The Los Angeles Rams are 10-3, and the attention has been fully on Matthew Stafford and his strong connection with Puka Nacua and Devante Adams.
Stafford is an MVP favorite, but he's far from the only big contributor to the team this season. The Rams' running game, led by Kyren Williams and Blake Corum, has been incredible.
In fact, as Ben Solak of ESPN highlights, the Rams' running game is better than any other team's running game in recent NFL history. Going by success rate, only one other team - the 2018 Rams - has a higher success rate on rushing attempts in a season.
Rams' run game is better than any other NFL team in last 20 years
"52.3%: That's the Rams' rushing success rate this season." Solak writes. "If it holds, it's the second-best season of the past 20 years (which is as far back as my numbers go). The best season? Also, a Sean McVay-led Rams team, as the 2019 Rams had a 52.5% success rate."
The Rams' running game, with Kyren Williams and Blake Corum, has been incredible this season. While neither running back is atop the charts in rushing yards, they've been more efficient than any other back in the NFL.
Williams has 952 rushing yards on 196 carries this season to go with eight touchdowns on the ground. Corum on 101 attempts has 550 yards and four touchdowns.
Those are strong numbers, but what makes this running game so impressive is that they've been running the ball so well consistently all season.
Through 14 Weeks, or 13 games, the Rams running back duo has a combined 1,402 rushing yards. The Rams running game has 1,611 yards total this season, with an average of 4.7 yards per carry.
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While explaining that the "52.3%" success rate of the Rams' running game is the second-best season of the last 20 years, comparing it to the league average is telling.
"To put this number in perspective, the league average success rate on running plays this season is 43.0%." Solak writes. "Over the past 20 years, it's 40.5%."
The Rams' running game isn't just elite, it's running at a level not seen outside of the Rams in the last two decades.
With four more weeks to go to maintain this pace, the Rams running back duo will look to close out an incredible year on a high note.
Matchups against the Detroit Lions, Seattle Seahawks, Atlanta Falcons, and Arizona Cardinals will provide a mix of tough and weak defenses, which should more than prove how great this running game can finish in recent NFL history, going by success rate.
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