The Los Angeles Rams have reached their bye week after a 1-4 start, giving players some much-needed time to recover from the injuries that have already ravaged the team. There’s still a long way to go this season and while they’re not out of the playoff hunt yet, the Rams have their backs against the wall and need to start winning after the bye.
During the week off, Kyren Williams plans to continue working. Being the competitor that he is, he says the Rams have no reason to kick back and relax.
When asked how he’ll be spending his bye week, he made it clear that he’ll stay around Los Angeles and keep trying to get better.
“I think it’s just staying on it,” Williams said after Sunday’s loss. “I’m not using the bye week as a bye week. I might go see my sisters and whatnot, but during the week, I’m going to continue to keep working. I’m not using this as, ‘Oh, we get to kick our feet up and relax.’ There’s no reason to kick our feet up. We’re not on autopilot. We’ve got to continue to keep going. We’ve got to continue to just keep having that positive energy throughout the building and throughout the team because we know what we’re capable of, so we’ve just got to continue to keep meeting those standards.”
Sean McVay is a big fan of Williams, both as a player and a person. He brings a similar mindset to the one Aaron Donald had for a decade, always trying to get better and stay on the right track.
McVay has been proud of Williams’ performance through five games, praising his competitiveness and spirit each and every week.
“I’ve been really proud of Kyren,” McVay said. “He’s so competitive, his spirit, the way he goes about it. I love it. Obviously, he’s such a great competitor. The one thing he’ll look at is putting the ball on the ground, but you look at the amount of free hitters that he ended up getting positive yardage with yesterday, short-yardage, tough red zone running. [If] we can get everybody to start playing like him, we’ll be in good shape. I love what Kyren Williams has done.”
While a lot of players will get away during the bye and recharge for the final 12 weeks, there will certainly be plenty of guys like Williams staying at the facility and preparing for the second leg of the season.