Through much of the first seven quarters of the season, the Los Angeles Rams’ run game lacked a spark. Kyren Williams was generally keeping the offense on track, but lacked the creativity and improvisation to take it to the next level. Williams’ longest run through seven quarters was nine yards. Through three quarters against the Tennessee Titans, Williams was averaging 2.8 yards per carry.

Coming into the season, there was speculation that there may be more of a split between Williams and Blake Corum at running back. However, through the first seven quarters of the season, Williams had dominated the touches, 29-2 for a 93.5 percent share of the carries.

Given how McVay has typically handled running backs, that wasn’t necessarily a surprise. What was surprising was that Corum was a third

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