Disappointed in his own performance following an Achilles’ injury, the running back got back to work soon after the Super Bowl.
For Cam Akers, being part of the Rams’ Super Bowl championship run in his second NFL season was all he could have wished for.That’s why, Akers says, he was back in training long before Rams players and coaches reunited this week for the first phase of offseason workouts.
But his production in five games was a far cry from his breakout performance late in his rookie season. Akers gained 175 yards on 72 carries and 86 yards on 11 receptions and scored no touchdowns. He fumbled twice as the Rams nearly blew their second-round playoff game at Tampa Bay.“Coming off of an Achilles’, six months, and doing what he can to help our football team win, just having him back was awesome,” Rams center Brian Allen said Thursday.
Ra’Shaad Samples, hired as running backs coach as Thomas Brown moves over to tight ends, praised Akers’ recovery as “ridiculous.”A reporter used the word “supernatural” to describe Akers’ recovery from the Achilles’ tendon injury. A shoulder injury in the NFC championship game victory over San Francisco wasn’t a factor against Cincinnati, Akers said. But after rushing twice for 4 yards and catching a Matthew Stafford pass for 7 yards on the Rams’ first three plays, Akers tapered off. He finished the Super Bowl with 13 carries for 21 yards and three catches for 14.Now, he said, he wants to work on improving, well, “everything.
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