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Corum

Corum took a major step forward in his second season, establishing himself as a weekly threat for 10 touches in a good offense. The rushing line improved from 58/207/0 to 145/756/6, and he had 13.3 rushing EPA to Kyren Williams’ 0.4. That’s the good news. The bad news is that Corum’s role has no real room to grow without an injury to Williams, as Williams signed a long-term extension in August that tied him to the Rams for the near-term future. It leaves Corum as more of an RB3 searching for paths to weekly relevancy. Unless Corum suddenly falls into a Zach Charbonnet-esque red zone role, he’ll be hard to start most weeks in 2026.

Corum has been a fairly safe bet to see double-digit touches this season, but the second-year back was held to just six carries on Sunday and has now seen that total twice in his last three games. The fact that he averaged a meager 3.2 YPC on those carries gave even greater reason for the Rams not trust him too much in Sunday’s do-or-die game. Corum could see his volume bounce back in next weeks Conference Championship road game against the Seahawks, but we would expect Kyren Williams to continue to handle the majority of the work after back-to-back solid performances this post season.

He didn’t score, but Corum went over 10 carries for the fifth time in six games. Neither Corum or Williams found much running room in this one without guard Kevin Dotson, with Corum getting the Rams’ long rushing gain of eight yards. Corum should be involved in the Divisional Round fantasy discussion but is clearly a 1B back looking for a favorable situation to emerge over the next 36 hours.

Corum entered the Rams’ final drive with just eight carries to his name. The team leaned on him to kill the clock and he did just that with five carries for 33 yards. His final attempts saw him go down at the one-yard line. Despite out-carrying Kyren Williams in this game, Corum should still be treated as the backup going into the postseason. He is, however, closing the gap on Williams. Corum will be a dart-throw DFS play for his Wild Card Round date with the Panthers.

Blake Corum is also active. Both players were questionable with ankle issues. Only needing a win to secure the No. 5 seed, Corum and Williams should both see plenty of run versus a weak Arizona defense. Williams is a strong RB1 bet for Week 18 while Corum is a high-risk RB3.

Corum did not practice in either of the first two sessions of this week, so this feels like a wildly optimistic tag. We don’t have Los Angeles’ practice report for today yet, but we’d expected a limited session at best for Corum. He feels like game-time decision from where we stand on Friday.

Corum is firmly on the wrong side of questionable at this point and the Rams have already secured a playoff spot. Starting RB Kyren Williams (ankle) is nursing an ankle injury. If both players are declared inactive, rookie RB Jarquez Hunter could get the start.

Corum left Week 17 with an ankle issue just before halftime and did not return. The Rams are stuck with a road game for the Wild Card Round no matter what happens on Sunday, meaning they can rest their starters without losing much. Sean McVay has said his starters will play, though we doubt any of the Rams’ injured players will push through their issues this week with nothing on the line. With Corum out, Ronnie Rivers could see a lot of work if the backups take over at some point in Week 18.

Corum checked himself out of the game in the second quarter and made his way gingerly to the sideline in obvious pain. He was checked over by the team’s medical staff before being escorted to the locker room with over four minutes remaining to play before the half. Although no official update has been provided by the team, it certainly appears as if his night is over. Corum managed 18 yards on six carries prior to departing.

Corum was heavily involved in the game plan, even with Kyren Williams getting 23 carries for 70 yards in the overtime defeat. The 25-year-old tailback has scored in each of the last four games, and it’s certainly helped make up for the fact that he’s a non-factor in the Rams’ passing attack. Corum should see a similar amount of touches in Week 17 against the Falcons, but expect a better yardage total against a front that isn’t nearly as good as Seattle’s.