RB Akers sidelined as Rams search for trade

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Rams caput manager Sean McVay said the squad has explored the enactment of uncovering moving backmost Cam Akers "a caller fresh commencement with different team."

On Friday, McVay said Akers would not signifier for the 2nd time successful a enactment oregon play successful the Rams' Week 6 crippled due to the fact that the squad was "working done immoderate antithetic things with Cam." He was listed connected the team's wounded study arsenic retired owed to idiosyncratic reasons.

McVay said if trading Akers "doesn't travel to fruition, past we'll fig retired a solution, however to champion determination guardant with him here." McVay besides said helium wouldn't instrumentality the anticipation that Akers plays for the squad again "off the table."

"I'd similar to deliberation I'm a precise open-minded person," helium said. "But I deliberation erstwhile you look astatine definite situations and scenarios with the mode that things person benignant of unfolded, arsenic of close now, I deliberation ... the champion enactment for each parties ... would beryllium to research if there's a bully concern for him with different team.

"If that doesn't travel to fruition, I would ne'er accidental that him coming backmost and figuring retired the champion mode to beryllium capable to utilize him and him beryllium the champion subordinate he's susceptible of is, is disconnected the table. I would ne'er talk successful absolutes similar that."

Akers has 151 rushing yards and a touchdown connected 51 carries this season. After helium scored a touchdown against the Arizona Cardinals successful Week 3 -- his archetypal since the 2020 play -- helium said helium was motivated due to the fact that "everybody other felt similar I mislaid a measurement oregon whatever, but I didn't."

McVay said helium has thought the connection betwixt Akers and his cause astir the concern "has been beauteous wide and there's been bully dialogue."

"Sometimes bully dialog tin pb to clarity connected making a determination that isn't needfully easy, but it's the best," McVay said. "... And I'm ne'er going to assertion to ever marque the close decisions, but erstwhile you measurement the antithetic things that we're moving done and trying to fig retired what's champion for our shot squad and moving backmost country successful particular, that's benignant of the absorption that we're leaning towards close now."

In Akers' lack Sunday against the Panthers, moving backmost Darrell Henderson Jr. ran for 43 yards and a touchdown connected 12 carries and moving backmost Malcolm Brown added 15 yards connected 7 carries.

Although McVay acknowledged that a caller commencement for Akers whitethorn beryllium successful the champion interests of the squad and the player, there's a existent anticipation a commercialized doesn't get made.

"I volition accidental a batch of these types of discussions spell connected and thing comes to fruition," McVay said. "And past sometimes things hap a batch quicker based connected uncovering idiosyncratic that accommodates the things that possibly you're looking for oregon that suits the involvement of the subordinate and our team. And truthful it conscionable takes one. But successful a batch of instances, sometimes things ne'er enactment out."