Start Kyren Williams or Blake Corum? Week 9
Updated Nov 4, 2:46 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Kyren Williams over Blake Corum

- Market projects
- 15.7
- fantasy pts
- WAS D vs RB
- 19.5
- 9th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 68%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 14%
- Through Week 8

- Market projects
- 13.6
- fantasy pts
- WAS D vs RB
- 19.5
- 9th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 30%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 5%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Blake Corum for Kyren Williams?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyren Williams projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 8 games), Blake Corum 70 (8.8 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Kyren Williams over Blake Corum, 15.7 to 13.6 projected PPR points.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Kyren Williams over Blake Corum in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Kyren Williams at 15.7 points and Blake Corum at 13.6, a gap of 2.1. Blake Corum's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Drafters take Kyren Williams at ADP 28 and Blake Corum at 128.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 15.7 fantasy points for Kyren Williams, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Kyren Williams is 60 rushing yards, 20 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.9 touchdowns (12, 12, 12 and 14 market sources).
Player markets imply 13.6 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Blake Corum is 51 rushing yards and 0.6 touchdowns (13 and 13 market sources).
That puts Kyren Williams 2.1 points ahead of Blake Corum on the market projections.
Week 9 matchups
Kyren Williams and LAR visit WAS on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
WAS allowed 19.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 9th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 76 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against WAS and caught passes for 36 more yards.
Blake Corum and LAR visit WAS on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
WAS allowed 19.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 9th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 76 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against WAS and caught passes for 36 more yards.
Injury status
Kyren Williams is not on the injury report.
Blake Corum is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Kyren Williams played 68 percent of LAR snaps, took 55 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.
Kyren Williams, Week 5 against BUF: 60 of 82 snaps, 16 carries for 49 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 27 yards, 1 touchdown.
Kyren Williams, Week 6 against ARI: 42 of 58 snaps, 10 carries for 50 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 17 yards.
Kyren Williams, Week 7 against LV: 37 of 72 snaps, 16 carries for 99 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.
Kyren Williams, Week 8 against LAC: 37 of 54 snaps, 16 carries for 56 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 3 yards, 1 touchdown.
Through Week 8, Blake Corum played 30 percent of LAR snaps, took 37 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.
Blake Corum, Week 5 against BUF: 22 of 82 snaps, 5 carries for 19 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards, 1 touchdown.
Blake Corum, Week 6 against ARI: 16 of 58 snaps, 9 carries for 42 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.
Blake Corum, Week 7 against LV: 32 of 72 snaps, 17 carries for 93 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards, 1 touchdown.
Blake Corum, Week 8 against LAC: 17 of 54 snaps, 11 carries for 73 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Kyren Williams played 17 games for LAR and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.
He ran 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 yards.
He was on the field for 68 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Blake Corum played 17 games for LAR and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.
He ran 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 yards.
He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Blake Corum for Kyren Williams?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyren Williams projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 8 games), Blake Corum 70 (8.8 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Kyren Williams over Blake Corum, 15.7 to 13.6 projected PPR points.
Should I drop Kyren Williams for Blake Corum?
No. Keep Kyren Williams: he projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 8 games), Blake Corum 70 (8.8 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Kyren Williams over Blake Corum, 15.7 to 13.6 projected PPR points.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Kyren Williams playing Week 9?
- Is Blake Corum playing Week 9?
- Rams depth chart
- Week 9 RB rankings
- Week 9 fantasy rankings
- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
- Week 9 defense rankings