For the first 10 weeks of the 2019 NFL season, Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley's role was limited.
He didn't carry the ball 20 times in any individual game once during that stretch, and his production suffered, as he averaged less than four yards per carry in five of his first six contests.
But over the last three weeks, Gurley has seen an uptick in touches, something that Rams head coach Sean McVay attributes to just being smarter about Gurley in general.
“Me not being an idiot,” McVay said on Wednesday when asked about Gurley's increased workload, according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. “I think he’s felt good and, really, he’s done a nice job with that. You look at the Chicago game and then kind of just going from there, you don’t want to make the same mistakes that you ended up making earlier on in the season. I think he’s done a nice job handling a bigger workload, but then also, you do have confidence in those other guys if they need to give him a spell.”
In Week 11, Gurley carried the football a hefty 25 times for 97 yards and a touchdown. The following game, Gurley's touches dropped once again, as he toted the pigskin just six times for 22 yards in a 45-6 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, but last weekend, the three-time Pro Bowler accumulated 95 yards and a score off 19 attempts.
McVay also denied that he was trying to preserve Gurley for a playoff push.
Of course, Gurley's lack of touches and production has not been all that surprising this year given that the 25-year-old suffered a knee injury late last season that has seemed to plague him ever since.
Hopefully, Gurley is finally starting to get healthy.
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