Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay has a new offensive weapon at his disposal after the 2020 NFL Draft. The Rams notably selected former Florida State running back Cam Akers in the second round while McVay appears to already have some creative plans in place for the soon-to-be rookie rusher.
“He was an unbelievable quarterback in high school. He had some good trick plays so we’ll have to add to the inventory and see if he can throw it a little bit still,” McVay recently said during in an interview with Mike Tirico of NBC Sports.
Of course, the Rams backfield will look quite different this time around as Akers will join a group that no longer has current Atlanta Falcons running back Todd Gurley leading the way as he was released by Los Angeles earlier this offseason.
“It’s a big deal. When you look at who we’ve got in our room already with Darrell Henderson, with Malcolm Brown, with John Kelly, you wanted to add a guy like Cam to the mix,” McVay added. “What says as much about Cam as anything is the amount of texts I got as soon as we made that pick. Derrick Brooks was one of the first texts. I mean, this is a guy that’s so revered. Even talking to our equipment manager Brendan Berger, people at Florida State had reached out. You can’t find somebody that doesn’t love this guy and what he’s about. And certainly, the ability is there.”
Unfortunately for McVay and company, though, the Rams will play in one of the toughest divisions in all of football this season as the NFC West presently looks much different than it did just a few years ago when Los Angeles won the NFC and reached the Super Bowl.
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