Los Angeles Rams Share Latest Injury Updates on Kyren Williams

Heading into training camp the Los Angeles Rams were closely monitoring several players who were nursing injuries sustained last season and this spring. Today, after the first day of training camp, Sean McVay was asked about the current status and workloads of some of those players. Here is what he said about Kyren Williams ‘ status

Los Angeles Rams Injury Updates: Kyren Williams

When McVay was asked if there were any lingering effects of his injury, he turned to ESPN’s Sarah Barshop, who asked the question, with a big grin.

What did you think today? It looked pretty good to me. I said after a couple runs, “Man, did I miss you in the offseason. So, what I thought was cool, Sarah, is he’s got such a good feel, such an ownership, such a good pace through the hole, and then I thought that elevated the rest of the backs.

“I thought Blake Corum had some really good runs. I thought Ronnie Rivers , Boston Scott , but I think it starts with Kyren, and it was great to have him out here. He’s just got such a good energy, this guy loves playing football. I love working with him, and certainly didn’t see anything that looked any different than the stud that we know.

And as far as the plan going forward McVay was realistic about what it takes to keep a player healthy throughout a preseason and 17-game regular season, with serious playoff aspirations.

“I think the thing we got to be smart. Once we get into the regular season in terms of the amount of touches. But, you know, we’ll be smart. We’re always intentional about what those guys’ workload progressions look like. But you don’t get better at football without practicing. But when I’ve kind of talked about that, what I’m mainly talking about is the amount of carries that he did a great job of being able to handle last year.”

“But if you want to be able to hopefully get an opportunity to play after those 17 games, hopefully stay healthy through those 17, knowing what an instrumental part he’s going to be, you want to be smart about that. And so that’s where we can be mindful of it. But in the meantime, he’s going to go. He’s going to lead the way for that running back room, and I thought he started off on the right foot today.”

Question via Adam Grosbard – OC Register

Kyren Williams Injury History and 2024 Projections

Williams missed four games over five weeks after suffering a grade 3 pedal ankle sprain last season. The issue the Rams were monitoring was a foot injury on the same foot that Williams broke ahead of his 2022 rookie season. Later that year he suffered his first grade 3 pedal ankle sprain. All occurred on his right side.

Draft Sharks gives Kyren Williams an 88.7 percent chance of missing at least two quarters and project him to miss 4.5 games in the 2024 season.

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