CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rams running back Kyren Williams said he expects to play next week after briefly leaving Sunday’s 31-28 loss to the Carolina Panthers with an ankle injury.

Late in the second quarter, Williams took a goal-line carry. After he was tackled, he checked himself out of the game and sat down on a bench as VP of sports medicine Reggie Scott examined his right leg. The pair looked at a monitor to see how the injury occurred, then Williams walked to the locker room during the two-minute warning with a pair of trainers.

Williams came out of the locker room after halftime and did a quick test run. Seeming satisfied after a couple of cuts, he sat again on the bench before returning to the game on the Rams’ next offensive series.

“I just got rolled up on, classic just big guys la

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