May 2021 - Los Angeles Rams Wiretap
The Los Angeles Rams have lost Cam Akers for the 2021 season.
The running back suffered a torn Achilles, according to a report.
As a 21-year-old rookie last season, Akers led the Rams with 145 carries for 625 yards. He was expected to be their primary ball carrier this year.
When the San Francisco 49ers traded up for the third overall pick earlier this year, Sean McVay thought they might draft tight end Kyle Pitts.
Following the move, most of the speculation surrounded quarterbacks. The 49ers ended up using the pick on Trey Lance.
"I thought there was a possibility that Kyle [Shanahan] was gonna go Pitts at three," McVay said on the Flying Coach podcast. "In all seriousness, because he's such a visionary. I'm telling you, I didn't think it was going to be a crazy thought because you go back to when New England had the two-tight end set, and they were doing things totally different. You think about what [George] Kittle. And then, the thing that makes sense is that, hey, [Jimmy Garoppolo] produced all the way. This isn't a production thing. This is an availability thing that you're saying, 'We can't have that,' like, all the things.
"But I was like, 'If it's not Mac Jones -- and I hadn't studied Trey, just because there wasn't a lot of film exposure going back a couple of years, and we weren't in that market, so I didn't know other than watching him throw at his pro day that you're saying, 'Alright, you can see a lot of the things that you would like and that would make sense.'"
