, as a RB room, based on combined yards, per the OP ours is tops. KW alone is 6th overall in the NFL, more than Gibbs, McCaffrey & Saquon. As for scoring, KW has 13 tuds - tied for 9th with 3 other players in the entire NFL including WR's (4 players tied at 5th including Davante). You just can't argue with success, guys. Just how much did D.Henry help his Ravens get into the post-season? or J.Taylor? both are on their way to Cancun this week. In terms of their overall contributions towards team wins, these guys are great we should all applaud their incredible body of work this year.

But I will say, to be fair to the naysayers:
- based on "Big" run plays (20+ yds), KW is tied at 11th in the NFL, with 6. D.Henry? 17.
And here's where a lot of the fair criticism comes from:
- based on "Longest" run plays... KW is 53rd in the NFL, tied with Tyler Shough (!). (BC is 32nd, Puka (!) is 35th.)

All in all, if Love does happen to fall to us, we should at least entertain the idea of picking him to add that "big play" factor to our RB room -- as long as there's CB prospects at #32. But there's no way you trade either of these boys away. They will grind you enough yards to get you playing meaningful football in January, year in & year out.

Honestly Love can be used in the backfield or even spread out as a WR. He's going to be a scary chess piece to any offense.

 

[Pupped]

Top 10 RBs Yards from scrimmage; total TDs; last 3 years:

1. Bijan .........3910 rushing; 1738 receiving.......5648 total......34 TDs
2. Henry.........4683 rushing; 557 receiving..........5240 total......46 TDs
3. Gibbs..........3580 rushing; 1449 receiving.......5029 total......49 TDs
4. Saquon......4107 rushing; 831 receiving..........4938 total......34 TDs
5. Cook...........3752 rushing; 994 receiving..........4746 total......38 TDs
6. McC.............2863 rushing; 1634 receiving........4497 total......38 TDs
7. Taylor..........3757 rushing; 667 receiving...........4424 total......40 TDs
8. Hall.............2935 rushing; 1424 receiving.........4359 total......22 TDs
9. Achane.......3057 rushing; 1277 receiving.........4332 total......35 TDs
10. KYREN......3695 rushing; 569 receiving...........4264 total.......44 TDs

Taylor had been in the MVP conversation much of the season. Cook is the leading rusher this year.
Ironically, Kyren finished #10 in yards from scrimmage this year. Puka was #8. Davante was #68 (789) and Corum was #71 (782).

FWIW, Gurley's best 3 years with the Rams (2017-2019) 3413 rushing yards; 1575 receiving yards; 4988 Scrimmage Yards; 54 TDs. Much appreciation for his performance.

Kyren's been remarkably consistent these three years, just an excellent back.

I very much doubted his ability to make an impact when he came out because of his physical traits and I was 100% wrong. The young man is a perfect fit for the scheme McVay wanted to move to and also seems to be a hell of a teammate and human.

His work is crucial to keeping the Rams "on schedule" and is a big part of their success.