The article identifies potential dynasty fantasy football ADP mistakes, highlighting Kyren Williams as overvalued due to decreasing production and the increased role of Blake Corum. It suggests tiering down from Williams to other running backs like Cam Skattebo, Travis Etienne, Javonte Williams, Bhayshul Tuten, Derrick Henry, or D'Andre Swift. Luther Burden is also mentioned as a polarizing prospect with flashing potential despite a concerning junior season
This year’s backfield split between Kyren Williams and Blake Corum could be the most shared workload we’ve seen over Sean McVay’s time with the Los Angeles Rams. It’s one of the most interesting dynamics across this refreshed roster. In his early years, McVay seemed adamantly opposed to a shared backfield. Todd Gurley shouldered an outsized burden on his way to an Offensive Player of Award in 2017. The Rams ran Gurley’s wheels off, and 2019 concluded his career with the team. Even as Gurley’s effectiveness dipped in his last season in Los Angeles , the Rams were committed to giving him a larger workload. By necessity LA varied its approach in 2020-2o22. Sony Michel , Darrell Henderson , Cam Akers , and Malcolm Brown all took turns to prove they were the guy, and ultimately none were successful in the long term. The Rams returned to a stable backfield in 2023 a year removed from identifying Williams in the fifth round. LA loved Williams so much they drafted his clone in the third round of the 2024 class in Blake Corum. While Corum was relegated to the bench for most of the 2024 season before suffering an injury that held him out of the playoffs, he bounced back in a big way during his second year. 2025 brought the most mixed backfield we’ve seen in the McVay era outside of injuries forcing their hand. Season Primary Running Back Share of Total RB Carries 2017 Todd Gurley 78% 2018 Todd Gurley 69% 2019 Todd Gurley 75% 2023 Kyren Williams 73% 2024 Kyren Williams 76% 2025 Kyren Williams 54% Split backfields provide an inherent advantage in real football. If your primary back is injured, your offense won’t change much because it’s already used to the other guy. While Williams and Corum are overall similar players, they are just different enough that things feel varied when the more fleet of foot Corum steps onto the field. It took the Rams and McVay a long time to finally reach a modern NFL backfield. They’ve now arrived. This approach is certain to play dividends and keep Williams and Corum fresher than they’d otherwise be into the postseason. That is important for a team with Super Bowl aspirations. But fantasy football heads hate split backfields. Despite rushing for more than 1,200 yards, 10 touchdowns, and hauling in 30 receptions in each of his last two seasons, Williams enters 2026 as just the 17th ranked back for fantasy football purposes . Corum remains one of the best bargain gambles in all of fantasy with a #38 ranking. This projects him as one of the best backups across the NFL. Will the backfield of Williams and Corum in 2026 be the most mixed we’ve seen since Sean McVay joined the Rams in 2017?
Corum's quiet 2024 rookie season is well in the rearview mirror after the former Michigan standout broke out as an off-the-bench rushing specialist for the Rams, providing them with a more explosive pure rushing threat than starter Kyren Williams, who is more adept than Corum in passing situations. That's not to say Corum can't be a three-down starter in his own right -- he did as much at Michigan, and he might get the same chance in Los Angeles if Williams were to miss time. When both are healthy, Williams still seems to have the complete trust of coach Sean McVay, who asks his RBs to do a lot of pass blocking. Even though Williams is the more complete real-life player of the two, Corum might provide super production (both per-snap and overall) if he had a sustained run in the lead role. Though neither big nor fast by NFL RB standards, Corum is likely around 10 pounds heavier than Williams yet also slightly faster, making him the more explosive and powerful of the two. In the meantime, even if Williams stays healthy all year, Corum should offer a bit of standalone fantasy value as a fill-in starter once bye weeks and/or injuries become a factor
Los Angeles Rams running back Jarquez Hunter had a disappointing rookie season in 2025. Despite having solid draft capital as a fourth-round pick, he played exclusively on special teams last year and did not register an offensive snap. That doesn't bode well for his long-term outlook in dynasty fantasy football, especially since the Rams already have a dominant one-two punch of Kyren Williams and Blake Corum out of the backfield. Even if Hunter does secure the third-string role heading into the season -- and that's far from guaranteed -- he faces an uphill battle to earn meaningful snaps once again. If he goes two years without any sort of significant role on offense, his dynasty value will essentially be non-existent. It's already trending that way, as Hunter has fallen to RB84 in RotoBaller's dynasty rankings. He can be dropped in shallower leagues, and he belongs at the bottom of the bench in deeper leagues
As OTAs advance, reports from many football pundits have rated the Los Angeles Rams as having one the NFL’s best overall rosters for the 2026 season. L.A. did do a good job of plugging holes in free agency and while the draft didn’t go the route many felt it should, all five draftees have the upside to be contributors with seasoning. General Manager Les Snead may not yet be done, with $25.7mil spending cash in his pocket. Since the union of Snead and Head coach Sean McVay, the Rams have consistently put together top-tier rosters and coached them up to a nine-year, regular season record of 92-52. That’s a 64 percent win rate, solidified by seven trips to the post season and two Super Bowl berths. With 87 players currently under contract for OTAs, here’s a review of the 2026 roster’s lineage and their draft pedigree. First for context, how they all got to L.A.: 77% of Rams are home-grown 3.5% arrived via trade 11.5% signed in preseason free agency 5.5% picked up as in-season free agents 3.5% were waiver claims/poaches And their draft pedigree: 11.5% drafted early in Rounds 1 and 2 22% taken in the mid rounds, 3, 4, and 5 17% selected late, Rounds 6 and 7 49.5% signed as undrafted free agents Players with eight or more starts last season in bold. If the Rams did not draft a player, his original team is in parentheses. QB Matthew Stafford ( Detroit Lions ) , CB Trent McDuffie ( Kansas City Chiefs ) , CB Emmanuel Forbes ( Washington Commanders ) , E Jared Verse , QB Ty Simpson WR Davante Adams ( Green Bay Packers ) , G Steve Avila , DT Braden Fiske , TE Terrance Ferguson , TE Max Klare E Byron Young , DT Kobie Turner , RB Blake Corum , S Kamren Kinchens , E Josiah Stewart, T/G Keegan Trost TE Tyler Higbee , G Kevin Dotson ( Pittsburgh Steelers ) , TE Colby Parkinson ( Seattle Seahawks ) , QB Stetson Bennett , RB Jarquez Hunter, WR Tyler Scott ( Chicago Bears ) LS Joe Cardona ( New England Patriots ) , DT Larell Murchison ( Tennessee Titans ), RB Kyren Williams , T Warren McClendon, TE Davis Allen, WR Puka Nacua , DT Ty Hamilton T David Quessenberry ( Houston Texans ), S Quentin Lake , C Dylan McMahon ( Philadelphia Eagles ), DT Tyler Davis , WR Jordan Whittington , C/G Beaux Limmer , WR CJ Daniels S Kamren Curl (Washington Commanders) , Jaylen Watson (Kansas City Chiefs) , T AJ Arcuri , ILB Grant Stuard ( Tampa Bay Buccaneers ), P Ethan Evans, E Desjuan Johnson, WR Konata Mumpfield , DT Tim Keenan T Alaric Jackson , E Keir Thomas, WR Xavier Smith , G Justin Dedich , S Tanner Ingle, CB Cam Lampkin , S Jaylen McCollough, ILB Elias Neal , ILB Omar Speights , S/CB Josh Wallace , G Wyatt Bowles, ILB Shaun Dolac , WR Tru Edwards , DT Bill Norton, WR Brennan Presley , TE Mark Redman, S Nate Valcarcel, RB Jordan Waters, WR Mario Williams S Nick Anderson, E Wesley Bailey, C/G Austin Blaaske. QB Matthew Caldwell, RB Dean Conners, CB Nyzier Fourqurean, CB Al’zillion Hamilton, T Bryce Henderson, ILB Nikhai Hill-Green, TE Rohan Jones, C Chad Lindberg, DT Jalen Logan-Redding, DT Jaxson Moi, CB Drey Norwood, E Darryl Peterson, TE Dan Villari, E Eddie Walls, Payton Zdroik C Coleman Shelton ( San Francisco 49ers ) ,` DT Poona Ford (Seattle Seahawk) , RB Ronnie Rivers ( Arizona Cardinals ), Nate Landman ( Atlanta Falcons ), Harrison Meevis ( Carolina Panthers ) , CB Alex Johnson ( New York Giants ) By trade CB Trent McDuffie from Kansas City 2026, G Kevin Dotson from Pittsburgh 2023, Matthew Stafford from Detroit 2021 Preseason free agents Jaylen Watson 2026, Grant Stuard 2026, Joe Cardona 2026, Poona Ford 2025, Coleman Shelton 2025 (2nd time), Davante Adams 2025, Nate Landman 2025, David Quessenberry 2025, Kamren Curl 2024, Colby Parkinson 2024 In season free agents Harrison Meevis 2025, Tyler Scott 2025, Alex Johnson 2025, Coleman Shelton 2019 (1st time), Ronnie Rivers 2022 Waiver claim or poach Dylan McMahon 2024, Emmanuel Forbes 2024, Larrell Muchison 2022 While there is no official reporting, the way the Rams navi
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For the first time since 2016, the Los Angeles Rams did not add to the running back position through the NFL draft, and Blake Corum's place on the depth chart appears to be secured heading into his third professional season. A 2024 third-round pick, Corum came into his own in year two, rushing for 746 yards and six scores while averaging more than five yards per carry. With the room looking identical to the one from last year, 2025 fourth-round pick Jarquez Hunter could be in line for his own sophomore season bump after only seeing the field on special teams plays as a rookie, but with the Rams showing an eagerness to keep Kyren Williams fresh, Corum's role still has room for expansion. Corum averaged 10.5 carries per game from Week 7 through the end of the year, and he was the RB15 over the final five weeks of the fantasy season. At RotoBaller's dynasty RB32, he is one of the league's most valuable insurance backs, but he should also maintain his own standalone worth in a high-powered Rams offense
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