WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. – While viewers may have been surprised to see Rams second-year running back Blake Corum getting snaps in a preseason game, it was by design, according to head coach Sean McVay.

Typically, players like Corum – listed as RB2 on the team's unofficial depth chart – do not see any action in the preseason outside of joint practices. But Los Angeles felt it was important to evaluate all of their running backs behind Kyren Williams in a live game setting, so they gave Corum and rookie Jarquez Hunter (RB3 on the unofficial depth chart) 10 touches each in Saturday's preseason opener against the Cowboys.

"I think it was more along the lines of because (running back) Kyren (Williams)'s obviously gotten that experience and feel good about the depth but mostly wanted to just

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